It feels like forever since I read Ninjak #17 and I was missing a lot of what happened in it that I had my doubts about this new issue. Thank heavens for the little refreshment-page at the beginning of issue 18, which also had some cool panels backing it.
I’m going to start by saying that I’m kind of speechless about Ninjak #18. I was waiting for an issue filled with action, fighting and drama, but this one had a really low dose compared to what expectations had been laid out. That’s not to say It was bad, it wasn’t, what I mean is that it just wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.
This issue was entertaining, with some intelligent plot twists that follow an interesting path, but there are just some scenes that just seem like they were put in there just to fill empty space. It’s almost like there was a lack of ideas this time and they had to stretch.
The only reason I can think of for doing this is that maybe this issue was meant to create more expectation for upcoming chapters of the story, because, although I’m not completely happy with what they did here, it is certainly a good base to develop really good future plot lines.
Ninjak #18 had a good pace, good story development and an interesting character, so it wasn’t really a disappointment, just a different sort issue. Ninjak #18 is the sort of book that will be good for some and bad for other readers; a matter of preference, mostly. We haven’t seen the last of Ninjak, so it is worth keeping an eye still on it to see how things turn out for our titular character.
Visually, Ninjak #18 keeps the same style and ideas presented in past issues, with a little bit of innovation in the art. The bigger the pages were the more drama they tossed at us, even with the really simple nature in terms of what we are looking in. A lot of pages remind me that even simple things can still have their own beauty.
Speaking about the the colors, the choices taken here were the correct option, and had the right symbolism and looked great as a whole thing. Also, they matched the images better than in the previous issue. They had as much importance and impact as before, but there’s an improvement on an aesthetic level.
I was really surprised to see how detailed was everything in Ninjak #18. Each panel of each page has a lot of hard work put into it, and although it’s not a style that I’m crazy about, I’m starting to really like it. I’m sure you’ll also enjoy looking at it too.
In summation Ninjak #18 may not the best issue ever of the series, but it was solid all around. I’m definitely excited to see where things go from here as I have a feeling there are good things on the horizon from the people responsible of this.
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