Title: The Manifested Rise
Issue: 1
Publisher: Alikat Comix (Alikat Comix on Facebook, Alikat Comix on Deviantart)
Date: 2020
Writer: Alison McGlone, Jeremy Harper
Artist: Alison McGlone
This story is written in the style of a superhero team book, but with a traditional fantasy flavor. It opens with the introduction of Rune, a young apprentice wizard on the run from a crew of plague knights, as they encounter the vigilante known as the Tatterdemalion.
From there we meet Shadow, a girl traveling through the countryside who is not as alone as she appears.
And finally, a group of what seem to be former gladiators or something along those lines, also on the run from their past.
All of it is framed through the storytelling of a young bard, who served to tie the story together while the three plotlines remain separate for the moment
Tatterdemalion's scene is great with some awesome action visuals, and a good amount of worldbuilding crammed into what is essentially a fight scene. Rune and Tatterdemalion had enough chemistry in their first scene to leave me wanting more interaction between them.
Shadow's introduction relied a bit unnecessarily on rape threats from some generic villains (disposed of in short order), before getting to Shadow's true inner conflicts, which should be more interesting as her story moves on. The visuals for Shadow's powers were very nice.
The last sequence felt like it could have used a few more pages, especially given that it was really introducing four characters in a very short space. Hopefully they will be given more development in the second issue.
Overall this achieved its objective. I'm eager to see what's going to happen when these people are all together. There is a lot of great story potential here.
Rating: 7.5/10
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