Art by Igor Kordey
It's been quite a series of treats this week with so many overdue Archaia titles dropping at the same time. This latest issue of The Secret History continues to impress, but I have a big complaint about this issue, which I feel I need to address before I can talk about the comic itself.
My issue is that Archaia has dropped the quality of the cover stock. That in itself is not so much the problem, but they've gone with the type of cover that is easily marked with fingerprints on the black surfaces, which is most of the cover. My copy was covered in prints, and although I was careful in reading it, I added more than a few. I'm not all that particular about keeping my comics in hermetically sealed environments, but I do like to keep them looking attractive, and that didn't happen with this one. Okay, rant over.
The comic itself is pretty good. The Secret History is an exceptionally complicated title, and so it's hard to keep on top of everything when there are delays of many months between issues. The story is still set in the Second World War, as the different Houses jockey for position. With this issue we get the full story of the Battle of Midway, learn one of the true goals of the Holocaust, and get to see some bombers blow up a dam, while quoting Star Wars (a really nice touch, I thought).
This is a very cool series, which really should come out more often.
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