Seeing Red X Three Thorns #1 is a comic written by Guido Martinez with art by Ario Murti. When an evil witch visits a new world it’ll take a newly formed team to stop her. This is a crossover tale combining two series with similar themes that results in something exciting. We have four leading ladies here: Ella, a warrior of the Kulling, and Gala, Seyelia, and Cayla from the Marble Citadel. These women find themselves working together against the witch Elidia, also known as the Demon Dancer. The story begins with a fight against the witch and continues to be violent throughout. It is very interesting to see the interactions between Ella and the other ladies as one world is bit more rough than the other. The action is very hard-hitting with some relatively light blood and gore but features some significant wounds. The story moves at a steady pace with everything playing out smoothly. Things do get intense but the odds never seem too thin. Though the setting seems a bit medieval all the dialogue is straightforward and easy understand. None of the pages are wordy though they might seem like that. Overall, this is a fun story featuring familiar characters that is sure to provide some excitement.

            The art in this comic boasts high levels of detail in both the characters and the environment. The colors here are realistic and there is some significant shading done. This story takes place completely outside and the locations appear in the panels pretty regularly. I’d say the expression level here is about average; the characters do show a number of looks but they sometimes come off as a bit lifeless. This is due to the faces seeming stiff at some points. The faces do have a good amount of detail so it’s a shame the emotions don’t always come across well. The weapons used here are axes, swords, and bows. There are many magical effects that shine bright when they appear and have an ethereal look to them. The action scenes here are very violent and feature a good amount of collateral damage. You might get a bit confused during some sequences. There isn’t too much blood in the scenes but body parts will end up in different places. All five of the women in this comic wear outfits that are not suited for combat and they all have large breasts with the occasional nipple poking through. They are not sexualized in-comic though.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like stories starring a team of women going up against another woman in a fantasy world with lots of fighting and magic this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Blood and gore.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“I apologize for this, but you attacked first.”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/966811134/seeing-red-that-girl-that-kissed-death-2?ref=discovery&term=seeing%20red%20three%20thorns

Indiegogo Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/seeing-red-x-three-thorns/x/26236710#/

Unboxing Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUYilLlMcBw

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 29

Violent Pages: 13, for 45% 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 – 4

“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.”