The issue ends with probably its strongest moment. Karnak after fighting the abductor, goes to a local restaurant to order a pure glass of water. We end with Karnak looking onto the street to a couple kissing and a couple of people talking. He holds up his hand in front of the window. Is he trying to block his view? Does he see this moment of their human lives, which they probably see as having a good time, as flawed? It's almost if he's trying to gain a moment of peace, but he can't help but see the flaw in all things. Read Full Review

I really like this series - I just hope we can see it a little more often. Like, you know, monthly. Read Full Review

Warren Ellis has made Karnak a great title with a revamped character that is cold and brutal. Issue two has great action and the majority of the artwork is great. I hope the delays don't continue. Read Full Review

Karnak #2 is still very light on plot, but it at least has a stronger sense of forward momentum. Read Full Review

In its second issue,Karnakcontinues to develop its identity as a minimalist kung fu philosophy comic with a side of science fiction and an incredibly cranky protagonist. The comic sort of just trails off at the end, but Karnak's interest in finding the Inhuman “savior” out of true faith or to prove people wrong sets up the rest of the series. Gerardo Zaffino and Antonio Fuso's art is roughly inked (Almost too rough in some spots.) and hard hitting, but lacks the ballet-likechoreographyof Ellis' previous action minimalist Marvel story,Moon Knight #5 that he did with Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire. Read Full Review

Even with the break in art at its end, Karnak #2 is a strong showing. The hyper-violence on display is stunning in its execution and presented in the most favorable conditions possible. As Ellis and his collaborators question the purpose and intention of violent methods, allowing those methods to be shown without the modification of words or a sense of humor makes them land. Karnak #2 is a comic book that lives and dies by the strengths of its visual storytelling and style, and here it hits home. Read Full Review

I trust Warren Ellis, he has proven he can write interesting and fascinating characters, but so far he's focused on showing Karnak in action. It's great seeing him let loose and finding the flaws in his victims, but we aren't given insight into his personality, though this may be Ellis's intent. Karnak is cold and calculating, and with little caption boxes or dialogue, we don't really get to know Karnak which is a shame since I was hoping Ellis would define his personality in a way we haven't seen before. I'm still confident that Ellis can make this character into something more than he is now, and hopefully we won't see more long delays between issues before we find out. Read Full Review

Karnak is fine as it currently stands, but I fear that if it keeps going on like this much longer, it'll be just another in a long line of inconsistent attempts to make the royal Inhuman Family more relevant and interesting. There should be a place in the Marvel Universe for a character like Karnak. He's almost completely unique. But keeping him so far outside of the action doesn't benefit him. It's hard to understand a character's place in a world that they never interact with. I'm not saying that Karnak needs to be teaming up with the Avengers every other issue, but it would be nice for Ellis to define him within the world that we know he inhabits rather outside of it. Read Full Review

This was not worth the wait. The last issue of Karnak came out in October, and it was very cool. Warren Ellis seemed to bring back the magic of his badass Moon Knight series. But something went wrong, Karnak was delayed forever, and now we've got a fill-in artist on a couple pages. So much for Moon Knight II. Read Full Review

"Karnak" #2 would have felt disappointing if it had shipped months ago as originally scheduled, and the long wait definitely hasn't helped matters. This is a series that feels a little too full of itself. With such a crazy concept, this seemed like a title worth checking out, but ultimately the only attraction is Zaffino's art. It looks great, but right now, there's nothing to back it up. Read Full Review

Wow he completely recked those guys both physically and philosophically. I really hope the delays don't hurt this book too bad.

And so the one actually New and Different book from Marvel finally returns, and it is awesome.

This was a bit of a letdown from last issue, and probably mostly because I felt like I was reading an all-new first issue. It goes out of it’s way to recap things that should have only happened last month, but actually happened like four months ago, and even the awesome visuals of the story cant save it from feeling so out of place for a second issue of a series. I love Warren Ellis’ writing, and I think the artists on this book really do a great job, but this book just didn’t grab me like I was hoping. I enjoyed looking at it, but the story just wasn’t quite there for me. I wish this book would get back onto a consistent release schedule, because when you read as many comics as I do, and you have to take several months off from reading a book, it really creates a big divide in the story that often times, as it is in this situation, is rather difficult to overcome. I will most likely still come back for issue three, but that will be where I will have to reevaluate this book and where it falls on my pull list. I already have a few Warren Ellis books to read, so I don’t necessarily NEED this to offset Injection and James Bond, so if it doesn’t pick up, I may not keep picking it up either… more