So after 4, we see that something had happened to Badrock and he had for some unknown reason been switched over to the side of Darkthornn. What is really sad about this issue and generally the first run of Youngblood is not the heroes but the villains. While they may look cool, they do not really have much in the sense of danger and a plan. Like Darkthornn. He is coming back to capture Prophet to ensure that Prophet does not pose too much of a threat to his plans to conquer the world. If this was like 50 years ago, it would have been fine but when this came out in the 90s, it was kinda average. In addition, inspite of looking cool, and supposedly powerful, it came down to fists pounding each other. Even his robotic army was just like cannon fodder. Emerging from the crash tunnels to be easily shot down ... for a guy from the future and alternate dimension or some such stuff, he is certainly not bright
And for Youngblood to take him down with nothing more than fists and guns and arrows (let's not forget Shaft) ... like we said the villains are a true letdown
Still what this book got going for it are some awesome artwork and we kid you not. Let people say whatever they want about Rob but when he is in the zone, his work is just plain awesome. I mean, look at that cover. Badrock is perfect right there!
And within, the team basically split to combat the threat of 'rock and Darkthorn vanquishing the villain but unfortunately not able to stop him. So he vanished into one of his crash tunnels to terrorize them once more. The Berzerkers left as well but with Kirby choosing to remain behind because for some reason, he had a feeling like he should be there with Prophet to guide or share his misadventures or whatever
We really enjoyed re-reading this book on the digital format reminding us of our youth and enjoyed many panels of the art!
Ratings: 7/10
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