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    Chaos War: Ares #1

    Chaos War: Ares » Chaos War: Ares #1 released by Marvel on February 1, 2011.

    zack_freeman's Chaos War: Ares #1 review

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    Review: Chaos War: Ares

    As Ares struggles to find a final resting place in the Greek underworld, he remembers a meeting he had with Nightmare and the Chaos King - - one that proved to have grave implications for the current war.

    The Good

    Considering how all the gods featured in this have such malignant domains, there’s a delightful upside-down, funhouse mirror, twisted quality to this temptation game in the garden. Oeming pulls out some clever and elegant turns of phrase for that portion, as Nightmare’s pleas to “make chaos together” sound like a wonderfully-grotesque parody of romantic dialogs. I haven’t encountered Segovia & Rodriguez before this, but their lush lines work was absolutely sumptuous.

    The Bad

    While this is great to set up Ares’ situation and his state of mind as it relates to Chaos War, it does feel like a story that might’ve been better suited as a short in an anthology; or maybe even as just a brief flashback sequence in the main mini-series. I feel like a lot of it could've been conveyed as well through off-handed remarks and inferences.

    The Verdict – 3.5/5

    As I mentioned, I question if this would’ve been better in some form other than a full-length one-shot. Still, it gives some great forboding hints about the Chaos King’s current play in the larger crossover. Also, it’s a great reunion issue for anybody who enjoyed the long-missed initial series that Oeming did featuring Ares however many years back.

    Other reviews for Chaos War: Ares #1

      Ares = Good, Chaos War = Meh 0

      This is a one shot of two halves, one excellent and one boring.  We start out seeing what happened to Ares after The Sentry ripped him apart and this is really good, it's something that Marvel should have addressed earlier. The great thing about the gods of Marvel is that they don't truly die, there's more to Ares story as death is just the beginning for him. I wish Marvel had made a mini series showing Ares' struggles to reach the elysian fields, the first half of this one shot is showing that ...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      Chaos, War and Nightmares 0

      This issue can really be called as a Chaos War tie-in, since it´s related to the main series and tells Ares, Mikaboshi and Alexander early relationship (a little about their past). These three have a connection, which is showed in Secret Warriors. Oeming´s story isn´t fascinating, but captured my atention as I saw the thin line that resides in War, Chaos and Fear. Can this last one be the key to defeat Mikaboshi´s ambitions? Segovia´s art is awesome, with lot´s of details, battle scenes (beautif...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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