Re-Reading: Solar #11

[xoken]

I thought we could do a book a day (that way people can read one every day or catch up on weekends), talk about it on its own, in the context of whats next, in regards to what expectations it creates and vote on how good it is. I don't have to be the one that posts everyday. If I miss a day or if someone wants to take over please do

For voting think of your single favourite comic book (not just VALIANT) as the benchmark - thats a 10 - and grade according to that.

Make sure to mention what you like'd about the book, what you didn't, what you wish they would have done, your favourite panels, lines of dialogue, little bits of trivia etc.


Solar #11

[magnusr]

Literally an inbetween issue. We're leaving behind the last shreds of those wonderful first ten issues, and we see the setup for Unity. Basically the comic is one long fight, but the story is really about the characters involved. What drives them and how they react.

/Magnus

[Daniel Jackson]

Good story with lots of action. We get to see more of Gilad and what he is made of.

[Todd Luck]

This issue sort of sums what Valiant is all about. You take an issue that, under any other writer would've just turned into a typical slugfest, and you instead you get something quirky and unforgetable.

It's just great how Solar doesn't want to hurt the kids. Not everyone who gets powers is prone to violence. Solar is so powerful he's able to just let them pound on him while he tries to think of a way out.

And his thought process is a delight to read. He points out so many cliches in popular fiction that dumb down violence. In the Valiant universe violence isn't glorified or santized. Bones break, wounds bleed, limbs are lost, people die. That's reality, man.

And Gilad has a cool presence here. Sure Shooter could've just had him beat up all the Eggbreakers like any other writer would, but how much more of a bad *SQUEE* is he, that he brings the whole operation to a scretching halt just by threatening Harada (who is probably the most powerful man in the world)? Cool.

And Gilad phrases his simple but endearing motivation at the end: he does what he thinks is right. Cool, cool guy.

And we get the murder mystery that sets Unity off at the end. if you've read Solar 12 you know it was Erica's abuse by her father that made her loose it in unreality during A & O and triggered her repressed powers. What triggered her repressed powers in this reality? Look at the panel before she goes off. Bert says something about "Daddy's going to teach you a lesson" (I'm paraphrasing) and she snaps, unleashing her power. Very smart stuff.

A 9

[jedimarley]

I love that through the story, Solar is holding back. He doesn't want to hurt any of the Eggbreakers.

9

[sonicdan]

I might as well post this one as well.
A great Solar issue. Yeah Solar seems to be holding back.
I like seeing how the Eggbreakers operate in a civilian neighborhood.
I give the story an 8 and the cover a 10