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A review by crookedtreehouse
Rapture by Matt Kindt
3.0
Shadowman is my least favorite Valiant character, and the stories where Ninjak end up in The Deadside usually bore me, so I was happy to find how much I enjoyed the first issue in this collection, where we're reunited with the Geomancer as she makes her way through Deadside on a quest to stop an apocalypse.
Unfortunately, as the book went on there were too many flashbacks (all of which had a cool shift in art but whose stories were an exercise in diminished returns), and a disjointed pacing where I felt like the most interesting parts of a story were glossed over in order to give us pretty basic dialogue.
There were some great character moments, particularly featuring the kindness and ingenuity of Tama. I'd love if the book had focused more on her, and less on Ninjak, Punk Mambo, and Shadowman.
If you are someone who likes Shadowman, you should read this, as this book really should have had his name on the cover. He's not the most major character but he develops the most in this book. It's also the best use of him I can remember since the very beginning of the Valiant relaunch.
Unfortunately, as the book went on there were too many flashbacks (all of which had a cool shift in art but whose stories were an exercise in diminished returns), and a disjointed pacing where I felt like the most interesting parts of a story were glossed over in order to give us pretty basic dialogue.
There were some great character moments, particularly featuring the kindness and ingenuity of Tama. I'd love if the book had focused more on her, and less on Ninjak, Punk Mambo, and Shadowman.
If you are someone who likes Shadowman, you should read this, as this book really should have had his name on the cover. He's not the most major character but he develops the most in this book. It's also the best use of him I can remember since the very beginning of the Valiant relaunch.