It’s a great moment for her, but it’s too little, too late. She lays out all the problems she’s uncovered, named the bad guys behind it all, takes care of them with relative ease, and then gives Valerian a stern talking to all at the same time. It’s a shame because Laureline has her Bad Ass moment in that part of the story, too. I hate to say it, but it felt like a cheat.
Problem is, everything is kept from the reader for the first three-quarters of the story before Laureline does one big exposition dump to explain it all and bring the story to a close. Ultimately, it’s a story about some arms dealers trying to make a big score on earth. The problem is, I never got into this story. There are nice story bits in it and Jean-Claude Mezieres gets to do a few of his special panel layouts that always make pages interesting to look at. I think this two-parter might be my least favorite “Valerian and Laureline” story so far.
That’s why it had to expand out to a second volume, but I don’t think it was entertaining enough to warrant that. The story is just too complicated, with too many actors in it, too many planets, and too many twists. For whatever else I think of this story, the art is still amazing. Yeah, maybe I should have given up on it. I’ve had that happen with other series, notably “Largo Winch.” So I haven’t given up on it.” “Now, the second part might be such a blockbuster that I’ll forgive this book that. Previous, in my review of “Valerian and Laureline” v9:
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