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The Promise, Part 1
by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang
So my wife and I just finished Avatar yesterday (Yeah yeah yeah I know, I'm 10 years late or whatever.) And decided to pick up this part 1 since it was on sale on Comixlogy for so cheap.
Whenever comics continue the series it can go a couple of ways. Most times it feels cheap cash in to get the money flowing. But stuff like Angel and Buffy proved it can be done, and done well. So I was optimistic with this one. Especially with Yang writing it as I liked most of his stuff. How did this one turn out though, you ask?
Actually pretty great. We get into some political grounds as Zuko is tasked to fix the problems caused by his father. Kicking out the fire nation from places they invaded sounds like a reasonable thing. But what if people began working and living together because of it? Are we going to kick out them too? That's where Zuko and Aang come to disagreement that adds to some really cool moments and a great cliffhanger.
This is basically a episode or two of Avatar in one book and it was really enjoyable. The dialogue is great and snappy, funny when needed, emotional as well, oh and the art is wonderful which helps capture the spirit of the show really good. While a bit short this was well worth the read. A 4 out of 5.
Whenever comics continue the series it can go a couple of ways. Most times it feels cheap cash in to get the money flowing. But stuff like Angel and Buffy proved it can be done, and done well. So I was optimistic with this one. Especially with Yang writing it as I liked most of his stuff. How did this one turn out though, you ask?
Actually pretty great. We get into some political grounds as Zuko is tasked to fix the problems caused by his father. Kicking out the fire nation from places they invaded sounds like a reasonable thing. But what if people began working and living together because of it? Are we going to kick out them too? That's where Zuko and Aang come to disagreement that adds to some really cool moments and a great cliffhanger.
This is basically a episode or two of Avatar in one book and it was really enjoyable. The dialogue is great and snappy, funny when needed, emotional as well, oh and the art is wonderful which helps capture the spirit of the show really good. While a bit short this was well worth the read. A 4 out of 5.