{"id":11782,"date":"2015-01-28T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T23:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2021-03-10T19:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:17:11","slug":"z-view-the-mercenary-sea-5-by-symons-and-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=11782","title":{"rendered":"Z-View: The Mercenary Sea #5 by Symons and Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z012815zview_mercenarysea5_cov.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>The Mercenary Sea<\/strong> is an on-going series created by <strong>Kel Symons &amp; Matthew Reynolds<\/strong> published by<strong> Image<\/strong>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Writer:<strong> <strong>Kel Symons<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> Art and Colors: <strong>Matthew Reynolds<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Letterer:<strong> Pat Brosseau<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MARCH OF THE GRENADIERS The crew of the Venture teams with a band of Chinese guerillas to rescue \u201ccomfort women\u201d held captive by Japanese soldiers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z012815zview_mercenarysea5_panel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*** Beware \u2013 spoilers may be found below ***<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Excellent cover &#8211; one of <strong>Reynold&#8217;s<\/strong> best yet.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Page 8 splash!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The night scenes of battle &#8212; low contrast color throughout that make bright things pop [blood, explosions&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Great cliffhanger leading into issue 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being a Chinese pilot trying to get airborne.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winning a battle, being hailed a &#8220;savior&#8221; by villagers, heading back to the sub and meeting&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Ugly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still not a fan of the out of focus\/blur effect on page 15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>The Mercenary Sea<\/strong> <\/em><strong># 5<\/strong>\u00a0 should appeal to all who old time action and adventure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 4 out of 5<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercenary Sea is an on-going series created by Kel Symons &amp; Matthew Reynolds published by Image. 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