Void Rivals Needs To Support Its Wife And Kids!
It does and it continues here with issue # 16! Void Rivals is Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s sci-fi comic that tells the tale of two crumbling planets linked by a “Sacred Ring” (it’s not Halo), their peoples at war for generations. When a member of each culture are stranded together, the two find they must put aside their differences if they want to survive. This story takes place in the so-called “Energon Universe”, Skybound Entertainment’s initiative to relaunch properties like Transformers and G.I. Joe within a shared universe that also happens to include the original characters and setting of Void Rivals.
In this sixteenth issue, we get Cobra-La VS the Skuxxoid! Darak VS his father! And Solila VS Handroid’s helpful advice!
No Transformers though?
Welllll… maybe. The last page is a cliffhanger that will certainly raise some questions. The main action here is the Cobra-La VS Skuxxoid fight, which ends in a fatality! I’m not certain Kirkman is going to treat this as permanent, considering the character’s gotten a lot of focus so far, but it was unexpected to say the least. The larger threads are starting to weave together a bit more, even as characters drift in opposite directions.
What’s the endgame here?
This arc ends in two more issues, so I assume the larger revelations and developments will take place soon, otherwise this is kind of another sluggish issue in terms of plot development. The fight scene is cool and Solila’s continuing sojourn has a lot of neat visual atmosphere thanks to De Felici’s lines and Patricio Delpeche’s colors.
Cube?
I don’t have a whole lot of problems with how the plot is progressing, only the pacing. I guess that’s pretty standard for Kirkman, but I do get tired of typing the same thing over and over in every review. I like this series, but I think Void Rivals will read much better in trade. Also, I don’t know if that death in this issue is permanent, but it seems a waste if it is.
Buy Void Rivals # 16 this week, and TALK TO THE HANDROID.
