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Dark Blood, Vol. 1 by Walt Barna, LaToya Morgan

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coriandercilantro's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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sup3r_xn0va_maya's review

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dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Dark Blood is about a WWII African American war hero in 1960's segregated Alabama discovering that he has powers and super strength, while he's living with his wife and daughter. I didn't really like this comic very much, it felt like it was very much a load of trauma porn.

This man gets

captured in enemy territory in Germany during WWII and although he survives, he's physically and mentally scarred because the Germans killed his squad mate and tortured him. He makes it back to the states and has to deal with white American men and their racism and prejudice. He also has to deal with literally getting experimented on by more white men (which reminded me of the Tuskegee experiments.)

Every white character in this comic is an awful human being.

It was 160 pages of trauma porn and I hated the ending. The only thing I really enjoyed was the art.

I'm giving this 2.5 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️

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themtj's review

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5.0

I really loved this book! I loved the cover art as it was coming out, but didn't hear much buzz about it... All that to say I LOVED it. Really great concept, strong pacing, great balance of telling the story from a few different points in time. This left space for a follow-up series and is definitely deserving!

jakegray's review

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dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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remigves's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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