Faith is becoming a comic I really love. It’s one of those strange cases where things always seem work, maybe more in some issues than another, but always with more pros than cons, and this fifth issue doesn’t disappoint in that department. Well, as much as it can across the multiple episodes within this issue.
The first one, and our main story, focuses on what happens a couple of days after Faith and Archer’s ‘kind-of date’ at the Comic Con, and how it affected our psiot girl. However, she won’t have much time to think on matters as there’s something else going on, of which Project Rising Spirit is involved along with a powerful girl and a talking cat. Crazy, I know.
Faith #5 serves as an introduction to who might be a new and interesting character with lot of potential. It’s the sort of character that one never knows on which side they will end up at this point. They seem to be building a complicated character that could keep us on out toes ans I’m eager to see where this goes, and if Valiant adds that evil Hollywood star we saw to the next issue.
The colors were really highlighted in this issue, adding more life and action to the already vivid story. It gave everything a bigger dramatic effect and impact on the reader throughout the entire book. I will note that there’s a curious effect on one of the mirrors which I don’t know if should be considered as a mistake or part of the girls power, but I guess we’ll see on the next issue.
In terms of lettering, Faith #5 was a very comfortable read, although there were some pages with a little too much text and dialogue. Not as many as I initially thought upon first viewing, but this is just a personal thing, as I prefer comics without so many world balloons taking away from the art and flow.
The second plot of the book focuses on this year’s US presidential election. Hillary Clinton it’s clearly the favorite of this team, and that’s well reflected with a solid idea mixed with a simple yet entertaining basic super hero storyline. I’m not going to say anything politics related in this review, mostly as I’m not an US citizen.
I loved that this one keeps the same style than the first part of the comic: same drawing style, inking, coloring and lettering. It’s a cool addition for those that love Faith’s aesthetic and explores the special effects for the psiots powers. Amazing results and some great work on display.
The third and last plot was a much simpler one: fight the bad guys and save the innocents that shouldn’t be involved. Nothing revolutionary in there, however, I liked to see that human side we sometimes forget with heroes and comic characters in general.
This time though I wasn’t as impressed with the art, as the first pages looked like an amateur web-comic and not the kind of material Valiant would publish. It was a big shook seeing this after two solid episodes. Thankfully, it improves a lot for the final scenes with a more professional look, but I’m only going to say that it was saved by the letterer.
Faith #5 is chock full of content that shows lots of potential for the future. This issue shows Valiant at their best and could give us a new character that could have a huge impact on the seriesc. Faith Herbert is here to stay for a long time!
“Faith continues to forge a new path in modern comics”
4.5/5
“Great”
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