Welcome back for an all new Parlay Points, the complementary blog of the ODPH podcast. For this edition, I’m checking out the latest issue of “The Visitor” from Valiant Entertainment (out now at your Local Comic Shop).. This series is at the penultimate mark with the final issue dropping June 16th. Let’s take a deeper dive & see what The Visitor is all about!
THE VISITOR #5 (of 6)
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by SOO LEE
Colors by ULISES ARREOLA
Letters by SIMON BOWLAND
Cover A by AMILCAR PINNA
Cover B by CASPAR WIJNGAARD
32 pages, full color | $3.99 US | T+
Visitor Cover B Photo Credit: Valiant Entertainment
One thing that I can not stress enough: Valiant makes it very easy for new readers to jump on a book. Even as this series is about to wrap up, they give a new reader enough background that they can jump right in & know who the main characters are and reasons for their actions.
Photo Credit: Valiant Entertainment
Now, if you’re an old school Valiant reader like myself, this is not the Visitor you knew in 1994. This story (written by PAUL LEVITZ & art by SOO LEE (for this issue. MJ Kim was the artist for the previous 4 issues and is the artist for issue 6) centers around an individual sent back in time to stop the creation of an A.I. that will become dictator in the years to come. All we know is our visitor has enhanced abilities & an unrelenting will to finish his mission at any cost.
Photo Credit: Valiant Entertainment
The rest of the book centers around the balance of U.N. Security Service Detective Talia Dauber’s assignment to protect those behind the project & coming to grips with the Visitor’s mission after he shows her the future. When she is finally “told” what this project is all about, the book really kicks into high gear. Solid action sequences & surprise betrayals ensue. It also ends with a solid cliffhanger going into the final issue.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. As a new reader to this book, it was easy for me to jump in & figure out what was going on. Solid pacing of the story from start to finish. The manner in how the Visitor “tells” his story to Talia was a great twist. Artwork hit it’s stride when pages were split between The Visitor & Kubo-sama. The side-by-side build as they’re on their collision course was a cool touch. The build for the final battle was set up perfectly. I’m definitely interested to see how this story plays out on June 16th.
Head down to your LCS & check this book out. Hit me up on Twitter & let me know your thoughts on “The Visitor” by Valiant Entertainment. Till Next time…