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Seven Soldiers of Victory, Vol. 3

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If you've been reading the SSV series, this collection features the stories of Klarion, Mr. Miracle, and the Bulleteer. The story quickly sets up a twisted universe aliens, monsters, and a patchwork group of characters - some of whom are the seven soldiers - who are fighting for the fate of the world while dealing with their own.

Though the story has enough heartbeats to keep you engaged, I found myself thinking that something was lacking. We jump from one story to another, not investing too much time with anyone in particular to care, because there is so much bad plot happening. All of the characters are being set up for the overall story arc to end in some sort of final battle of course, but it really seems like more backstory and history could've been included in each of the mini stories (rather than having to garner that from the characters' offshoot series - hello capitalism). That is to say, this series could've been a lot longer and more fulfilling to read by letting us know more about the characters - and perhaps even having the main characters interact a little. (I guess Heroes stole a little of this plot for its first season.) Some things in the series are never explained. Morrison is famous in the industry for his intertwining, complicated tales, and I started reading the SSV series out of curiosity about him as a writer, starting with the SSV Vol. 1 trade paperback. The series as a whole is somewhat interesting, but at times when reading this I really felt like the story was sort of slapped together and the characters chosen because they seemed "cool" and not because there was actually a story to tell. The characters do seem like stock or background characters, or very cliche, which I guess was the point, but they aren't done justice in being fleshed out. I'm going to try reading the Invisibles next, and hope that it's much better.

You have been introduced to pretty much all of the Seven Soldiers of Victory by now, and the Bulleteer's and Frankenstein's story may be a little bit more palatable and mainstream to some, compared to Klarion, for example.

Mr Miracle is doing some weird pseudo-New Gods tango as well. Dark Side, y'know.