Wildguard: Casting Call #5

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• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - Jason Cornwell

  Feb 05, 2004

  Easily one of the most enjoyable miniseries I'm come across this year, and I actively encourage any readers looking for a simple, but highly inventive twist on the super-hero genre give this book a look. Todd Nauck offers up yet another fine issue that nicely advances the plot as the group of twenty hopefuls is cut down to twelve, and we see the characters are starting to get a little more serious about the game, and this in turn affords us a better look at their true personalities, as we see some of them are still enjoying the experience, while a couple have gotten rather serious about winning this contest, and they aren't exactly shy about offering up their opinions of what they think of their fellow contestants. The issue also turns some of its energy to a subplot that involves the formation of another group of super-powered heroes who have fallen under the spell of a seemingly evil entity, and this in turn allows the issue to end with a fairly exciting cliffhanger, as we see second Read Full Review

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