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Seven Swords
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128 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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October 19, 2022
This is an interesting continuation of the “Three Musketeers” story, where D’artagnan is older and the only surviving Musketeer from Richelieu’s purge. But that awful man is still alive, and has turned to the Occult. I think he is literally demonic and possessed, but he can just be that evil. He has the hilt of the fabled Morningstar and is searching for the blade. It’s believed that when the two are brought back together, hell will pretty much break loose.
D’artagnan’s former captain Treville is also alive, and wants him to find/stop Richelieu. But he doesn’t want to go until he faces some trouble, and gathers up a Sister Catalina, Don Juan, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a diva swordswoman named Maupin to help. It’s a motley crew and it’s quite humorous to watch their interactions.
Between issues 2 and 3, the artist changes. Now, I actually like the character art for issue 3 better since it’s less hard and is more realistic, but I was into the art for issues 1 & 2 (I love all the detail and the colors, though those are as good in 3 [especially since the colorist is the same]), so the style change is quite evident and jarring.
In issue 3, we are also introduced to two other members of the ad hoc team: Captain Peter Blood and a prisoner named Ahmed. The building of the crew is done really well, and I was worried that with only 2 issues left, the details wouldn't be comprehensive.
Fortunately, I was proven wrong.
The Spanish king and D'artagnan's company are dead set against Cardinal Richelieu's rise to power. we really see the ways in which the Devil influences the world and feeds our insecurities to where we think they are truth.
The plan to get into the Vatican is stupid, and the minor scene where Sister Catalina is practically sexualized irritated me. Fortunately, she sticks to her vows and it was an aside to show that an outsider may fall for a religious person, but they do not need to break their values.
I like the multiple meanings to the title of the series and while I don't feel right giving this a 5/5 stars, it's a solid 4.5/5 stars.
D’artagnan’s former captain Treville is also alive, and wants him to find/stop Richelieu. But he doesn’t want to go until he faces some trouble, and gathers up a Sister Catalina, Don Juan, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a diva swordswoman named Maupin to help. It’s a motley crew and it’s quite humorous to watch their interactions.
Between issues 2 and 3, the artist changes. Now, I actually like the character art for issue 3 better since it’s less hard and is more realistic, but I was into the art for issues 1 & 2 (I love all the detail and the colors, though those are as good in 3 [especially since the colorist is the same]), so the style change is quite evident and jarring.
In issue 3, we are also introduced to two other members of the ad hoc team: Captain Peter Blood and a prisoner named Ahmed. The building of the crew is done really well, and I was worried that with only 2 issues left, the details wouldn't be comprehensive.
Fortunately, I was proven wrong.
The Spanish king and D'artagnan's company are dead set against Cardinal Richelieu's rise to power. we really see the ways in which the Devil influences the world and feeds our insecurities to where we think they are truth.
The plan to get into the Vatican is stupid, and the minor scene where Sister Catalina is practically sexualized irritated me. Fortunately, she sticks to her vows and it was an aside to show that an outsider may fall for a religious person, but they do not need to break their values.
I like the multiple meanings to the title of the series and while I don't feel right giving this a 5/5 stars, it's a solid 4.5/5 stars.
June 13, 2022
Oh dear, is the response here. This is merely a team-building episode in a historical hokum adventure for those who want to see a mash-up of Dumas and the Three Musketeers with the (let's not forget) unreadably bad LXG, that manages to turn into something even more stupid. OK, some female characters are allowed to be strong for a change, but yes, the two stars are pretty much all for the artists, who manage to make this dross look splendid.
July 25, 2022
A fun sorta alternative assembly of literatures famous swordsmen on a quest of justice. I do think it could have used more time to breathe or maybe I'm used to more mainstream comics being decompressed, but I enjoyed the adventure. Surprisingly beautiful interior art that might be better than the actual covers, and good use of themes.
January 24, 2025
Like LoEG for the swashbuckling set, fun stuff
October 21, 2022
Great idea, uneven execution.
D'Artagnan, now the last musketeer, has to gather a new team of swordsmen (and a couple girls) to stop Cardinal Richelieu's mad scheme to reassemble a religious artifact that could lead to...world domination!!!
It's a great idea, an interesting line up and it never fully seems to click.
Half the cast sounds wrong, as if the author had only encountered some of them by seeing the movie, instead of actually the reading the book.
Or just skimmed the wikipedia article.
There's some great action set pieces, decent dialogue and interesting character beats, but it's a rushed jumble.
Another reviewer compares it to the League of extraordinary gentlemen movie, and I sort of agree with that but, I also think, as someone who enjoyed the LXG movie, that this would have made a better movie than it does a comic book.
A decent time waster, but I'm not dying for the hinted at sequel.
D'Artagnan, now the last musketeer, has to gather a new team of swordsmen (and a couple girls) to stop Cardinal Richelieu's mad scheme to reassemble a religious artifact that could lead to...world domination!!!
It's a great idea, an interesting line up and it never fully seems to click.
Half the cast sounds wrong, as if the author had only encountered some of them by seeing the movie, instead of actually the reading the book.
Or just skimmed the wikipedia article.
There's some great action set pieces, decent dialogue and interesting character beats, but it's a rushed jumble.
Another reviewer compares it to the League of extraordinary gentlemen movie, and I sort of agree with that but, I also think, as someone who enjoyed the LXG movie, that this would have made a better movie than it does a comic book.
A decent time waster, but I'm not dying for the hinted at sequel.
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