Raze and raise
I would say that the previous issue was the low point overall for this series, and from this low, the series rebounds fairly well with a far more entertaining story. Again there is a bit too much going on here with too many sub-plots but when this delves into storytelling, the series as always finds itself. The story here is not one based on myth or legend or even a fairy tale, and is even maybe a bit of a cliche, but at least it provides for a bit of fun in a series which has become routinely known for not having any. It might be that focusing not on Sela here is to the benefit of the whole (and it is becoming evident that despite the large amount of female characters that the writers are not adept at writing them.) Instead the story tells the defense of a small town and the infiltration of a fortress. Far from the best, but still good enough. It is not what the early issues were, but at least it is not as low as it has been.
