X-O Manowar (2017) Volume 6: Agent by Matt KindtMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Former colonel Capshaw recruits Aric to head to Australia to take on an alien threat. So the things that jumped out to me as good about this story center around the way it connects into other parts of the Valiant Universe. Capshaw has been used in a bunch of books, but I think this is the first one I've read that gives her a chance to take the lead. It gave her some more personality and showed some good indications of why she was the one that was heading G.A.T.E.
The book also acts as a follow up to the Eternity mini-series. I like that it utilizes those events sooner rather than later. Some of the characters that show up in this book as a result of being so closely linked to Eternity are pretty cool. I would definitely like to see more of them. Despite Capshaw and the Eternity stuff taking center stage, Aric does get some time to shine, especially ones the fighting breaks out. He has a personal moment or two, but that clearly isn't the focus of this book.
I think the biggest drawback for me was the art. A lot of the characters just didn't look right to me at various points throughout the book. Every time Capshaw or Aric were in a pose that struck me as odd it pulled me right out of the story. Don't get me wrong though, there are some great artistic moments in this book. Ryp's character work just didn't work for me this time around. The other thing that sort of bugged me about this arc is that it almost entirely neglects the end of the previous volume. There was a lot of comic used to set that up and then it didn't even make an impact here.
I felt like there were a few more bumps in the road with this volume of X-O, but I'm not giving up on the series.
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