Ok, to me, it seems like this guy, Ned Hawkins, that came to Skartaris in search of the dinosaurs . . when he arrived in Deimos' castle, he became obsessed. I'm thinking it may be more like 'posessed'. Maybe posessed by Deimos' fallen spirit. But if so, I don't think he really knows it. He seems to have his drive, and desire for conquest, but . . not his personality . . yet. Either that or he's just hiding the fact for some reason. So far we're not exactly sure of his motives, other than that he wants to take over all of Skartaris, and . . he's looking for something. He's given even more power this issue when we find out that Jennifer has been translating Deimos' hand-written texts, but discovers that the pages have been written on top of other pages . . pages of binary code. It appears that the books that he wrote all of his secrets and spells in were actually operating manuals for ancient Atlantean war gear. If he gets these in his possession, and operational . . he'll become near unstoppable. Tinder and Shakira finally show up in the castle to help release Travis and Machiste, but they find out that they've also turned Ned's personal videographer, Ewan McBane. He's been video-taping everything since their arrival, but Travis helps him realize that just because he isn't actively participating doesn't mean that he isn't abetting. We get a little bit of swordplay this issue. Our gang has to fight their way through some of Ned's forces, plus . . they come across one of Deimos' monsters that he left behind. At least, I think that's what it is. Finally, Morgan and Ewan decide that they have to go back through the portal to try to get some weapons and such to fight Ned. As they leave we see that Ned has a skull with some type of ruins painted on it. Is that what he was looking for? I'm thrilled that Mike Grell is back in the scripting seat of this title. I liked the little 10 issues we had a couple years ago by Bruce Jones and Bart Sears. But, I'm sorry, nobody can write this series like Mike. I wish he was drawing it also, but . . if not drawing it means that he'll be sticking around longer as the writer, then . . I don't even care. Besides, look at that awesome cover that he did. Joe Prado and Chad Hardin do the interior pencils this issue. Most of it looked ok, but near the end of the book some of it looked kind of weak. But we'll forget about that because I'm just glad this book is finally back.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
the Warlord #4 - DC
Ok, to me, it seems like this guy, Ned Hawkins, that came to Skartaris in search of the dinosaurs . . when he arrived in Deimos' castle, he became obsessed. I'm thinking it may be more like 'posessed'. Maybe posessed by Deimos' fallen spirit. But if so, I don't think he really knows it. He seems to have his drive, and desire for conquest, but . . not his personality . . yet. Either that or he's just hiding the fact for some reason. So far we're not exactly sure of his motives, other than that he wants to take over all of Skartaris, and . . he's looking for something. He's given even more power this issue when we find out that Jennifer has been translating Deimos' hand-written texts, but discovers that the pages have been written on top of other pages . . pages of binary code. It appears that the books that he wrote all of his secrets and spells in were actually operating manuals for ancient Atlantean war gear. If he gets these in his possession, and operational . . he'll become near unstoppable. Tinder and Shakira finally show up in the castle to help release Travis and Machiste, but they find out that they've also turned Ned's personal videographer, Ewan McBane. He's been video-taping everything since their arrival, but Travis helps him realize that just because he isn't actively participating doesn't mean that he isn't abetting. We get a little bit of swordplay this issue. Our gang has to fight their way through some of Ned's forces, plus . . they come across one of Deimos' monsters that he left behind. At least, I think that's what it is. Finally, Morgan and Ewan decide that they have to go back through the portal to try to get some weapons and such to fight Ned. As they leave we see that Ned has a skull with some type of ruins painted on it. Is that what he was looking for? I'm thrilled that Mike Grell is back in the scripting seat of this title. I liked the little 10 issues we had a couple years ago by Bruce Jones and Bart Sears. But, I'm sorry, nobody can write this series like Mike. I wish he was drawing it also, but . . if not drawing it means that he'll be sticking around longer as the writer, then . . I don't even care. Besides, look at that awesome cover that he did. Joe Prado and Chad Hardin do the interior pencils this issue. Most of it looked ok, but near the end of the book some of it looked kind of weak. But we'll forget about that because I'm just glad this book is finally back.
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