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whiskydj's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
rltinha's review against another edition
3.0
Há muito que não encontrava um protagonista tão absurdo na sua acção e argumentação, mas simultaneamente digno de empatia.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
3.0
If the Valiant Universe was divided into television seasons, this would be the beginning of the Unity-focused season. Airic brings the Visigoths home from space but goes about it all wrong, as usual. We get some guest appearances, returns of previous characters. It should be a fun adventure.
Unfortunately, it gets bogged down in how unlikable Airic is. He's been a bonehead since the first issue but he's particularly abrasive here, and it makes reading his story a bit of a drag.
I imagine the story will be bouncing somewhere else as it gears up to Armor Wars, but this particular volume was not my favorite of the series fo far.
Unfortunately, it gets bogged down in how unlikable Airic is. He's been a bonehead since the first issue but he's particularly abrasive here, and it makes reading his story a bit of a drag.
I imagine the story will be bouncing somewhere else as it gears up to Armor Wars, but this particular volume was not my favorite of the series fo far.
carroq's review against another edition
4.0
This series continues to impress me. Volume 4 is somewhat of a filler, but not in a bad way. It serves to bridge what happened in volume 3 with the greater events to come. There are some important events that happen in this arc. Yet it seems to dial things back and focus more on Aric and the characters around him.
So, Aric returns to Earth after defeating the Vine and immediately decides to annex his former homeland from Romania. Of course this causes some problems. Two great things come out of this. First, the Eternal Warrior shows up. We get to see how he and Aric crossed paths before and how their views of the world have changed since then. Second, trouble in paradise. The world at large isn't happy with Aric taking over a portion of any country, and some of his newfound followers don't appreciate his style of leadership.
The art does a nice job of following the tone of the story. There are even some idyllic moments that contrast the problems brewing beneath the surface.
So, Aric returns to Earth after defeating the Vine and immediately decides to annex his former homeland from Romania. Of course this causes some problems. Two great things come out of this. First, the Eternal Warrior shows up. We get to see how he and Aric crossed paths before and how their views of the world have changed since then. Second, trouble in paradise. The world at large isn't happy with Aric taking over a portion of any country, and some of his newfound followers don't appreciate his style of leadership.
The art does a nice job of following the tone of the story. There are even some idyllic moments that contrast the problems brewing beneath the surface.
tmaluck's review against another edition
4.0
After three trades of buildup and bull-headed heroism, the series finally gives Aric of Dacia the richer history, personality clashes, Visigoth cultural challenges, and narrative payoffs it has been hinting all along. This book feels like it pulled the curtain off of the Aric-in-progress, and now I'm seeing what everyone else has praised about the series.
The introduction of hard-edged Colonel Jaime Capshaw didn't hurt, either.
The introduction of hard-edged Colonel Jaime Capshaw didn't hurt, either.
all_hail_grimlock's review against another edition
I'm still enjoying this character and series: Aric lands on Earth, again, with the descendants of the Visigoth slaves the Vine had taken from Earth centuries ago. Except he wants the land of Dacia back - land that no longer is home to a people thought extinct ages ago.
So it's Aric and the Visigoths against the world as he attempts to hold onto an old way of life.
Still, this volume felt... slow. Aric works best solo, or at least not as a king in my opinion. He's weighted down by his people, and not in a good way: it could be an exploration of what it meant for him to be the character he is - impulsive, prone to violence - leading a traumatized tribe of slaves that he's recently freed. They don't know about technology, or even grocery stores, and Aric has no inclination to learn about this new world.
It's severely underplayed: Gilad, the Eternal Warrior, tries to talk sense into Aric, as does Dorian, a friend of sorts from earlier volumes. These feel watered down versions of what they should have been, and are only used to make Aric more intractable instead of making him think a little more deeply about the world he's living in now. He doesn't understand and he doesn't care: he had the power to take what he wanted, and he did.
But because there's nothing to make the reader think more deeply about it, the whole thing feels shallow.
Anyway, I downloaded everything I could from Comixology because Amazon screwed that up and I didn't want to lose access, so I'm starting to make my way through my Comixology collection.
So it's Aric and the Visigoths against the world as he attempts to hold onto an old way of life.
Still, this volume felt... slow. Aric works best solo, or at least not as a king in my opinion. He's weighted down by his people, and not in a good way: it could be an exploration of what it meant for him to be the character he is - impulsive, prone to violence - leading a traumatized tribe of slaves that he's recently freed. They don't know about technology, or even grocery stores, and Aric has no inclination to learn about this new world.
It's severely underplayed: Gilad, the Eternal Warrior, tries to talk sense into Aric, as does Dorian, a friend of sorts from earlier volumes. These feel watered down versions of what they should have been, and are only used to make Aric more intractable instead of making him think a little more deeply about the world he's living in now. He doesn't understand and he doesn't care: he had the power to take what he wanted, and he did.
But because there's nothing to make the reader think more deeply about it, the whole thing feels shallow.
Anyway, I downloaded everything I could from Comixology because Amazon screwed that up and I didn't want to lose access, so I'm starting to make my way through my Comixology collection.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
4.0
Aric of Dacia ain't done yet. Not by a long shot.
Now that planet Loam has been taken care of, Aric returns to earth.
This time he's got a hot little number by his side too! +1 sexterity.
Still following the whole, 'Barbarian in a high tech battle suit' route we get to see Aric react to the modern world that is now his home.
There's some GREAT dialog in this trade. It really helps solidify Venditti as one of my current favorite writers.
And man - those pictures! Especially the covers!
What a treat this comic has turned out to be.
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