SEVEN SWORDS #1 (Aftershock,June 16, 2021 release date) "The Last Musketeer" Evan Daughtery, writer. Riccardo Latina, artist. Valentian Bianconi, colorist. Dave Sharpe, letters. Main cover by Andy clarke with Jose Villarrubia. Incentive cover by J.G. Jones. Matt's Rating: FOUR STARS.
Another historical drama with a ton of moving parts and many fast moving establishing story bits told in two page increments, SEVEN Swords is a swashbuckling, reimagined mash-up, wetdream, love letter to classic adventure literature. PLOT hopefully will come more in Issue #2, but Issue #1 barely scratches the thinnest surface in introducing the characters and the conflict. But it looks and reads SUPER GOOD.
Baddie Cardinal Richelieu has found a relic in Mexico and aims for some European domination. D'artagnan in France must put the band together of pirates, rogues, sellswords, and musketeers to prepare to take down the tyrannical religious menace.
We rapidly (too rapidly) zip from Spain to Rome to France to the Atlantic, getting glimpses of characters -- some named, some not named yet -- who have yet to become acquainted but are already on a path to unite under D'artagnan. Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Juan, Sister Catalina, and others to be discovered.
I'm not gonna lie -- I needed to brush up on some history after reading this to get the full "oh shit"-effect of how neat this is. And neat, it surely is. This could bomb.... or be the Aftershock "bounce back" that I personally need after some lukewarm Aftershock this Spring. FOUR OUT OF A POSSIBLE FIVE STARS.
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