Comic Review: Incursion #1 (of 4) (Valiant Comics)

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Incursion #1 by Andy Diggle

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Having read Diggle’s last Valiant work (Shadowman) and being a bit less than impressed, I am going to give this book a shot.

Diggle teams up with new writer Alex Paknadel for some big epic fantasy sci-fi fare.

This one is certainly an epic scale, and I am told is a good jumping on spot for the Valiant-verse. I think it does seem to be that. There is a lot of big ideas and big characters here. The team does a pretty good job of a quick crash course on what are some complicated plots and back stories. (For Valiant readers, this spins from Eternal Warrior)

A strength of Diggle and Paknadel’s here is that they do a good job of writing characterization of the Big Bass here. Marvel and DC have these all powerful characters and it can be hard to flesh them out. Great dialogue here too.

Braithwaite makes sense too. I know he does a lot of Valiant stuff. This is pretty much in line with the way Valiant has designed this universe, but Braithwaite's work is slightly superior to many artists with a similar style.

My biggest issue is that this is a miniseries and by definition, it’s a quarter over. Not a lot got accomplished in issue #1 and at this pace, I can’t imagine much will. Of course, this will lead to the next series (and the "small batches" approach isn't a bad decision) but it puts me in a spot of deciding whether it is something I want to continue or not.




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