Harbinger Wars #4 – Review

Joshua Dysart, Duane Swierczynski (Writers), Clayton Henry (Artist), Brian Reber (Colorist)

The Story: The many players in the game converge in order to go toward the prize: the psiots children. Chaos, violence and events ensues.

The Review: Crossovers can be many things. Some of the time, they can be merely fun stories that shows the departure between two characters or teams that depict their differences and their similarities in celebration of what they are. Other times, they can be crucial in the development of one or several plot points in a series, making the story move forward in a more or less organic way in order to shake up the status of one or both the book involved. However, when said crossover is also an event, it can complicate things as it can sometime feels like they are trying really hard to do both.

In the case of Harbinger Wars, it really feel like this is what they tried to do, while adding even more. The Valiant universe is still very young, in need of some key moments or events that may yet develop some of the characters or set up some further stories in its future. As the series advanced, it tried to become a bridge and a progression toward two books, Bloodshot and Harbingers, yet somewhat failed in doing so in a way that resonated in a single book. It connected several elements in ways that made sense, yet there are some places in which this crossover event failed.

Harbinger Wars #2 – Review

By: Joshua Dysart, Duane Swierczynski (Writers), Clayton Henry (Artist), Brian Reber (Colorist)

The Story: The kids from Generation Zero prepare for their final stand against whosoever would wish to bring them back in, as Bloodshot prepare to fight against Toyo Harada.

The Review: Before we even get down to it and review this little issue, I strongly urge people to actually go ahead and read the recap page, even if they think they got a pretty strong handle on things. Just look at it and see how many characters we’ve got in this event comic, as close to everyone here actually gets a scene, with close being the keyword here.