This is more world building than character driven, and suffers for it.

The first volume did do world building, and it was enjoyable, but the story very much was about Val. This time we have a bigger cast, focus on the villain Bill, and the big "bad" of the series. So it had less feel of character interest, and more of grand plot. I personally think Snyder hits his mark higher when he focuses on character.

Still, this was solid. The art is great, the fights are fun, and Bill is a nice piece of shit to give us a reason to hate him. I just couldn't get into the rest of the characters and Val felt like almost a afterthought here.

A 3.5 out of 5.