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Divinity by Matt Kindt
3.0

This was pretty cool! I wish read "Unity" first to get maybe a bigger impact of the 2nd half, but Divinity mostly can read as a standalone a title.

So what's it about? Who is Divinity? Well he's pretty much a all mighty force of nature. He has powers that no one else has, ones that are downright scary, unique, and kind of beautiful at times. He can warp reality, make you feel like living a 100 years within just 5 seconds of your life, bring back the dead, give everybody dreams coming true. Unity (The avengers/JLA of valiant) decide they have to put a stop to him but he won't be letting that happen so easy. Meet the newest villain/hero of the valiant universe who gets his unique origins here.

Good: I like the tone a lot. It's somber, sad, beautiful, and engaging. I really liked Divinity despite being kind of in quiet most of the time. I also thought his powers were interesting, almost reminding me of Mr. Manhattan but maybe even stronger?

Bad: I didn't get too attached to Divinity as a character. I wanted too, they gave him a decent background, but maybe it just moved too fast for me. I also thought the mob at the end was kind of like "Why?" I mean I get the reasoning but again the pacing might have been way to fast for me.

Overall Divinity is a unique superhero book. Deeper than some, darker in ways, yet still interesting. I thought a extra issue or two to flush out everything would have did this wonders but for now I enjoyed what I got and want to read more. A 3.5 out of 5.