Samurai’s Blood

Samurai’s Blood #2 of 6
Image Comics
Written by Owen Wiseman
Art by Nam Kim

Here’s another situation to put yourself into. It’s Futile Japan, you just witnessed your clan slaughtered and there are only three of you left, a fellow Samurai, his sister who is the love of your life and you. Your blood boils and you want vengeance because you know who carried out the order and who gave the order. Here comes the issue, do you take your time, plan, follow the rules of the samurai or do you go in swords flashing, slashing through anyone and anything in the way of your target? This is the situation in the second offering in Samurai’s Blood from Image.

Reading through this, I felt myself taken away to that time with the paneling and the writing. Each frame gives you a feel that you are in that time and you can almost smell the cherry blossoms in the air. You can feel the weather change as the days pass (I can hint on that since this is the second book) and truly be taken away. The paneling is still simple and doesn’t just let the story flow. Now this could have been in the copy that was given to me but I did catch a few typos. I rarely seen them in a comic but they didn’t take away from the comic.

This looks to be a solid series. If you like those old wire-fu films, big time movies staring Jackie, Bruce, Samo or Jet Lee, or even if you like those great shoot-em-ups with Chao, this book and most likely the series will be great to read. If you’re not into those movies, this book and most likely the series will take you off to this other time and you may not want to come back. In my humble opinion, this one is a keeper. I give it 4 caps out of 5.