Knight #5 is a comic written by Guido Martinez with art by Mauricio Campetella, Nestor Redulla Jr., and Edgar Tavitas. Knight and Whisper train and watch for the Praetorians’ next move. This is a supernatural superhero comic with a large amount of violence and an expanding cast of heroes and villains. The leading man for this tale is Knight, he is able to control his body at a deeper level than the average human which grants him a number of different abilities. With him is Whisper, a woman with the ability to fly and turn invisible. Also joining them is Dragonbreath, a large and strong man with the ability to breathe fire. They are going up against the Praetorians, which is a supervillain group Whisper and Dragonbreath used to be members of. Many faces both old and new will make appearances here. The story begins with Knight and Whisper sparring while watching the news discuss events that they were involved in. Meanwhile Gallows is angrily giving his Praetorians a new task. The action here has hard attacks but is light on blood and anything gruesome isn’t shown onscreen. The pacing is slow at first but speeds up towards the end. The tone starts off lighthearted and playful before getting more serious as the danger increases. The dialogue is a heavy mix of back-and-forth conversations and narration by Knight. There are many thick text bubbles and more than a few wordy pages. This is an issue that is calmer than the last but still provides excitement and expands on the characters while moving the story forward. There is also a bonus story about Whisper’s origins.
The art here is drawn in a modern style with a bit of smoothness and prominent shading. The colors here lean more towards the darker end of the spectrum but not overwhelmingly. Besides the night sky the only scenery we’ll see is other buildings. This story starts off in Knight’s apartment but the primary location will be the rooftops of more than few buildings. The backgrounds are split between showing the scene and being a gradient color matching the surroundings. The expression level here is a slightly below-average as an angry determined look seems to be the default for everyone. Some of the other emotions displayed are shock and annoyance. The faces have a good amount of detail and they show the different expressions well. When the distance from the page increases the quality sometimes can drop. The violence here is bloody with physicality taking a backseat to guns. The action scenes are of decent length with good flow and hide the more gruesome moments.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
If you like supernatural stories starring both superheroes and supervillains with violence and some drama then this is for you.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
R. Violence.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“Oh, I see I still need to work on my stealth skills.”
Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philboentertainment/knight-issue-5/description
***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 28
Violent Pages: 12, for 43% 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 – 3
“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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