rltinha's review against another edition
4.0
Kindt não desilude, mantendo uma narrativa de analepses constantes que nem por isso alienam o leitor do presente. Merecia melhor arte.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
Another case of a possibly good story being poorly collected.
This story is a crossover between X-O Manowar, Unity, and Bloodshot. This volume focuses on Unity, and each chapter has a cliffhanger ending, and then begins the next chapter much later in the story, where the reveal from the previous chapter isn't dealt with. And there's no "continued in X-O Manowar" or "continued in Bloodshot", you're on your own for figuring out how to read this.
I'm stunned that in the 21st century, comic book editors still haven't figured out how to collect crossover stories so that they're enjoyable to read. It's a super basic concept that collection editors just don't seem to grasp. It makes me wonder what, precisely, their skill set is.
I can't really recommend this book because it's missing huge chunks of story, and is therefore highly unsatisfying. I'll soon be reading the other two collections that deal with the crossover, and, hopefully, they'll provide the portions of the story that were left out of this volume.
So far, though, this series suffers when it's being crossed over, and shines when it's self-contained.
This story is a crossover between X-O Manowar, Unity, and Bloodshot. This volume focuses on Unity, and each chapter has a cliffhanger ending, and then begins the next chapter much later in the story, where the reveal from the previous chapter isn't dealt with. And there's no "continued in X-O Manowar" or "continued in Bloodshot", you're on your own for figuring out how to read this.
I'm stunned that in the 21st century, comic book editors still haven't figured out how to collect crossover stories so that they're enjoyable to read. It's a super basic concept that collection editors just don't seem to grasp. It makes me wonder what, precisely, their skill set is.
I can't really recommend this book because it's missing huge chunks of story, and is therefore highly unsatisfying. I'll soon be reading the other two collections that deal with the crossover, and, hopefully, they'll provide the portions of the story that were left out of this volume.
So far, though, this series suffers when it's being crossed over, and shines when it's self-contained.
carroq's review against another edition
4.0
So what was the Unity team doing during the Armor Hunters event? Aside from saving the world? This book is tangential to the whole Armor Hunters story. It fills in some of the parts that aren't shown in the main book (i.e. the mini-series #1-4). I think it does a great job filling that niche. It answers some questions, like how did they get Bloodshot to come back from his self-imposed exile?
This volume feels more like four separate short pieces that are loosely connected to each other and Armor Hunters. For me, that's not a bad thing by any means. I enjoyed each of the issues in this volume. I would recommend reading this alongside the Armor Hunters event (especially after searching for a reading order online). It's a bang up action book that doesn't shy away from that fact. There isn't a ton of depth to the characters and in this case it doesn't matter. Jumping into this on its own will leave you confused though.
This volume feels more like four separate short pieces that are loosely connected to each other and Armor Hunters. For me, that's not a bad thing by any means. I enjoyed each of the issues in this volume. I would recommend reading this alongside the Armor Hunters event (especially after searching for a reading order online). It's a bang up action book that doesn't shy away from that fact. There isn't a ton of depth to the characters and in this case it doesn't matter. Jumping into this on its own will leave you confused though.
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