Realm War 3

Sela recovers some of her remaining allies. Though it seems Robyn Locksley’s loyalty shifted to the Dark Horde.  Meanwhile, Venus deviates from the Dark Queen’s plans in favor of her own personal gain. And what of the Dark One, who nears a breaking point with his queen’s abuse?  With so few friends left and these shifting alliances, Sela’s fate lies on uncertain ground.

Amidst the Age of Darkness, Sela, Red and what remains of the Realm Knights, as well as a collection of beings from the other three realms, travel along the open road on their way to New York City.  It’s there that the majority of the destruction is occurring as it seems to be the Dark Queen’s focal point.  Betrayed, broken and with no other real plan in mind, Sela trudges forward until they are ambushed by a band of the Dark Horde.  Sela and crew manage to hold their own, but soon discover that things are about to get a lot worse.  Joe Brusha did a great job providing this segway into the next issue.  However, aside from that, not much else went on except a bit of re-capping and exposition.  Although I didn't read the first two issues, this one felt a bit like filler, given that this is a twelve part series.

On a more positive note, this feels like a DC, or Marvel cross-over event (which I’m pretty sure it essentially is).  I always do enjoy seeing heroes from their own stories join up in order to take on some new and rather powerful opponent.  Which is probably why I enjoyed this one.  New team-ups and a big shake-up to the status quo are on the horizon and this issue is only the tip of the machinations underway.  We seem the remnants of the council discussing the events that are unfolding and spectres of the past returning to the fight.  Also, the artwork by Sami Kivela compliments the series rather well.  He brings a nice style and finesse to the characters that captures their essence and the colors by Maxflan Araujo really makes the artwork pop.  Real nice shot of Sela and Red just laying into a couple of the Dark Horde on page 5, you get that blood spray right in your face.

Issue three of Realm War gives readers the chance to see Sela and her group hacking their way towards NYC, where I sense a much larger showdown is about to happen come the next issue.  Although some may consider this nothing more than a segway, it definitely helps drive the story towards the larger, game-changing events coming up.  So, if you've already started in on this series, pick this one up, otherwise you’ll be left in the dark a bit, like I was, when the story continues on next month.  In any case, this is a great addition to your Zenescope collection, so grab your copy today.  For more info on where to find this issue, visit the Zenescope website, or the Zenescope Facebook page.

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