Book of Shadows has been a decent team up book. The conclusion worked for me. It also left me interested in seeing more. It’s a shame we’ve had to wait awhile for the conclusion but it ends satisfyingly. Now all four issues are put I’d say that reading all of them back to back would be of benefit. Either way it’s worth taking a trip on the supernatural side of Valiant.
“Cast your minds back if you will to summer last year. It was the height of August and Valiant’s supernatural heroes had banded together to take on Exarch Fane who had The Book of Shadows and was wreaking havoc, death and destruction across the earth…”
This was a very solid second issue that really builds on the first in the best ways. It gives us some answers, deepens the lore a bit more and we learn more about the main nemesis. Still there’s some twists and turns as well and a few surprises along the way. Now the main set up is out of the way I look forward to seeing how our heroes move forward as they seek to defeat the power of The Book of Shadows.
“It’s great to have a team-up and it’s refreshing to see these characters come together in a way we haven’t seen before.”
“I was very satisfied with the way things went and this was a very fitting end to what has been a pretty solid narrative with the Deadside War.”
“This is a strong issue for Jack Boniface. It’s a great character insight.”
“This is an issue that I think Valiant fans will definitely enjoy. The art is strong and very atmospheric and the writing backs up the storyline and characters really nicely.”
“The stakes are increasing, the lines are being drawn and Shadowman is in the thick of it.”
“Thematically there’s some interesting ideas in The Last Book You’ll Ever Read #1, and while that’s something I’m very much interested in, I don’t necessarily think this issue is a very good setup for the story to come.”
“I think in many ways this is the most interesting issue so far…”
“…Not to say there isn’t also gore aplenty for those of us that like that sort of thing.”
“The real poetry of the writing lies in Jack’s thoughts as they go across the page as he lets us in on how he perceives the world. That’s one of the more interesting aspects of this issue. It fleshes Jack out a bit.”
Bigger Than Capes 