Malevolent #5 // Review
It’s only just arrived. It can remember what it was like being taken to ap lace away from where it was. It remembers having been torn apart and reborn. Suffice it to say, the demon isn’t actually having a very good time in our world. It’s been displaced. And that’s made it angry. Humanity has to face that anger in Malevolent #5. Writer Justin Jordan continues a sci-fi horror-based action series with artist John Bivens. Felipe Sobreiro handles the colors in an issue that gets just a bit further into some of the themes being explored in the series thus far.
She says she likes going for rides. She says this as she’s being led by the neck through a clean, antiseptic hallway. She’s got a collar on. That callar is attached to a couple of very, very long rods that are being held by a couple of guards. They’re taking her into an armored truck. One of the people witnessing the deployment asks if all the precautions are totally necessary. Afterall...if she’s safe to “use” around the agents in the field...only thing is: she isn’t. No one’s ever safe around her. She’s got demonic power and she’s being used as a weapon. And before they lock-up the armored transport to take her out to the threat she looks back. And she smiles.
Jordan continues to explore a world that is much more dangerous than our own. The exploration into darkness through human tampering is a nauseatingly reoccurring theme and science fiction. However, Jordan has found a way to make it feel fresh and original. There are aspects of the danger here that feel that much more appealing than most or. It's a very dangerous environment that is described in the world of the series. However, it's not always easy to tell exactly where the danger is coming from. And there's some suggestion that the hero herself is possibly a source of great danger. It's very possible that she could turn the villain really quickly. And the danger of that seems helpful thanks to some really interesting. Work on the part of Jordan continuing to set up the basic foundations of the series in the fifth issue.
Bivens it doesn't overall burden the page with a whole lot of detail. This allows Spbreoro plenty of room to work in rendering mood and deaf to those aspects of the visual reality of the series which are the center and heart of what's going on. In places, it might just look a little too spots and clean for any kind of a major metropolitan city. However, the distinct visual signature of this series is definitely its own thing. The overall graphic design of the world of Malevolent continues to make his presence known on the page. And it is very appealing presence.
Of course, the whole central conflict of this area seems to focus on the main character. And she is sort of an unknown quantity. The real challenge is to maintain interest in a series as a mystery of a main character begins to become more and more explored. Because once everything's been defined, it's kind of hard to maintain momentum on the series. However, it really looks like Jordan and Company are taking their time, revealing quite exactly what she is. And that's a very smart move.
