Title: Fear Agent Volume 2: My War
Author: Rick Remender
Artist: Jerome Opena
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Horror
Year Published: 2007
Year Read: 2012
Series: Fear Agent #2
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Strong Language and Gory Violence)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Brief Introduction:
After reading the first volume of Rick Remender’s memorable “Fear
Agent” series, “Fear Agent Volume One: Re-Ignition,” I was getting more interested in seeing more
adventures from Heath Huston, the last Fear Agent of his kind and I will
definitely admit that “Fear Agent Volume Two: My War” was much better written
then the first volume!
What is the story?
After the events of the first
volume where Heath Huston and his new friend Mara Esperanza time travel to the
past to stop the Tetaldian Race from overtaking the world, Heath is injured
extremely badly and it seemed like he was going to die until the “Jellybrains”
aliens (aliens who look like giant brains in a huge container) gave him a new
body. Afterwards, Heath leads the alien
race to battle only to see Mara killed before his very eyes and him taking a
time jump before he could save her!
Unfortunately, in the present, Heath then realizes that the Dressite
Empire is closer to Earth and he must do everything in his power to stop them
while realizing some dark surprises awaiting him!
What I loved about this comic:
Rick Remender’s writing:
After reading the first
volume of “Fear Agent,” I was
actually intrigued to see what would happen to the characters next, especially
after the heart-thumping conclusion of the first volume. Now after finally reading the second volume,
I was practically on the edge of my seat trying to see if Heath and Mara
succeed in their mission to defeat the Tetaldian Race to save Earth! Rick
Remender’s writing is as usual hilarious and exciting at the same time as
there are many action scenes of Heath defeating various aliens to accomplish
his goal. I also loved the way that Rick Remender developed the characters
in this book, especially Heath Huston’s character as we finally get an insight
about his life before the alien invasion and his relationship with his former
wife, Charlotte.
Jerome Opena’s artwork:
When I started reading this volume,
I was actually surprised that there is a different artist in this volume from
the last volume as the first volume had Tony
Moore as the artist. But then again,
when you read comic books for so long, you will notice that artists change in
many storylines. Jerome Opena’s artwork is extremely well done in this volume as
landscapes of the alien worlds are done in vivid detail and I loved the way
that the alien machinery is illustrated as they look truly advanced. I also liked Heath’s Fear Agent suit as it is
orange with blue stripes which makes Heath look so distinguished from any other
hero uniform.
What made me feel uncomfortable about this book:
I was torn between giving
this volume a four star rating or a four and a half star rating since I think
that this volume was better written than the first volume since this volume
actually does explain a bit about Heath’s back story before he became a Fear
Agent. But, due to the confusing plot
lines in this volume, I had to settle for a four star rating on this volume. One of the problems I have with time travel
stories is that sometimes it is never mentioned about when one time period has
ended and another time period has begun.
So, I have often gotten confused with the storyline because of the
constant time travel that Heath and Mara had to do throughout this volume. Also, the beginning of the volume was a bit
difficult to get through because 1) it was a bit too wordy, so it took a long
time to get to the full story of this volume and 2) there was so much going on
such as Heath trying to explain to the “Jellybrain” aliens about why he came
from the future and the battle with the Tetaldian Race that I found
myself getting confused about what was happening at that moment. For anyone who does not like strong violence
or strong language in a graphic novel, this volume has strong language such as
uttering the “s” word several times and also, the violence is much gorier in
this volume as there are images of being cut open.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, even though there were many confusing moments in this volume, “Fear
Agent Volume Two: My War” is a great volume to read more about the “Fear
Agent” series and I cannot wait to read the third volume of this great series
by Rick Remender!
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