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Review: "The Seven Soldiers of Victory"!

I'm not sure what I expected when I picked up Grant Morrison's "The Seven Soliders of Victory" Volume 1. I guess I looked at it with a mind expecting lighthearted, whimsy, fly-around-town-looking-cutsey-while-busting-a-bank-robber type comic. I mean yes, the cover is pretty badass. But, as a reviewer, I've learned the hard way that you don't want to judge a comic by it's cover. I've read comics with HORRIBLE covers that have turned out to be amazing. I've read comics with BEAUTIFUL works of art on the cover that ended up being the biggest disappointment ever. With that in mind, I try to just grab and read before I get an initial prediction of what the comic will be like. Today, I guess I was just looking for a good superhero read. What I got, however, I never bargained for.

"The Seven Soliders of Victory" was originally released as single issues and later collected into volumes. It seemed a little jumpy at first and honestly, I was a little confused but it didn't take too long for me to catch on to the plot changes as I grew acclimated to the characters and their settings. The volume begins with a group of superheroes hunting a giant spider in the desert. Native American folklore told of the beast, and the group is out to find it and put an end to it. However, the hunt isn't as easy as it seems and once the beast is slayed, a group of gods lowers itself onto the group (who, in turn, becomes the prey of their hunt). The rest of the novel, based on this group, is absolutely incredible. The original six are beautifully woven into the stories of the modern-day group. The modern-day group does not meet. They do not know each other. But, ultimately, they are all connected.