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crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
I've found most of Valiant's one-off books to be disappointments. They're often heavily continuity based, but feature a different combination of characters. This book was basically just a volume of [b:Unity, Volume 1: To Kill a King|20313289|Unity, Volume 1 To Kill a King|Matt Kindt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1392028211l/20313289._SY75_.jpg|28147960] with a different title slapped on to it.
While not awful, the pacing of the book is odd as the first half focuses on The Eternal Warrior fighting with his teammates in order to protect The Geomancer From The Future, and the second half is about battling with The Current Geomancer and the person pulling the strings.
I had a hard time believing the Unity team would fall apart so easily, so I didn't really buy their battle. And once they revealed The Big Bad, my eyes rolled back in my head. Master Darque is one of the worst villains in comic books. He's supposedly this massively powerful creature from Valiant's Hellscape who Can Not Be Beaten, but every time he shows up in a book, a sparrow farts a hundred miles away and The most Powerful Villain In The World just collapses, defeated. It's always anticlimactic. This book was no exception .
While I didn'thate it, I can't really recommend it.
While not awful, the pacing of the book is odd as the first half focuses on The Eternal Warrior fighting with his teammates in order to protect The Geomancer From The Future, and the second half is about battling with The Current Geomancer and the person pulling the strings.
I had a hard time believing the Unity team would fall apart so easily, so I didn't really buy their battle. And once they revealed The Big Bad, my eyes rolled back in my head. Master Darque is one of the worst villains in comic books. He's supposedly this massively powerful creature from Valiant's Hellscape who Can Not Be Beaten, but every time he shows up in a book, a sparrow farts a hundred miles away and The most Powerful Villain In The World just collapses, defeated. It's always anticlimactic. This book was no exception .
While I didn'thate it, I can't really recommend it.
carroq's review against another edition
4.0
The Eternal Warrior is awesome. He acts as protector to the Geomancers that serve the Earth. In this story, he has to help the last Geomancer save the world. There is a great contrast between the present day and the future that will occur if they fail.
So the crazy guy bent on the destruction of the world isn't a new plot in comics by any means. The creators handle this really well by making the bad guy smart, using tension between the heroes of the world, and allowing the reader to discover what is happening as the characters do. The beginning seemed a bit odd until I made it further into the book and saw how it was connecting into the story.
This book is friendly to new readers because it actually introduces each of the main characters at the beginning of the book, and then gives the reader a reminder of who each of them are as they come on stage. This is repeated in each chapter. The fight sequences really show off why the Eternal Warrior is a great character. It kind of reminded me of Batman, but he certainly has his own personality.
The Book of Death is an enjoyable read. Despite the name it contains a fair amount of humor and hope.
So the crazy guy bent on the destruction of the world isn't a new plot in comics by any means. The creators handle this really well by making the bad guy smart, using tension between the heroes of the world, and allowing the reader to discover what is happening as the characters do. The beginning seemed a bit odd until I made it further into the book and saw how it was connecting into the story.
This book is friendly to new readers because it actually introduces each of the main characters at the beginning of the book, and then gives the reader a reminder of who each of them are as they come on stage. This is repeated in each chapter. The fight sequences really show off why the Eternal Warrior is a great character. It kind of reminded me of Batman, but he certainly has his own personality.
The Book of Death is an enjoyable read. Despite the name it contains a fair amount of humor and hope.
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
5.0
Gosh, I cannot get enough of the stories and art Valiant are putting out. Another winner here.
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