Spirit of Fire isn't expected until next month's fifth issue so I wasn't disappointed at all. I didn't expect anything about the lost ship until the very end, and definitely not to this extent.

: Art is a bit more consistent and generally more detailed. The comic goes
: back and forth in time, so it's a bit confusing—it doesn't really telegraph
: itself well and seemed just like a way to reorder it for action scenes up front.

I enjoyed the character art. The closeups on Tom, Naiya, Petra, and Hood were excellent. Too bad I can't say the same about the action.

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Even the Broadsword looks like its jumping around like a moron...

: Still there's progress on the hunting down of le mole front, and we get
: introduced to another planet that (apparently?) survived Covenant
: glassing, as well as a character who I believe only popped up in one of
: the Evolutions reissues.

Petra was one of the short stories included in the First Strike reprint.

: Lasky is apparently a ladies' man?