Knight #6 is a comic by Guido Martinez with pencils and inks by Mauricio Campetella and colors by Edgar Tavitas. Knight debates receiving assistance from regular people in his battle against the Praetorians. This is a supernatural superhero comic with strong drama, bloody violence, and a central conflict with at least three sides. The main man for this tale is a Knight, he is stronger, faster, and more agile than the average human and he has the ability to absorb different versions of himself in order to become a stronger whole. He is accompanied by the leading lady Whisper, she has two abilities: invisibility and flight. Also with them is Dragonbreath, very large human with great strength and the ability to breathe fire. Throughout the course of this comic they’ll come across other crimefighters and prominent villains. The story begins right where the last one left off with Knight, his associates, and his enemies facing off with The Captain. Meanwhile the Praetorians are wreaking havoc in the Dry Creek Prison. The violence here is very bloody and gory with dismemberment and burning as well. The pacing here is steady with a superhero movie tone. There are many intense moments, most of them due to violence. The dialogue is very conversational with a lot of back-and-forth and aggression. There is also some narration and no word-heavy pages. This is an exciting and informative issue that increases the tension and raises the stakes. There is a bonus story that shows us Whisper’s first day as a member of the Praetorians.

            The art here is drawn with grittiness, strong shading, and an art style that might remind you of comics from the 90’s. The color palette mainly consists of dark colors with blue, gray/silver, and brown being the most prominent. The scenery here is mainly of the concrete variety as most of this story takes place on rooftops or in dark places. The location changes more than a few times as the focus switches back-and-forth from heroes to villains. The backgrounds usually show the surroundings with action line-filled gradient colors appearing when necessary. The expression level here is a bit below-average overall as most of these characters are hard and tough individuals. The main emotions are anger and rage with some sinister and evil happiness as well as confusion and shock. The faces have detail ranging from decent to high and they generally show the different expressions clearly. The violence here is dished out using knives, abilities, and pure physicality. There are many gruesome attacks that lead to large amounts of blood and gore with limb separation. The action scenes come in bursts of decent length with a smooth, unconfusing flow.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like supernatural superhero stories with a large cast that star a couple and features gory violence and drama then this is for you.

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

R. Violence, blood, gore.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“I do what I can with what I have. But you?”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philboentertainment/knight-issue-6/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 – 5

“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.”