Written by Jean-Pierre PécauArt by Igor Kordey
Much like the previous books, this issue is a mélange of characters, real and imagined, mashed into a story without enough backstory or identification for the casual reader to easily follow. I feel like this series has been a disappointment to me, as I had expected a great deal from it. I love the central concept - that four immortals have been guiding the hand of Europe over centuries as they war with each other.
The truth is though, the comic is a little boring. The four main characters, the Archons, have never been developed to the point where a reader might care for them, or be able to distinguish between them by their personalities (with the exception of Dyo). The other characters that flit in and out of the book are equally ciphers.
It's too bad, because like I've said a few times, the concept is killer. This issue has Napoleon breaking from the Houses and trying to amass power for himself by traveling to Egypt and the site of the battle in the first issue. The next issue is set during the first world war, which is a favourite topic of mine, so we'll have to see how that works.
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