I haven't collected or read comics in years. I picked this up because I love David Weber's Honor Harrington novels and I wanted to see it visually. For me, DW's characters, battles and world building are believable and emotionally enjoyable. I had misgivings about how Top Cows story tellers and artists would portray these. Other than their Treecat's design I am really impressed with the how the story flows and the artists work gives life to the works I had only imagined.
The shower rape/fight panel was mentioned by Critic Reviews as a minus for dehumanizing women and normalizing assault on females and then victimizing the rapist. Having read all of the novels and knowing both characters story I think I can understand how this portrayal of that event would detract from readers appreciation of this series. That part of the story shouldn't have taken two panels to say that Captain Young is a piece of @^*%. Unfortunately it seems to me the critics have only read and seen the comics version and I tell you that there is more to these two characters than the detractors and perhaps poor story boarding conveyed.
This is not a story where only the good never die and always triumph and evil always perishes while never succeeding. It is not that kind of tale.
It is Epic.
I liked Tales of Honor's first issue and I believe you will too. more