Ennead: The Rule of Nine, Book 3 – A Hunt Such As This is a comic created and written by J. L. Johnson with art by Martin Nihlen. I did not look at the page count before reading and was surprised to see it end so quickly. This is a short tale of hunting party led by Lady Gideon and Earl Lannis. They are attempting to catch something for some royal’s ascension. Though this isn’t the most talkative issue it still offers up some good banter. And there isn’t any excessive wordiness on these pages so it’s a nice, quick, enjoyable read. And I hope this isn’t the last time we see these two leads in this series.
This takes place on a hunt, and a hunt usually means woods. We see a lot of trees and random brush in this issue and it looks like you’d expect. The creature they are hunting looks like a moose on steroids and it is drawn quite menacingly. Lady Gideon is decked out in some body armor brings to mind samurais while Earl Lannis is wearing something a medieval archer might don. Our two leads have their expressions written on their faces at all times and that makes each back-and-forth better. This comic is more action scenes than stills and the flow is good. This is swift read is pleasing to the eyes.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
You like a nice little action romp with snappy banter between two likable leads? Give this a read.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
PG-13.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“Enough! You have done enough! Let’s go!”
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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 12
Violent Pages: 4, for 33% of the comic
Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic
**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**
Violence Level – 3
“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”
“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”
“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”
“This was a tournament arc.”
“All my life I had to fight.”
Gore Level – 3
“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”
“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”
“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”
“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”
“This is a slaughterhouse.”
Death Level – 2
“And everybody lived happily ever after.”
“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”
“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”
“Yeah this was a tragedy.”
“Think Gettysburg.”
Porn Level – 1
“Everybody kept their clothes on.”
“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”
“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”
“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”
“Oh. This is porn.”
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