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A review by adelaidemetzger_robotprophet
Orion's Reign by Hannibal King, Matt Wagner, Bernie Mireault, Jay Geldhof, Diana Schutz, Tim Sale, John K. Snyder III
2.0
The further we go into the future, away from what started it all (with Hunter Rose) I feel like I get a but more disinvested.
Omnibus three sees the demonic spirit of Grendel at its peak in power when it shifts from the possessed vigilante fighting against a hypocritical, vampire pope, to the character of political-turned-empiric ruler of the Earth Orion (hence the title). Although the demon’s purpose seemed to simply be "screw with Hunter's life = pleasure" at the very beginning, it now has achieved a complete rule over humanity and can screw with pretty much everyone due to the position it manipulates. #SlayedAnotherDay must be trending on Hell's Twitter roster.
I did find the many different iterations of how the Grendel spirit evolved really interesting. The first volume in this omnibus titled, "The Incubation Years" started out really cool with the idea of a renowned author made famous for publishing several works on Hunter and Christine Spar, driven mad because the Grendel spirit possesses his electric eye implant. Grendel in an eyeball. Maximum creative points right there. Drug addict and lower class victim of the church Eppy Thatcher has the coolest Grendel costume design I have seen so far and the art design whenever he went on a trip while he took on the persona was so addicting (pun intended). I just want to take those trip scenes and montage them into a tribute video or something because that's how awesome they are.
As for Orion's Reign and everything else in-between it was really hard for me to pay attention. I wasn’t invested in or cared enough for those characters or plots to keep me hooked. I mostly skimmed through Orion's Reign so I'd be prepared for the fourth and final omnibus.
So yeah. Not completely riveting, but I'm glad to have the whole series on my shelf.
Omnibus three sees the demonic spirit of Grendel at its peak in power when it shifts from the possessed vigilante fighting against a hypocritical, vampire pope, to the character of political-turned-empiric ruler of the Earth Orion (hence the title). Although the demon’s purpose seemed to simply be "screw with Hunter's life = pleasure" at the very beginning, it now has achieved a complete rule over humanity and can screw with pretty much everyone due to the position it manipulates. #SlayedAnotherDay must be trending on Hell's Twitter roster.
I did find the many different iterations of how the Grendel spirit evolved really interesting. The first volume in this omnibus titled, "The Incubation Years" started out really cool with the idea of a renowned author made famous for publishing several works on Hunter and Christine Spar, driven mad because the Grendel spirit possesses his electric eye implant. Grendel in an eyeball. Maximum creative points right there. Drug addict and lower class victim of the church Eppy Thatcher has the coolest Grendel costume design I have seen so far and the art design whenever he went on a trip while he took on the persona was so addicting (pun intended). I just want to take those trip scenes and montage them into a tribute video or something because that's how awesome they are.
As for Orion's Reign and everything else in-between it was really hard for me to pay attention. I wasn’t invested in or cared enough for those characters or plots to keep me hooked. I mostly skimmed through Orion's Reign so I'd be prepared for the fourth and final omnibus.
So yeah. Not completely riveting, but I'm glad to have the whole series on my shelf.