Somewhere in comics you know the world is going to end just about every month. It’s just one of those things in this great medium. ‘The Victories’ #14 does this but in such a new and invigorating way. This utter and complete collapse has been an exceptionally measured build-up to such a great finale I can’t wait to see what happens next.
WRITTEN BY: Michael Avon Oeming
ART BY: Michael Avon Oeming
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: 6 August 2014
Reviewed By Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
This team of Champions called The Victories has been through an extremely grinding gauntlet to get to this moment. So many heroes have fallen already that there aren’t that many left to stand against the Ascension. Teammates have become enemies. Enemies have become more nuanced and empathic to readers. For a penultimate chapter, there is so much going on still.
Creator supreme Michael Avon Oeming has mapped out this saga impeccably. Every issue of this tremendous series has been able to compress so much into it that it’s just astounding how good it all is. I cannot express how impressed I’ve been with the storytelling herein. Heroes have survived by the skin of their teeth up until this moment. Like the rest of this run, no one is ever safe and that remains true.
No spoilers, I promise. This book is so good that if you are getting to this party late, I still can’t tell you. Go catch up (it’s absolutely worth reading over and over) and have the thrilling ride take you into this seemingly doomed world. The Victories has been one of the best discoveries I ever made in the world of comics. If anyone ever says they can’t find anything new and good in comics, tell them to look this series up.