Comic of the Week 8

Back, finally, to my favourite post - Comic of the Week. I have noticed that for the post the majority of my picks tend to be fairly new comics with only a few not from 2011, which I do hope to rectify by using more older comics, but this is because I'm quite lazy and couldn't be bothered to think too far back or look through my comics for older ones. This week, though, Comic of the Week is Demon Knights #4:

The first few issues of this comic were a bit slow and the plot and characters were hard to keep track of but in this issue, Demon Knights finally found its pace and really worked. Using the first three issues as an introduction to jump start the series - presenting the main characters,villain and themes of action and fantasy - the narrative slows down in this issue, giving us a good back story for the Shining Knight and introducing a quest she was given by Merlin, which will hopefully become a story arc of its own. From the first issue I quite liked this character as she made the series both serious and lighthearted with her obvious passion and the humour around her hiding the fact she's actually female. Due to this, it was nice to see her as the most prominent character, especially since she is so complex so her character could be explored fully. I also really enjoyed the twist ending to this issue, the Horsewoman suddenly turning on our heroes after shooting arrows at the villains and instead shooting Exoristos. This sudden turn in the character is definitely interesting and could not be predicted, plus leaving the issue on a cliffhanger like this, with us not knowing what happens to Exoristos or why the Horsewoman turned, has me eagerly awaiting the next issue, which finally comes out next Wednesday. This issue also stands out to me because of the reference to Stormwatch, another series I'm really enjoying, in the form of Merlin maybe being the same person as Adam One, Stormwatch leader for the first 3 issues, as they both get younger as the universe gets older.