The first page is a classic Warlord pose, in all his armament, addressing the people of Shamballah, with Princess Tara and Regine by his side. This is the way every Warlord book should open, with a full page, or double page, spread. Bart Sears' new style of art gets better and better every issue. I can see frames where he wants to slip back into his old style. But, he pulls away from it through the whole book. I'm very impressed. Alexa & Brovis are stuck on a very small island together. Brovis trys a little civility, but, then he trys to rape her. Terry however, now that he has the ship working, homes in on the tracking device in her medallion and arrrives in the nick of time. But, since the ship seems to be the instrument of Travis' power, did he just deliver the means to his destruction right in to Prince Bovis' hands? Terry seems adequately cautious of Brovis', but we'll have to wait to see where this part of the storyline goes. Meanwhile Travis', after just having liberated Shamballah from Brovis', delivers his victory and rebuilding speech to the people, and then enjoys the spoils with Tara and Regina. What a dog. But Regine has also found the diary of Travis', so she knows he's not really a god. And to drive the point home, Terry turns off the Jet almost at that same time, so Warlord converts back to Travis. They have a little touching moment on the beach, but then they are attacked by a giant sand crab. Travis ends up switching back to Warlord, but not in time to save Regine. It appears that she is dead. It appears that way. We'll have to wait till next issue to find out. I like the way the storylines are being handled so far. This is a series that shouldn't have a 1,2 or even 3 issue story-arc. Theses are stories that should carry us through at least 6,8 to 12 issues. And even then they aren't completely resolved. So far I feel that Bruce and Bart are living up to the Warlord tradition.
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