Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #9
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The good
Kalam attempting to travel to world of living
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The bad
Aside from action involving generic opponents issue is uneventful and story doesn't progress
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The ugly
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Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #9 continues with Gilad battling his way through the Labyrinth in order to turn the tables on Sovereign. It opens up with Sovereign telling Gilad that he prepared for all possible outcomes since he had millennia to prepare despite Gilad’s threats to break free. Gilad calls Sovereign’s bluff and destroys his containment unit promising Sovereign that he will find him. Shaken by this, Sovereign has no choice but alert his entire security force to find and capture Gilad. However, Gilad knows what he’s up again and takes out all of Sovereign’s defenses from robots to human security guards. Meanwhile in the afterlife, Kalam makes his way through the forest following the path he’s seen his father take countless times to return to the land of the living. But what is Kalam’s goal in attempting to travel to the land of the living and how can he help Gilad piece together everything occurring with Sovereign?
The beginning was pretty exciting with the exchange between Gilad and Sovereign with the latter’s cool facade cracking showing his fear of Gilad. It increased my anticipation of the action ahead thinking about how one who was immortal in his own way experiencing fear of Gilad’s wrath. After this it was about Gilad making his way through the labyrinth repeating how much he was going to make Sovereign pay. These pages were a breeze and not because it was such an enjoyable read but because so many panels were devoted to just one move so there wasn’t anything to read. And in previous issues Gilad cutting through swaths of enemies felt intense but here seeing him with a pistol and axe against an army felt mostly like a delay in not getting to anything of note. So the entertainment factor here was relatively small.
SUMMARY
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #9 is a disappointing issue that provides no answers or story progression as it pertains to Gilad, Sovereign or Kalam. Instead it only covers Gilad’s trek through the Labyrinth on the way to Sovereign so the conclusion of this issue feels just like the beginning. There is one bright spot with Kalam’s decision to attempt to journey to the land of the living following in Gilad’s footsteps but it’s way too brief and gives no insight into his thinking. Hopefully next issue adds more depth to this story arc because this issue is largely forgettable.
Release Date:7/13/16
Writer: Robert Venditti
Artist: Raul Allen, Patricia Martin
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