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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'The Life and Death of Toyo Harada' by Joshua Dysart with art by Cafu and a variety of guest artists for various flashbacks is a 6 issue limited series following events in the Valiant Universe.
Toyo Harada is a psiot, which is kind of like a mutant in the Marvel universe. He is out to protect other psiots, so that puts him at odds with humans. This story shows his origin and follows a battle between Harada's team and those who would take him down. It's a story of sympathy and betrayal, but it's probably better if you are familiar with the characters in stories before this.
It was a pretty wordy story at times, but the art was fantastic. A brief foreword catching readers up on events might have been nice because this just jumps right in to the middle of a battle. I did like it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Toyo Harada is a psiot, which is kind of like a mutant in the Marvel universe. He is out to protect other psiots, so that puts him at odds with humans. This story shows his origin and follows a battle between Harada's team and those who would take him down. It's a story of sympathy and betrayal, but it's probably better if you are familiar with the characters in stories before this.
It was a pretty wordy story at times, but the art was fantastic. A brief foreword catching readers up on events might have been nice because this just jumps right in to the middle of a battle. I did like it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
jonathan_lee_b's review against another edition
5.0
The Life and Death of Toyo Harada is eating Pop Rocks.
carroq's review against another edition
5.0
Disclaimer: I received a free e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
Standing on its own, this book would probably rate 3 to 4 stars. Taken as part of the Harbinger series that Dysart has built, it is a much stronger story. This volume focuses on the collapse of Harada's efforts. There are a couple of side stories that help round out the bigger picture, but would likely be confusing for anyone that jumped right into this book.
I loved the art. Cafu is phenomenal and the rest of the team does a great job building on his work.
Standing on its own, this book would probably rate 3 to 4 stars. Taken as part of the Harbinger series that Dysart has built, it is a much stronger story. This volume focuses on the collapse of Harada's efforts. There are a couple of side stories that help round out the bigger picture, but would likely be confusing for anyone that jumped right into this book.
I loved the art. Cafu is phenomenal and the rest of the team does a great job building on his work.
etienne02's review against another edition
3.0
Better then I expected this story of some kind of Japanese super-hero. Not the most original work, but nonetheless it works well and was entertaining. A bit too simple, light and easy to become a must, but good enough to be worth the time.
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