In the Name of the Son (The Scorpion) by Stephen Desberg

Le Scorpion #10

by Stephen Desberg

Stephen Desberg y Enrico Marini vuelven a la primera línea de la actualidad con una nueva entrega de su serie El Escorpión . Las intrigas de los Latal y los Trebaldi están a punto de llegar a su dramático final. El Papa está más solo que nunca y el Escorpión está decidido a vengar el ultraje que sufrió su madre. Ahora sí que parece inevitable, la muerte va a reinar en el Vaticano.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Sequential Art, Graphic Novels Comics, Historical, Graphic Novels

Mass Market Paperback

First published November 8, 2012

About the author

Stephen Desberg is a Belgian writer of comics. In 2010, he was the 10th bestselling author of comics in France, with 412,000 copies of all his comics together sold that year.

Reviews

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the eighth and (thus far) final album in Cinebook's publishing of writer Stephen Desberg and artist Enrico Marini's series The Scorpion (album #10 Au Nom du Fils in the original French), delivering a good old-fashioned swashbuckling adventure narrative centred on a religious conspiracy. As the primary arc closes, leaving some threads open for continued adventures to be sure, Desberg and Marini bring everything together, and we finally learn who is the Scorpion's father, and what this actually means.

While the series as a whole has delivered mostly three stars instalments, this album and the preceding one, The Mask of Truth , truly raise the bar, and end the series on a high note.

All in all, the series is a very enjoyable read.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

English Cinebook Edition = 2014

Even though this appears to be the last there's no ending in English... or at all! This jamboree is still going between 13 and 14- getting more complicated instead of giving any closure.

[Ramon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Por fin se desvela una verdad fundamental de la serie.
Muy divertido y mucha acción como es habitual, pero una historia un poco menos desarrollada, aunque los misterios desvelados explican ya el porque de todo.

Genial.

[Coralie Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voilà. Au bout de 10 volumes la vérité sur le père du scorpion est enfin révélée. Encore une bonne histoire mais je l'ai trouvé moins prenante que les 3 épisodes précédents.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good, but after seeing the ending, another cliffhanger, I think I’m going to be done with this series. It’s just a soap opera is all that is.

[Simon Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally we get to learn the truth of the Scorpion’s birth and what this means for the families that have held the wealth and power of Rome for centuries.

The Scorpion has been captured by the odious Tiberio and Mejai tries, but fails, to follow. With Hussar injured, the Scorpion must face his fate alone, and yet what he encounters is not what he expected, and he is instead propelled down a different path and headlong into a confrontation with the Trebaldis that will settle the question of his birth once and for all.

What with injuries, political manoeuvring, long-held grudges, leper guards and ever-deperate measures from all sides, this volume cranks up the tension all the way though to the final page. Cleverly crafted by Desberg and with fantastic art by Marini, this is one of comicdom’s greatest books. If you’re not reading it you should be.

[Céline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mon enfance.

"Cosimo Trebaldi. Le Scorpion. Nelio. Trois frères. Les derniers descendants d'une famille qui a vu naître Rome... et qui a traversé les siècles en traînant une malédiction..."

"Dans le meilleur des cas, la vie ne nous offre que deux ou trois choix. Ces choix qui font toute la différence entre les regrets et les remords. Nous prenons l'amour ou nous le laissons passer. Nous donnons l'amour ou nous refusons de le voir. Souvent, ce choix n'existe qu'un instant. Après, ce sont les autres qui nous imposent le leur !"

[Αταλάντη Ευριπίδου · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best volumes in the whole series, we finally learn the secret of Armando's birth and why Cosimo Trebaldi has been hunting him, wanting him dead since the moment of his birth. I'm curious to see how Armando's story will end...

[Koen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mijn favoriete stripreeks, jammer genoeg met zeer lange duur tussen twee exemplaren...

[Charles-Antoine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ce n'est finalement pas une fin définitive... Mais déjà, c'est une belle apothéose! Dire que maintenant, va falloir vraiment attendre puisqu'il n'y a pas d'album annoncé chez l'éditeur, snif snif

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

So much is lost in translation to danish - google translate would do a better job than this translator