Soulfire #3 Review

“SOULFIRE” VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2
J.T. KRUL-STORY/ MIKE DEBALFO- PENCILS/ NEI RUFFINO- COLORS/ JOSH REED-LETTERS

Whilst the city of Anantia is in the midst of war with itself and under the malicious rule of the new King Sarin, evil things are afoot!
Can the dragons be save from their horrible fate, and will Grace succumb to the corrupted fury of Chaos that has invaded her mind? Will the Sethoru and Rathumi ever reconcile their differences?

After all the years I've been into comics, Soulfire is one of those books that I often skip over while thinking that I'd eventually like to give it a try and see what it's all about. Time passes then eventually you just forget about certain titles that you intended to read. Now that I've broken ground in this Micheal Turner created series, I find myself with little reaction on either side.

At first glance of the cover, it looks so much for Micheal Turner's style. I was impressed at artist Mike DeBalfo in this issue. You can certainly see a bit of Turner in his craft, but still this is his own work which falls in place really well with the content of the story. I will admit that it often felt too much like the mid to late 90's in certain places which took my attention away from the story a bit.

J.T. Krul first grabbed my attention in a series with certain teen characters that familiar with a long legacy of great writers, so I was a little disappointed with his work on Soulfire. I don't mean that to be in a bashing of sorts though he has been stronger in previous stories. This is only the second issue of the title so in the coming months Krul may really get his footing with the arc and bring me in with a new interest on these characters.

Definitely not one of the worst comics I've read and no quite memorable for anything either. For long time fans of the book I would absolutely recommend checking it out for the art and a very obvious grasp on the world that Krul is borrowing from and building upon.