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The grand tapestry that is the tale of the Seven Soldiers
has woven together its major players: The Shining Knight,
Zatanna, The Guardian, Klarion the Witchboy, Mister Miracle,
Bulleteer and Frankenstein. Independently, each of these characters
is featured in story arcs of their own that redefine their
purpose in the DC Universe. But their stories have now come
together in a grand climax, where the Soldiers must defeat
a devastating global threat to mankind... without ever meeting
one another. And before the dust settles, one of the soldiers
will die...
The
fourth volume in the Seven Soldiers of Victory series,
and things are getting ever more interesting. This is not
the place to start if you are a Seven Soldiers virgin,
and I strongly advise you to pick up Volume
One
in the series.
This
collection mainly follows Frankenstein (don't
think you can trip author Grant Morrison up on the fact he
calls the creature Frankenstein and not Frankenstein's monster
- this is explained) and Bulleteer as they get on with their
very own unique lives in their very different realities. For
Frankenstein this means kicking demon ass all over the horizon,
while for Bulleteer confronting her husband's killer is the
order of the day. There's also the sad story of Mister Miracle,
which is woven in-between the other story lines.
I
loved the way Morrison balanced these two heroes stories -
both are so different and together they make for an interesting
combination.
Possibly
the only complaint I had about this series, was that of all
of the heroes that we meet everyone is going to have their
favourite character, as well as those that they don't particularly
like. With this being the case there is a good chance that
large chunks of these graphic novels will be unreadable to
some fans, while others will lap them up.
Pete
Boomer
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