Goldy

Golden City #4

by Daniel Pecqueur, Nicolas Malfin

Qui est Goldy ? En posant cette question à Banks l'usurpateur, Sœur Léa ignore qu'elle vient de sauver la vie au véritable Harrison Banks, son ami d'enfance. C'est au moins un répit qu'elle lui offre, car l'homme est toujours poursuivi par Amber, l'implacable tueuse. Mais; de proie, le fugitif devient à son tour chasseur et c'est bien sur ses terres, à Golden City, qu'il espère régler ses comptes...

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Science Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

48 pages, Hardcover

First published March 18, 2002

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grand Format = A.L. January 2002 = D.L. March 2002

Another quick read that's engaging enough to keep me going within this long first cycle of six tomes- but I must mention that my interest is heavily based on price. I'd ditch it without regret if I wasn't getting them on the cheap (I'm about to snag 5+6 @$7 each) since it's nothing above average across the board.

That said, it has it's merits! The cast is vast and interestingly mysterious- each inspires curiosity about how they got in their present situation and/or what they're scheming. Most importantly to that arena, this segment delves into the main character's past which takes the totally generic male lead feel I had for him down significantly. I still cannot bear that stupid clownshoe hairflop of his that somehow holds like a cock's comb through any ordeal.

I have nothing negative to say about the art but wouldn't praise anything about it either.

[Celebandùne · Rating 3 out of 5]

7.5/10

In a flashback that is about Harrison Banks and a young Sister Lea, a nun, benefactor and childhood friend of Harrison, we find out who Goldy is, a secret that the impostor Harrison Banks doesn't know and that is putting his identity at risk. The evil lady is still trying to have Harrison killed with a professional assassin, but after he escaped from the prison and crash-landed in the arctic, he found another unlikely ally in a woman that lives there. With her she flies off and meets the orphans again, saves Mifa and tries to uncover a secret, his own mother seems to have kept from him...

The story in this one is a bit rushed, and too many plot-points seem to just randomly pop up when the protagonist, Harrison Banks, needs them. Assassin's that are exactly where they need to be, random allies, and so on... everything seems to just click and fit and Harrison still hasn't shown a single blemish or fault, at least not one he owns... While I still like the story, it is starting to feel a bit too deus-ex-machine for me. Lets see how this continues...

[Rafaela Oliveira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Donc, c'était ça Goldy ? J'ai pensé a autre chose. Je trouve que cet tome aveu bcp moins d'action.

[Aildiin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art took a dive for the worse, this is barely a 3 stars now.