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4 stars
After reading Infinity and being generally confused about the Inhumans, I decided to grab another book to learn more about them. And what a great one I found. Jenkins' take on the Inhumans perfectly covers what they are, how they get their powers, how their society works, their internal concerns, their external threats, and - most significantly - the struggles of their king, Black Bolt.
Attilan, the Inhumans' home, is currently at the former location of Atlantis. This cause issues with Namor, obviously, but the real threat is from a bunch of mercenaries hired to assault the city. On top of that, the Inhumans have a slave race that they view as inferior, and through their coming-of-age morphogenesis one of the Inhumans became a member of that race, causing quite a lot of outrage. Now seeing themselves as abused, the slaves begin to push for reform and revolt in the …
After reading Infinity and being generally confused about the Inhumans, I decided to grab another book to learn more about them. And what a great one I found. Jenkins' take on the Inhumans perfectly covers what they are, how they get their powers, how their society works, their internal concerns, their external threats, and - most significantly - the struggles of their king, Black Bolt.
Attilan, the Inhumans' home, is currently at the former location of Atlantis. This cause issues with Namor, obviously, but the real threat is from a bunch of mercenaries hired to assault the city. On top of that, the Inhumans have a slave race that they view as inferior, and through their coming-of-age morphogenesis one of the Inhumans became a member of that race, causing quite a lot of outrage. Now seeing themselves as abused, the slaves begin to push for reform and revolt in the machinery under the city. And as the cherry on top, Black Bolt's insane genius brother has been plotting from his prison cell to bring down Attilan through an intricate series of plots.
Hoo boy. That's a lot of summaries for a lot of plots that doesn't even get into the spoilery parts. With all of these events, there's obviously a ton of unrest in both the citizenry and the government, and the mute Black Bolt has to somehow keep everything together while enacting his own silent schemes.
The art is great, the plot is great, the characters are great, pretty much everything here is fantastic. Black Bolt is built up as a mighty warrior, a wise king, and a loving husband, and every aspect of him is challenged throughout this storyline. It really is remarkable that Jenkins and Lee so perfectly capture a character and then negate all his strengths by the nature of his challenges and goals.
Even if you don't know who the Inhumans are or don't care to know, I can highly recommend this comic. Absolutely fantastic writing here.
