Epic Kill #6 Review


Song has completed her task, been executed, and has managed to stay alive through all of it…sort of. Is she willing to move forward and return to the real world?

Here is the summary from Image:

NOW AN ONGOING SERIES!
Song’s body lies lifeless on the morgue table but her Uncle planned for this outcome and summons her back to the living. Returning from the edge of death is the hardest fight Song has ever faced as her inner demons struggle to keep her in the land of the dead.

Song Takahashi has completed her quest of vengeance for her family against Senator Rook by killing him. However the President retaliates against this action and has her sentenced to death by electric chair, but she narrowly survives by slowing down her heart rate and breathing. She now is teetering between life an death, fighting for her soul in purgatory. Fighting against the guilt she feels and whether returning to life is the right thing to do while her uncle tries to escape with her in the real world.

Raffaele Ienco pulls double duty on this series by both writing and drawing. The script is handled well enough, detailing Song’s internal struggle against her demons and her reasons for doing what she did. Also giving some insight into how she will continue on after this moment in her life, will she drift off in to the abyss and die? Or will she fight the darkness and return to life?

The art in here is decent, not really good, but not bad either. It’s basically like computer generated art in the way it’s drawn, which does allow for more realistic feel and more dynamic movements to be given emphasis. This however causes some of the perspective be a bit wonky as well; for example, there is a scene where Song is fighting a group of wolfmen, she proceeds to slice into them with a katana, but in some panels it is a bit confusing to tell how the sword was swung in order to cause a certain cut. It’s also pretty basic with nothing that really stands out or catches the eye, just average.

The story is pretty engaging, and while the art ranges from weak to decent, it doesn’t drag down the book’s quality that much. I recommend it.

3/5

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