Spawn the Dark Ages #4 // Review
General Autiiius laments. Kentigern is ready to meet with the Saxon king. The Holy Roman Church is firmly embraced by Kentigern and he surely will wish to convince the kinf of the Saxons to embrace the church. Indeed...if he can do so, then the country will be united under Christ and the infidels will be cast out once and for all. Things continue to look particularly bleak in Spawn the Dark Ages #4. Writer/artist Liam Sharp continues his return trip to an earlier, more brutal age in and within the Spawn universe. The darkness feels suitably stylish as the series enters the second half of it s six issue run.
The Druidess mix or rather dramatic entrance on the two men. Perhaps he's not as interested in Christ as he is in his own power. And consolidating the entire country under one religion would be a very potent message, which would see a gentleman in question arising to considerable prominence. Of course, the Druidess who is entering the room and rather aggressive posture. She has, after all, got a sword in her hand. It's going to be difficult for her talent, though. Just as she had followed the two men, there was someone else coming in behind her.
The historical drama forms a firm of foundation for the horror and the action of that which Sharp is rendering for the page. The drama is very heavy. And there's quite a lot of cultural baggage being poured onto the page. Thankfully, there's enough drama in the heart of every character around the page to keep it moving, even if the rest of it might seem like a pale echo of history that nauseatingly repeats itself over and over again. The heart of the trauma on the page remains very vital thanks to some very deft writing on the part of.Sharp
Of course, the fact that Sharp is also doing the art doesn't hurt either. The way he's framing the drama with traumatic shadows and powerful close-ups goes a long way towards selling the intensity of the script. It would be all too easy to dismiss the ghosts of past areas if they weren't brought to the page so compellingly. Shark does a good job with the darkness and the shadow. The four reality of the page feels almost submerged in India Inc. However, there's just enough definition beyond it to maintain some compelling brutality and equally haunting horror.
Pacing of the issue feels like it's hitting the page in the right way. Moments of drama occasionally splash out into powerful action. And the horror seems to be everywhere whether it's in the hearts of individuals or powerfully on the page in the form of dark fantasy. It certainly seems to be engaging in nightmare-fueled anxieties of the present as the themes present on the page, continue to echo into the hour with further bloodshed on a different scale and a different way another side of the Earth.
