WWE Volume 4 Women's Evolution Review

Now then wrestling fans and comic book fans I thought i'd take a look at something a little different and yet something that combines my love of both worlds. So I thought that WWE has a comic book series still running and so here I am taking a look at it now I know your asking why are you starting with volume 4 well that's because these comic book adapt storylines from the main shows anyway so you can jump in anywhere and pick up the story and so here is my review of WWE Volume 4 Women's Evolution.

If your a wrestling fan you'll know by the name of the volume what this story named after but shockingly that's not the plot at all. The basic story follows Bayley she raises through NXT on her quest to make it to the main roster. In terms of the story is told it's told pretty well given that the volume is only four issues long they don't include her rivalry with Carmella tho.

Now i'm a huge wrestling fan so know Bayley's story and from these four issues I got the feeling that the writer for the series really wasn't that big of fan, Just because even tho they the basics for each match down he skips over alot of key character moments for Bayley and that means that we can't really connect with the character which for me is a key thing since she's the focus point of this whole story so he could have made some effort into detailing those character moments.

I know I didn't really focus that much on the story but that's honestly because outside of the Bayley stuff there really isn't a story to speak of. They could have done a whole story just based on the women's evolution and how it and they change a bit of history because in the first issue of this story they say that it's called the Women's Evolution when at the time it was the Divas Revolution it didn't get the name Women's Evolution until much later.

The writer for this volume is Dennis Hopeless with a side story written by different people and in all honesty the writing for the main Bayley story is pretty basic Dennis gives you the basics of who each wrestler is and gives you nothing new. The side story is focused of Asuka and does actually tie into the main story by the end of the volume and I feel that the writing in that side story is actually worse then the one in the main story because at least in the main story you get a sense of who the characters are which is something you don't get in the side story.

The art for this series is done by Serg Acuna and I have to say that all of the wrestlers both make and female look like there real life counterparts. However there are times where the art looks a little rushed which is odd because Boom Studious usually kills it when it comes to the artwork in there stories and just like the writing is kind of a lot down it's not bad at all but it could have been much better.

For a volume called "Women's Evolution" they don't actually spend anytime explaining why that evolution started. Well to be fair they do explain why the Divas Evolution started that's really it there's nothing about why the Divas Evolution failed and why they needed to rebrand / reboot it with the Women's Evolution which is a shame because it's a key part of it's history and it's something that shouldn't be ignored.

This storyline only lasts three issues lasting from issue fourteen to issue seventeen which really isn't alot of time to tell any kind of story. If you wanted to tell at least a semi decent story then this storyline should have been at least four or five issues long since then you could have included alot of character stuff and added things to each of the characters but as it is all of that goes away and the story get's rushed.

Yeah remember when I said that Bayleys match with Carmella isn't really covered all it gets is two panels and that's it. That really is a shame because it was a really good match and the two really did have good chemistry but none of that comes through in this version of it because there's so little time dedicated to the characters and so little time given to the story of the key matches if anything this volume should have been called WWE Volume 4: The Rise Of Bayley since then cutting things down would have made some form of sense.

Now i'm not sure if this true or not but for some reason they chose to make the comic book version of Bayley a neat freak. Which if your in the know about the wrestling you'd quickly realise that it would be difficult for someone who is a neat to be on the road wrestling every day for a huge amount of the year so why they chose to add this little characteristic is beyond and it's not something that even goes anywhere.

Now since this is an actual wrestling book it means I have to talk about the wrestling featured in it and god knows how i'm going to do that. I'll say that the moves are drawn pretty well  with alot of the finishing moves that you'd associate with a few superstars being represented here and I can't help but wonder if the artist was told to put all of there effort into making the moves look good because that's when the artwork is at it's best.

Overall as i've said several times in this review if this volume was about the actual Women's Evolution then it wouldn't be that bad but since it chooses to focus on Bayley it fails in alot of ways all of which i've covered so it gets a 5 out of 10 from me. If you guys like this review i'll give some serious thought into reviewing the WCW comic book from Marvel.

My Thoughts On Some The So Called Controversy Surrounding Captain Marvel

Before I start this post I want you all to know that I wasn't even planning on making this post I was just going to address what's been said in my review of the movie but the more I thought about it the more I realised that this needs to be it's own thing. So in this post i'm going to address alot of things that has been said about Captain Marvel as well as some of the controversy surrounding the new movie.

Now if you recall some time Brie Larson came out and said that she doesn't want White Men to see and review the movie. If this was an attempt to get more women to see the movie then she's failed big time because those critics hold a huge amount of power am I saying that she shouldn't have said anything no but what she could have done is said " I want more women to watch and see this movie" that way there would be no controversy to speak of but because she didn't she's alienated a huge portion of the audience and In case your wondering I got this from a website called The Irish Times.

Now this next bit on controversy came in what I think is an innocent comment made by myself I can't recall the exact day this was posted but some leaked promo art for Avengers: Endgame came out and I pointed out that Marvel was pushing the character down our throats. My god did alot of people hate that because I got alot of hate with the general message being that I was somehow sexist yeah that's complete BS because at the time Marvel had to just released yet another relaunch and the fact that thew character is front and centre of not one but two TV specials and dozens of TV spots for the movie it really does seem like there pushing the character down our throats. 

I know alot of people will argue the opposite and that's fair enough but to outright call someone sexist when they've said nothing of the kind that's where I have to draw the line. You can disagree with someone all you want infact it's healthy for you do that but to say that someone is saying sexist things when all there doing is saying that it feels like the character is being shoved down our throats isn't right and it makes you look like a bad person.

In all honesty everything surrounding this film is starting to feel like the Ghostbusters reboot you all know what I mean your wrong for liking the movie or in this case wanting to go and see the movie and your wrong for not wanting to see the movie. Once again there's no middle ground and that's not a good thing for either side regardless if you want to see the movie if you want to want to avoid so I ask both sides actually listen to what the other is saying because it might not be as bad as you think it is.

Now this last thing is kind of a recent one i've only just been saying it the past few days but apparently people are trying to boycott seeing Captain Marvel and go and see Alita: Battle Angel. Now this isn't a bad thing if there doing it for the right reasons in that they generally think that Captain Marvel looks like a bad movie but if there doing it because of the fact that they think that Alita represents women better without even seeing Captain Marvel then that's not the best of reasons and we all know that this is going to fail not because of all the controversy surrounding the film but because it's a Marvel film.

So there we go guys these are just some of my thoughts on the "controversy" surrounding Captain Marvel. I'm not going to lie alot of comments out there are generally sexist and against women but not all of them are and that's what we have to try and find out and not just group all of them together because that's just not going to help anyone.    

   

Saga Volume 1 Review

Comic book fans you guys have seen me review alot of books featuring mainstream characters but for once I thought i'd dig a little deeper and find something that's not as well known. After many hours of trying to find the perfect comic book to write a review on I think i've found something truly special and it's also something that I myself havn't even read so here is my review of volume one of Saga.

The plot of the first volume is newly weds and new parents Alana and Marko are members of different races which were at war with each other. After the birth of there daughter Hazel the couple decide to escape the planet in search for a better life and do so by looking for something called the Rocketship Forest. In terms of what I thought of the actual story it's not badly told nor is it a bad story it's a pretty simple story and it's because of that that the story works in my opinion.

Now i've done a bit of digging and this is listed as an epic space opera / fantasy epic which to me makes it sound like Star Wars mixed in with Lord Of The Rings. With that being said that's pretty much exact what this first story is and if that's something you think you'd enjoy then this is the series for you. Even tho I like both Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars I don't really think that they should have been mixed together and in all honesty this first story is pretty dull.

I know i'm going to get alot of hate for what i've just said but in order to do a review you have to list both the positive and negative aspects of whatever it is your reviewing. That said there is alot to love about this story for example the lead characters are really likeable which is always a plus because you want your main heroes to be likeable but at they same time they also feel very relate-able.

The book is written by Brian K. Vaughan who's also worked on alot of X-Men books and alot of stuff for DC. I've not read anything that this guy has written and based on this first arc i'm really missing out because this first story is really well written and given how well received the whole series is i'm going to assume that it's the same for the rest of the series as well. What really did shock me was how good the world building is in this first story like I want to get to know more about this world and that's just from reading the first six issues.

The artwork was done by Fiona Staples who's shockingly not worked on that much outside of the ongoing Archie series from 2015. That really is a shame because damn is her artwork beautiful i'm, not even kidding her art work looks so freaking good it's easily the best artwork that i've seen in a long long time and I hope that she gets to work on more high profile books since her art needs to be seen by more people.

How do I put this but alot of not only the images but also the content in the book it self for a more mature audience and the more mature content doesn't actually feel forced if anything it feels very freaking natural and organic. I will say tho that having a lot of mature images doesn't help reviewers like me since now i've got to choose my images very carefully and this is also a warning to adults as well because there's a lot of swearing nudity and scenes of a sexual nature and that's just in the first issue heck there's even planet who's sole purpose is for people to get laid.

Now just to make things a bit more clear for you guys the first volume of this book is the first six issues of the series. One story lasts six issues and thus one volume is only six issues long and given that there's over fifty issues of this series there's going to be a lot of volumes to collect which i'm sure is worth it if your a die hard collector but since that's not me i'm going to tell you right now i'm not going to review the next volume of this series this will be the only review you'll see for now just because reading alot of volumes is alot of work for any sane person to even try.

These two images form part of the reason why i've had to throw up a warning earlier in the review just because I could very easily see alot of people taking issue with the fact that i've used images that not only feature nudity but also gore. Also possibly adding to that fact is the fact that in a rather bold move the front cover shows a young woman breast feeding that's something that's never seen on a comic book cover and I think it's brave of Image Comics to allow a book that has that as the cover to get released.

Now there is a little bit of action in these first six issues and I have to say that the action is honestly pretty decent and I hope that it gets better later on in the series run. Now alot of the comic books i've reviewed all feature characters i'm familiar with for example when you pick up a Deadpool comic even if you've just seen the movies you know what to expect from him here tho I was discovering these characters for the first time and that was honestly really refreshing since it was like I was reading the book when it first came out.

Overall I know that this review didn't do the book as a whole justice and it's only just scratched the surface of what was in the first volume but I honestly feel that i did a good job covering this epic volume because that's the best word I can use to describe it as epic and I hope that this doesn't get adapted into anything this first volume gets an 9 out of 10 from me.

  

  

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo DC Comics Review

Dragon Tattoo fans i'm huge fan of the this franchise while i've not read all of the books outside of the first one I have seen both the original Swedish films and both American ones. The one thing i've not done however is review the comic book adaptation of the first first book and well that's going to change right now and i'm going to warn some of the images chosen in this review might not be suitable for young readers so here is my review of the DC Comics version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Now in case you didn't know the plot of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is in the mid sixties a young girl goes missing and her uncle believes one of his relatives killed her and so in present day hires a disgraced journalist and a hacker to find out who did it. Honestly for me to give me thoughts on the plot I would also have to dissect the mystery of the story so for once i'm going to give my thoughts on both later on in the review.

Now there is actually two comic books based on this story out there there's one published by DC Comics and another published by Titan Comics and as the name of this review will tell you i'm doing a review based on the DC Comics version of the story. This book is so freaking dark and I think for this story and this world that honestly works and it's one of the many , many , many things that the recent Sony movie got wrong.

Unlike regular comics this was released as a two volume graphic novel which I think was the right choice to make because if they were adapting it in regular comic book form they'd still be releasing issues. This book is very dialog heavy and when I say dialog heavy I really do mean it there's a ton of dialog on every single page and alot of it is important to the plot and that's something that I can see putting alot of people of because I myself skipped alot of it but I could afford to because i've seen both film versions alot.

There's one scene which I hope to god gets included in every adaptation of the story because of how crucial of a scene it is to the character of Lisbeth. If you've seen the above picture and you've seen either the original Swedish film or the American remake then you'll know the scene in question and i'm glad that it's in this comic book version of the story but there are a few things changed like you don't get to see Lisbeth lay down the terms of his release which while not important is still a cool thing to see.

The writer for the book is Denise Mina who would also work on the other two books by the original author Stig Larsson as well as A Sickness in the Family and I have to say that even tho she's adapting work from a great author Denise really does her best to manage this really complicated plot line. The artwork was done by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti now I have no idea who drew what but the overall quality of the artwork in the book is of a high standerd.

Now seems like a good time to talk about the mystery and the story because like I said before there one in the same in this case. I thought that the mystery was honestly really well told even tho i've seen this story dozens of times before it still gets me interested and I like the fact that the author of this adaptation was able to find a balance between giving you clues as to what really's going on and letting the characters breathe and the fact that there's also kind of a mini mystery added as well makes things more interesting at least in my opinion.

Now depending on where your seeing this review you'll have seen my review of The Girl In The Spider's Web and will thus no that I hated how they treated Lisbeth in that story. For me tho nothing beats how she's treated in the original trilogy of books and films because she's treated not as someone who's a female action hero but as someone who has issues getting along with men due to her backstory and she'll go to any length she deems necessary to get revenge on them which is what shew does in this story.

In all honesty Lisbeth is my favourite literary heroine because of the fact that she doesn't take shi* from anyone. She's the kind of person who'll tell you to fu*k off if you annoy her and is somehow still the best at what she does she is everything Rey from Star Wars wishes she could be because while Rey pretends to empower women Lisbeth does it just by being herself and I can't believe that when people bring up strong female characters they don't even mention her.

To say that this is a mature comic book would be a freaking understatement heck even tho there's a lot of mature images used in this post there was alot more that I could have used but chose not to due to how mature they are. Heck even in what I think is a famous scene I only use the end of that scene because it's the only image that i really could use but here's the thing alot of those more mature scenes also add to the overall horror not only of the world that this book is set in but also due to the story.

Overall if you love the Swedish film or the American film or even the original book then you'll love this version of the story however if none of those grabbed you then don't expect this story to grab. Is it a perfect book no i've even listed some of the faults that I found in the book but it's damn freaking close so it gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Pryde of The X-Men Review

Now then comic book fans you'll know that i've already reviewed the original X-Men animated series and well I found out that the series had a pilot episode. This episode is infamous for alot of creative choices especially what accent they give to the ever popular Wolverine but i'll get into that later on in the review because trust me I have alot of thoughts on this so here is my review of Pryde of the X-Men.

The plot of the pilot is Magneto is broken out of prison and somehow tries to take over the world. Yeah the plot of this episode isn't it's strongest suit in fact there's alot about this episode which isn't good. Not helping the plot is the fact that it's so freaking rushed I get that this is a pilot episode and thus they wouldn't know if they were getting more episodes but it would have helped if they picked a story which would fit in perfectly with a twenty two minuet time frame the story they go with here is better suited to being a two or three part episode.

Starring in the pilot is a young Kath Soucie as Kitty Pryde , Alexandra Stoddart as Dazzler , Michael Bell as Cyclops , Andi Chapman as Storm , Ronald Gans as Juggernaut , Alan Oppenheimer as Blob , Neil Ross as Nightcrawler , Earl Boen as Magneto , Pat Fraley as Pyro , Dan Gilvezan as Colossus , Patrick Pinney as Wolverine , Susan Silo as Emma Frost , Fred Flintstones boss Mr. Slate as Professor X and Frank Welker as Toad and Lockheed.

How do I describe the acting in this pilot they got alot of good actors infact alot of them are voice acting legends but tho there not given much to do. The same thing can also be said for the rest of the actors there acting isn't that bad but it could have been better and alot of that comes down to the script I honestly feel that if the script was better then the acting would have been better.

Now let's talk about something that this pilot is infamous for even tho it wasn't first done in this pilot and that's the fact that they give Wolverine who is Canadian an Australian accent. Now this was done because among many things the success of Crocodile Dundee but it doesn't make sense since the character like I said is Canadian so why they chose to make this change is beyond me heck even when the show was in product the Australian fad was dying out anyway.

Now like the animated series this series uses a new mutant to introduce the rest of the crew in this case it's Kitty Pryde. This honestly isn't a bad idea since it's a good way to introduce all the characters in a short amount of time but tho the difference is in the animated series Jubliee wasn't an annoying character Kitty or at least this version of her spends a good amount of the episode whining about anything and everything I honestly just wanted her to shut up for a few minuets.

Now this is something that will please fans of Dragonball and Sailor Moon but the animation for this pilot was done by the great Toei Animation. For a pilot the animation is honestly really good in fact i'd say it's the best part of the whole pilot and alot of that comes from the fact that the budget for the animation was pretty freaking high so they put in alot of effort into making the animation look good it's just a shame that they didn't do that for the rest of the pilot.

This pilot also has narration from the late and great Stan Lee and as much as I love me some Stan Lee he just wasn't needed in this pilot. I don't even know why they chose to have him act as the episodes narrator since it's only twenty two minuets long and there's not that much story so it would be pointless to have him in the episode at least in my opinion.

One thing that was very apparent all throughout the pilot is the fact that it seems alot more dumbed down when compared to the more mature X-Men The Animated Series. On the one hand I can see why I chose to make this more for kids since that's where cartoons where when this thing came out in 1989 but on the other hand by making it more geared towards kids they also ignore some of the more mature undertones that the franchise is known for.

Another change that was made in the pilot is the opening and the opening theme song in my opinion the theme song in the actual series is far better but tho the theme used in this episode isn't that bad. Don't get me wrong it's still pretty bad because it doesn't get you excited for the show at all if anything it feels like a generic 80's kids action show theme and not something worthy of the X-Men so i'm glad that they changed it when the series was eventually made.

Also feeling pretty dumbed down is the action I know that that's a weird thing to say but I say it because of the fact that alot of the time during an action scene when someone goes to throw a punch they'll cut away for no reason. By doing that it makes it hard for me to fully judge the action since you can barely see it and for some reason the show thinks that Cyclops's powers can work through a helmet which if you've read even a single issue of the X-Men comic books or even seen one episode of the animated series you'll know that that's not the case.

Overall in terms of how pilots go this is very rough around the edges you can see where the series would have gone if it was picked up which as well know wouldn't happen with this pilot. That said however it's only something i'd recommend watching if you want tot see what the X-Men animated series could have looked like and so this pilot gets a 5 out of 10 from me.

  

The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto Comic Book Review

Now then comic book fans this wasn't something I planned on doing but after I watched and reviewed the film version of what i'm about to review I did some digging around and I found the original comic book version. So I thought that i'd take this chance to to take a look at the original source material and since this can't be helped i'll also be making alot of comparisons to the movie so here is my review of the comic boo version of The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto.

Now I know what your wondering is the plot to the book the same as the movie well yes and no because while the book does contain a story that is the plot of the movie. It also contains another story and I will say that if you've seen the movie you'll notice alot of differences in the first story i'm not going to give them away but I think that the movie told the story better as for the second one it's about Aliens invading earth and our hero has to try and stop them and it's as wonderfully over the top as you'd expect by now.

Now if your like me and you saw the above picture you'd be thinking that the characters look like there animated counterparts well to quote Dolores Umbridge this is a lie because outside of Superbeasto and Suzi none of the characters look like there animated counterparts. Heck you could even make the very real argument that the comic book version of Suzi doesn't look like the character in the film but in my eyes she looks close enough so it counts.

I'm not going to lie tho some of the designs do indeed work like the comic book version of Dr. Satan actually looks terrifying. Then there are some designs that just don't work at all like the design for Velvet in my opinion she looked alot better in the animated movie because she's meant to be this knockout babe and in the comic book she just looks plain and unattractive to me and that doesn't work with the story at all.

We had two people doing the art for this book for the first story it was Kieron Dwyer and taking over from him was someone called Ej Su. Don't worry if you havn't heard of either of them because I havn't either and i'll admit when I heard that they were switching artist mid run I honestly thought that the art style would change but no they keep it the same all throughout the book which for me is a good thing because the artwork is honestly pretty decent it's not going to win any awards anytime soon but the art is still fun to look at.

As you might have guessed given that his name appears on top of the first two pictures in this review this series was created by and written by director Rob Zombie I don't really think I need to say what he's directed since he's a well known horror director. With that in mind if you picture the almost terrible writing of his Halloween remake and then mix it in with the self awareness of the scream movies then you'll get what the writing of this book is like because while it is written badly you get the feeling that that's part of it's charm.

What struck me about this book is how El Superbeasto was written in the movie he's alot more aloof and goofy where as in the book he is still a bit goofy like he still does get a few jokes but he's also alot more serious. Which at times does indeed work but then there are times where him being very serious goes against what's happening in the book it's almost as if they still wanted to get some jokes out of him but instead of making him a goofy hero they just chose to make him act goofy sometimes and that doesn't work in my opinion.

Now while I was reading the book I couldn't help but make comparisons to the movie and yeah in the first story there's alot of changes in this version of the story some of which work and some don't. One of the things that I think doesn't work is for some literally unknown reason they have Velvet turn evil near the end it comes out of know where and is utterly pointless and another is how Suzi gets introduced in the movie she's introduced with her taking down a bunch of Nazi zombies and here it's just with her taking a phone call in the bath.

I have to say that I prefer the movies introduction to the character just due to how insane and over the top it is where as her it's not a good introduction to this bada*s character. If i'm being honest her character in the comic book is perhaps the most different to that of the movie in the movie she's alot more unstable shall we say where as here I think she's a bit more level headed and that makes it hard for me to say which version of the character I like the most because on the one hand the movie version is alot more fun to watch but the comic book version is alot more interesting.

Now if your expecting there to be as many cameos in the comic book then get ready to be disappointed don't get me wrong there are some cameos but there some cameos but there more from public domain characters so don't go around expecting Jason to show up or to see Micheal get hit by a car. With that being said I might have found an Elvira cameo but i'm not going to include the picture just because there's a lot of nudity in the scene.

There are a few jokes to be found in this comic book but oddly enough there not always from what the characters say alot of the time they come from the word boxes. Which to me does work because alot of what's said in those boxes are really funny like for example in one scene El describes a popular song and then the very next word box says that he's now got the song in question stuck in his head that to me is a really funny joke but for every joke that's funny in the book there's alot more which just aren't funny.

Overall this comic book is pretty bad but then again so is the film and before you all say anything yes I know that the comic book came first. There are a lot of good things to be found in the comic book but there's also alot of things that are bad as well and so with that in mind this book gets a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

   

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 1: The Long Way Home Review

Comic book fans since I love to spoil you guys rotten I thought i'd give you all another review only this one wasn't one of the books that I mentioned in a previous post. That's honestly because I didn't think of it until right now and that's honestly a good thing since it means that these opinions will be very raw with very little to know research so here is my review of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 1: The Ling Way Home.

The plot of this book is Buffy and her friends have now formed there own secret army with dozens of other slayers and witches but there's an evil witch out there who wants them dead and will stop at nothing to do it. Ok getting the obvious out of the way early you have to be fan of the Buffy TV show in order to understand what's going on with that said I honestly thought that the story in this first arc was honestly pretty weak and I honestly thought that it would have been better if the storyline here was the whole series and not just the first four issues.

Now not only do you need to be a fan of the show in order to understand certain things said in this book it's also set around a year after the season 7 finale. So this book takes place in the year 2004 I mention all of this because the season 7 finale "Chosen" does kind of play a part in this opening arc since we do see the aftermath of that episode which i'm not going to spoil since it's honestly a really good episode and one that that should be checked out.

What honestly shocked me is that alot of characters who were main characters in not only the final season of the show but also the show as a whole aren't present in this arc. Now granted one of them does make an appearance in the next arc but you'd think that given how popular those characters were in the show that they'd be present at least in the few opening panels. Having those characters not appear does work because the story really doesn't allow for them to be there but a quick line of dialog would have been nice.

The writer for this opening arc is actually show creator Joss Wheadon and that for me is a good thing because who else would know these characters better then the person who created them in the first place. Writing wise it's the kind of writing that you'd expect from Joss and while not a bad thing in anyway it would have been better if more time was given to the characters and more time setting up this new world.

The art for this arc was done by Georges Jeanty who's worked on things such as Batman: Streets Of Gotham Buffy Season 9 and Buffy season 12 among many other things. Now here I would normally say that the artwork isn't that good well here it actually is pretty good OK it's not the best artwork out there all of the characters do look like there TV counterpart which is very hard to do but I got the feeling that he didn't really put his own mark on the characters.

There was one thing that didn't get resolved in this arc and it's something that really did bug the hell out of me. For some Dawn Buffy's sister has been learning magic from one of Buffy's friends and has turned herself into a giant. Now i'll admit I havn't seen the show in a while but from what I recall Dawn was never learning magic and they don't either show or tell us if they turned Dawn back to normal or not I don't know why that second one really bugged me but it did.

Not only does this issue have ties to the end of the show's finale but it also ties it self into season 6 and also the first season with the character of Amy. When I said that you need to be a fan of this series I really wasn't kidding because they'll reference the most obscure thing and even the character of Amy is a little known character i'm not going to reveal what the connection is to season 6 because it's honestly pretty freaking cool.

Again something that they don't explain in this arc but something that might get explained in future arc's is the fact that Willow has been away from the main group for quite sometime. That to me is honestly quite interesting because we know from the show that she's one of the strongest witches out there so it makes you wonder what she could possibly be up to that would require her to be away from her friends for such a long time.

As for what I thought about the action it's the type of action that one would expect from Buffy so if you liked the action that was seen in the show then you'll love the action in this opening arc. I myself tho thought that the action was just an excuse to include jokes mostly because at least once or twice during an action scene someone would tell a joke and while that might work in a TV show here it just didn't work for me.

Overall this wasn't a bad opening arc it does a fairly good job of setting up the main villain for this season but tho it fails at telling a good story and that should be have been more important at least in my opinion so this arc gets a 5 out of 10 from me.