Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Joe Keatinge
Artist: Ross Campbell
So from the podcast I listen to I had been hearing a lot about Glory, from Image Comics by Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell, and the disappointment of this title coming to an end a few months back. This past free comic book day I took my opportunity to grab a copy of this first volume. I don’t know much about Glory as a character and the history, but this volume does a great job of introducing you to the character and her purpose and backstory, before throwing you into some intense action. I can see why this was such a popular mention on the podcast, the art was brilliant, action packed, organised mayhem. The story flowing at the right pace to keep me happily reading along, no time to get bored, cliffhanger’s in the right places. Glory was seen as a God by the people of Earth, helping or interfering in matters that should not have concerened her, and after her sudden disspearance this leads to a amateur journalist wanting to locate Glory. Once found, and this seems to hint at some sort of prophecy, Glory is actually expecting her arrival, this then leads to several action packed episodes where Glory’s enemy have come to finish her off. This leads to the characters who you invest in only in a short time of reading, in the heat of battle falling with an impact, not just needless death. The cliffhanger ending to this first volume would leave anyone who reads to the end of this book wanting to grab the next. This first volume was a great introduction to the character, and her supporting cast. I’m still to get the second volume but once released I will be sure to pick it up.
No comments:
Post a Comment