Dejah Thoris works the whole prisoner set as slave labor angle pretty well and seeing her attempting to do the whole inciting rebellion is definitely fun. This issue works the reveals that it needs to, gives Dejah what she needs to continue on with her journey, and works to further seed what Carter's storyline will be as you know it'll intersect along the way. Barbiere and Manna definitely click well here with what they're doing and bringing to life as it has all the right elements, just too compressed for my tastes, while touching on the right scale for it. Though I expect we'll end the opening arc with Dejah back in Helium in her usual position, it's one that will have her with a very different view of the world. Read Full Review

Overall, despite the quality that is abundant on every page, there is a sense of feet being dragged, of story compression to fill out the issue count, which in turn is starting to erode some of the good will and excitement that I felt at the start of the run. I, am of course not going to let one issue dissuade me from keeping an eye on this book, but I would appreciate a return to the urgency of the Dejah's trek. Read Full Review

Dejah Thoris isn't a bad book. Dejah Thoris isn't a bad character. A bit stubborn, but aren't we all. Maybe all this will come back to bite Dejah later on. Maybe it'll come back to bit me later on. The only way to find out is to keep going, and that it what I intend to do. Read Full Review