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Imperium #12 Discussion

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Best issue yet! Can't wait to hear other comments. And I'm looking forward to reading this along Harbinger Wars all over again.
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Great issue! Who else but Dysart could make me care about LV-99? The only thing that would have made this issue better was more Mech Major.
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I enjoyed the issue a lot, but I can't help but feel that things have resolved as merely being set back to a stalemate of sorts. I need to reread it.

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jmatt wrote:I enjoyed the issue a lot, but I can't help but feel that things have resolved as merely being set back to a stalemate of sorts. I need to reread it.
That's sort of true, except LV-99 is actually on Harada's side now.
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Another great read. Dysart clicking on all cylinders once again. There are so few comics where you swear the issue is about to end and then it goes on for 10 more pages. That's how I always feel reading a Dysart book.
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A very strong read on this title yet again. Yes, it does seem Dysart has taken to making us care about Mech Major and LV-99 in an interesting way. I continue to enjoy the "time jumping" narrative as it's told fluidly with the proper text.

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jeremycoe wrote:
jmatt wrote:I enjoyed the issue a lot, but I can't help but feel that things have resolved as merely being set back to a stalemate of sorts. I need to reread it.
That's sort of true, except LV-99 is actually on Harada's side now.
True enough.

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Count me as someone else who loved this issue and continue to value this comic as the best read on the racks. Smart, griping, horrific, thought provoking....loved it.

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This ended with a whole lot of Bloodshed, but for some reason fell flat for me. I did however, love the scene at the end with Angela and the kids, walking thru, tearing *SQUEE* up, lol
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QUARTZ wrote:Count me as someone else who loved this issue and continue to value this comic as the best read on the racks. Smart, griping, horrific, thought provoking....loved it.
+1 Dysart smashed it again!! 5/5 Brilliant writing and great art from Cafu and Ryp. :clap:

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I'm not sure I fully understood this arc...or at least how it ended, can someone summarize?

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jmatt wrote:
jeremycoe wrote:
jmatt wrote:I enjoyed the issue a lot, but I can't help but feel that things have resolved as merely being set back to a stalemate of sorts. I need to reread it.
That's sort of true, except LV-99 is actually on Harada's side now.
True enough.
I just love what he has done with LV99 - that whole bit about how he had spawned into a peaceful, non-aggressive being who was then just obliterated by Harada & subsequently defaulted back to being a bloodthirsty warrior again in his following incarnation with no memory of the last life... Brilliant!!
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Absolutely stunning comic.
Jeezez, I never saw LV-99 as a hippie. Touching stuff, written by Dysart- I almost shed a tear for that vine assassin.
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Post by Shadowman99 »

I only caught up with this issue yesterday.

When I'd got to the back of the comic I couldn't help but feel that the whole 'Vine Imperative' thing had been rather anticlimactic: Basically, *nothing* to do with the Vine Imperative actually happened: There was no assault on Harada by anyone :? The arc should've been called: "Almost, But Not Really". Interested to see that I'm in the minority here, of people that didn't think there was anything much worthwhile about this arc. Ah well! :lol:

Ah well. Picked up #13 straight after this and that was a much more entertaining read.
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