Thread:MDGeistMD02/@comment-1500935-20160808130155/@comment-16533050-20160809093508

As a comic collector (and former junior partner/comic-store owner) I admit I was trepidatious at first.

Often, when comic writers and artists design a comic for a media franchise (whether it be movies, television series, video games, what have you), they tend to 'super-hero' up the source material... to make it more dynamic I suppose.

Such was not the case, here, though. Everything used was from within the game itself and within a context that was interesting and made sense, while still paying respect to the source material. The art was solid, and while the story was more in it's 'set-up' stages, it still held my interest.

For powers, Dark Vision was used in two instances (one of which I added to the Dark Vision page). The backgrounds had a 'film negative' look to them, and the figures visible to Corvo were done quite well.

Blink was presented as a small bluish-white orb that indicated where Corvo would teleport to, and then he would appear there in the next panel. The effect may sound kinda cheesy, but visually it was handled quite nicely.

There was a stealth segment during Corvo's initial foray against the Roaring Boys, again harkening to the game, and the action sequences presented throughout did not disappoint. Equipment used was in line with the games - swords, pistols, grenades; the addition of the flamethrower device wielded by the Big Lad was a nice addition and not outside of what I see as a specialized weapon for the universe.

Dunwall Tower was utilized at the beginning, and there were numerous references to both the main game, and the DLCs. They were nice little additions and the fact the writer got them CORRECT was an added bonus. Corvo was presented quite in line with how he appears in Dishonored 2, so the artist did a good job as well.

While Titan Comics was the publisher and distributor, Arkane and Bethesda helped with development, and Harvey Smith himself was also credited with "Additional Editing". The fact that they worked with the writer and artist was quite evident.

All-in-all, I was quite pleased. I wished they would have given a tad more info about Alexi, but other than that small gripe, I look forward to the next issue. :)