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Kareem Ali 4.5

Rai #7

 

  • The good

    The developments from Spylocke's trip and Lula's plan. Closer to the plan against Father unfolding

  • The bad

    Battle between Positrons and Raddies felt like filler at this point. State of the Earth not even shown

  • The ugly

  • Rai #7 continues with Rai trying to stop an all-out war between the Raddies and the Positrons. It opens up with Momo telling Rai her story about how she was created and then selected by a human companion at the customary age. She explains how she became the perfect companion but humans aren’t conditioned to be the same and she endured years of abuse. But things only got worse when her human companion went to college and she was modified and reprogrammed from a male to a female, her current state. So since then she’s been adamant about Positrons being free from the dominant control of humans to be used as toys. So her fight is also against Father for that very reason because he created and controls the system that subjects Positrons to this. One thing Father wants to maintain his power is for the Raddies and Positrons to be fighting each other, and that’s the trap Silk falls into as the Raddies attack the manufacturing plant triggering a battle between the two sides. Silk’s reasoning is that Spylocke hasn’t returned from Earth yet so he doesn’t know if he succeeded or not. Can Rai stop this catastrophe or will Spylock be able to succeed in his mission so they can all focus on stopping Father?

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    This has been one of my favorite series, and every issue has been masterful from the artwork to the engrossing story. And the plot against father with the different parties coming together with their reasons has been an extremely intriguing storyline. So I was looking forward to this issue for many reasons, and mainly due to wanting to see how the rest of the plot would unfold. I was even interested in what Spylocke would find on Earth. The start of this issue reaffirmed, in a shocking way, the severe injustices the Positrons faced and why Momo would plot against Father. And then the Raddies came on the scene and it made me wonder what it was I missed or forgot from last issue. Instead of continuing the plot against Father, the Raddies were attacking the Positrons with the claim from Silk that it was due to Spylocke not returning from Earth yet. Aside from the timing of this development being perplexing, I figured if the plan was to wait another issue before everyone moved against Father then at least more of the state of the Earth could’ve been shown. I would never be against great action except that surprisingly this issue the artwork didn’t look as crisp at times so it was hard to determine what was taking place. And what has made Rai so great is that the action has always been well-placed and advanced the story in some way. But the problem with being such a masterful series is that the only competition is itself. So this was still a solid issue as Silk’s quest on Earth would result in an exciting surprise. And that would be the case with Lula as well. After last issue I couldn’t be more excited about seeing the plot against Father unfold but now I’m extremely intrigued about the developments at the end of this issue and what they mean. So as always, I can’t wait to get my hands on the next issue.

     

    SUMMARY

     

    Rai #7 is a solid issue with some interesting developments that make the plot against Father more intriguing. If it wasn’t clear from all that was stated before about how the Positrons were being treated horribly, Momo’s story makes it even more clear why Father’s reign has to end. The battle between the Raddies and Positrons felt like filler, and considering the way an excellent job has been done creating environments throughout this series, I wish more was shown about the Earth instead. However, the developments were so exciting that I’m really just looking forward to the plot being set in motion and seeing what comes next.

     

     

    Release Date: 2/11/15

    Writer: Matt Kindt

    Artist: Clayton Crain

     

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  • Total score 9.0

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