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After a fairly average
opener, The Blood of Carthage continues with another fairly average
installment.
Spike bumps into Xerxes the
Blind, who we briefly met last time out, although we soon learn that he's
not the Big Bad of the story. Meanwhile, the TV series' over-emphasis
of Buffy and Willow at college continues; Giles gets to bake some scones
(yeah, right) and one-trick pony Anya shows up in the strip as well.
As with the previous issue,
the flashbacks featuring Xander and Willow are probably the best part of the
issue, with Chynna Clugston-Major's artwork.
Sadly, the rest of the
issue seemed pretty mediocre. Cliff Richards' artwork is fine, if not
particularly brilliant, and although the story seemed to be ticking along,
it went downhill with the arrival of the tedious Lucy Hanover.
Anya helpfully provides the
"who's that?" element, allowing Xander to fill in those who aren't
familiar with Golden (and Nancy Holder's) previous Buffy work.
But the whole idea of the Ghost Roads is still pretty boring as far as I'm
concerned, and this issue does nothing to convince me otherwise.
However, the arrival of
Vraka - who Spike seems to know, or at least recognise - will hopefully mean
the three remaining parts will see an improvement over the first two.
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THE
BLOOD OF CARTHAGE, PART II
Writer:
CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Pencils: CLIFF RICHARDS
and CHYNNA CLUGSTON-MAJOR
Inks: JOE PIMENTEL
and CHYNNA CLUGSTON-MAJOR
Cover: JEFF MATSUDA
DARK HORSE COMICS
$2.95
RATING: 5/10
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