Reseña: Xena: Penance (comic issues 1 - 5)

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RESEÑA BILINGUE

Xena: Penance 

by  

Meredith Finch

Vincente Cifuentes (Art)

 

 124 pages

Expected publication: October 9th 2018 by Dynamite Entertainment

ISBN: 1524107344 (ISBN13: 9781524107345)

Edition Language English

BLURB: The path to redemption is never easy, and the journey of a warrior princess seeking to wash the blood of innocents from her hands is no exception. Xena travels to Athens, to plead for redemption in the temple of Eleos. But some things can never be forgiven and the shadows of past sins are long. Will Xena find redemption or betrayal waiting for her in the temple of the gods?
The power, the passion, the danger... her courage would change the world. Xena: Warrior Princess.
Collect issues 1-5

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Xena: Warrior Princess era uno de mis personajes favoritos de televisión. Una mujer hermosa y poderosa, capaz de vencer a cualquier en combate, llena de remordimientos, pero capaz de compasión y sin miedo a incursionar en la comedia de acción, como personaje ha cometido muchos errores , pero una y otra vez se pone en pie sin agachar la cabeza. Una maravilla feminista en tiempos anteriores a que se hiciera popular Black Widow.

Este comic es un relanzamiento de la historia, cuando Gabrielle su fiel futura sidekick, sale de su pueblo en busca de aventuras. Una mujer bardo que no quiere solamente casarse sino que escribir poesía épica. En este comic ella es asaltada , y Xena sale al rescate quedando sus destinos enlazados.

Para los futuros fans es una historia divertida, llena de aventurasm y se va desentrañando el pasado de Xena como un comandante que semabraba el terror por donde pasaba hasta que un dia decide cambiar e inicia un camino de redencion.

Para los viejos fans de la serie hay detalles que resultan algo diferentes como actitud de Gabrielle demasiado confiada o hasta la forma en que se viste, o que la altisima Xena necesite usar tacones altos para luchar (?), jaja.

Un inicio que no esta mal de todos modos, pero tampoco muy impresionante. El dibujo tambien por el mismo rumbo, nada muy impresionante.

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MI reseña original en GR:

The 3 stars are b/c is Xena. I'm a Xena fan from the times of the tv series. Gorgeous, kickass female warrior, angsty and silly, making many mistakes, and getting up on her feet again and again.

This comic is a reboot of the story, with some changes in the first encounter with Gabrielle. Gabrielle is on her way to Athens when some assailants intercept her and that's when Xena intervenes. Gabrielle's expression then makes me think that she already knew that this would happen and it is certainly very strange and she confuses me thinking that it was another moment when she was certain that someone would help her, because for a single peasant woman venturing for the first time away from home. It is a very strange security in itself. The girl was always a pacifist after all. The background of Xena story attempting to change her life is been the best of the story.

The villain is well done.

I have some issues with the clothing, like both of them using some sort of short leggings and Xena in high heels(?), and Gabrielle in an outfit she displays much later in the series with the quarterstaff and showing her midriff. Probably just silly things for other people. And Xena and Gabrielle appear in the first pages too pretty. 

 

Oh, and Gabrielle was a little more shy but always eager to give her opinions ... thought the balance is narrow. Old fans are very annoying in that respect ;P

Overall an O.K. read.

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