Michael D Hamersky On Comics Presents His Take On... Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #4 of 6!

TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3637 -  I recently received a box of relatively new TPBs and graphic novels from Archaia Entertainment for possible review.  My youngest son, Vinnie, already review blogged one of them.  This comic book would have been one that he would have review blogged also, but I decided to read and review blog it instead.

This comic book is  'Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #4 of 6'.

What is it about?   Here's the publisher's promo on that:

"Mouse Guard returns for its third volume: the Black Axe. This prequel set in 1115, fulfils the promise the wise oldfur Celanawe made to tell Lieam of the day his paw first touched the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic axe. Issues of the series start Dec. 2010 running bi-monthly for 6 issues."

Issue #4:  "Leaving the fate of Em in the weasel king of Ilder’s paws, Celanawe trudges into the briar lair of a murderous fox. The Black Axe, a weapon forged by Farrer and now wielded by his youngest heir, is put to the test so that one lone mouse can slay the red-furred villain which has claimed enough ferret lives to have the king of Ildur afraid to send his own kin after it. The uneven brutal battle has an only more brutal end."

So what's 'My Take' on this book?

The front cover to this publication, which is square in format, is presented as a comic book cover, with the front cover extending to the back cover.  (Not shown above.)

The inside front cover has the credits & other info necessary to present the publication to its possible readership.

The 'splash page' is not used... The first page goes right into the story.

I found the use of the 'fog' scenes to be interesting.  The fog hid a lot of the surrounding scenery and added suspense to the storyline.

When the fox arrived to the storyline, the 'fog' cleared up.  No dialogue for about four pages!

What follows is kind of hard to take,  but it is a tale worth telling.  And it is in twenty-three pages, with the twenty-fourth page being a pin-up page.

The inside back cover is a full page ad for Issue Five.

The back cover is a continuation of the front cover, as stated above.

This fourth issue of the six issues of 'The Black Axe' is almost a 'done-in-one' story.

It was presented very well, and captured what I believed David Petersen wanted to portray in this issue.

I believe that this issue is a hi-light of the series thus far.

My comic book grade for this comic book presentation is a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a possible 10.0 comic book grading scale.

You can see more of this comic book direct from Archaia via this link.  I don't see it for sale directly from Archaia, so please check your LCBS, (Local Comic Book Shop).

My thanks to Archaia Entertainment for bringing this six issue series to my attention!

~Michael

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