Terminus Veil #1 is a comic written by Jack Harris Jr. with art by Jordan Gunderson and Debra “Bee” Rohlfs and colors by Yuliia Shevtsova. An armored vehicle transporting important tech is ambushed in the mountains. This is a combat-heavy comic with a militaristic feel and a bunch of characters. This team of guards/mercenaries(it isn’t specified) consist of at least three men and two women. They are led by a man named Conner and he has two veterans with him in Amy and Max, and the two rookies Dash and Soo. The story begins an argument between Dash and Soo over knocking before entering after which we follow this group on a drive through a mountain. A routine drive turns dangerous as they discover they are being followed. The violence here is bloody with some rough shots but nothing gory. The pacing is but it speeds up as the action starts and the intensity ramps up. The tone is serious but not overly so. The dialogue is mainly conversational and it has some banter you’d see in modern military movies. No word-heavy pages here. This is an action-focused comic that gives us a decently-sized cast and places them in a dangerous and thrilling situation.

            The art here is drawn in a detailed, modern style with a focus on shading. It looks like watercolors were used here and the overall range leans towards the darker tones. The scenery is long stretches of snow-capped mountains bordered by thin rows of evergreen trees. The primary location for this story is the middle of the road where the ambush occurs and the aforementioned mountains are featured prominently. The backgrounds either show the scene in all its glory or alternate between solid white and a color gradient. The expression level here is low as these characters don’t really show emotion outside of a few smirks. We do see a shocked look and some angry ones but the default expression is a battle-hardened stoic demeanor. The faces show the different feelings well but the quality lacks consistency as they can look significantly different from page-to-page and from panel-to-panel. There is some face sameness here that may cause confusion. The violence here is primarily gun violence with some other more explosive instruments of battle. There is some blood but nothing gory. The action scenes will confuse you and you’ll have to go backwards and forwards to make sure you’re following things correctly.

“Is this worth reading?”

If this is specifically what you like.

“Would I like this?”

If you like action-filled stories with military vibes that involve two teams of soldier-like groups going head-to-head with a variety of firearms and violence then this is for you.

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

R. Violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“We should have brought the missiles.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22

Violent Pages: 11, for 50% 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 – 2

“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.”