Chaos, War and Nightmares
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 (beautiful colors by the colores team, also great inks). The best of this issue was Ares´paradoxal feelings: as he crossed the Stix River towards the Elysian Fields, he kinda felt oblivious and a warm happiness (what you wouldn´t expect from the God of War and from a guy who already died lots of times), quickly washed away by Pluto and his cold revenge for his brother´s family, and also that Ares just became a puppet, what he despises from the bottom of his imortal soul, since now he´s Mikaboshi´s General. This is a very consistent tie-in, that explains a little what´s going on. I´ve bought this mostly because of Stephen Segovia´s art, but I was amazed with the quality of the writing and the issue as a whole. Highly recommended.
4.5 out 5
