Incredibly bleak and dark (even a kid gets mangled). Blood and gore isn't endearing to me at all, but I still want to see how this series progresses. I really had to look away for this volume. I was wincing through every page. I think this is the most violent (superhero) comic I've legit ever read, just nonstop bloodbath. If they wanted to cement the Viltrumites as the bloodthirsty warriors they are, they wholeheartedly succeeded.

SN: I love the moral grayness of Cecil.

1.5