NINJAK VOL. 01: WEAPONEER SC  (VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC)

PUBLISHER Valiant Entertainment LLC
WRITER Matt Kindt
ARTIST Clay Mann Butch Guice Juan Jose Ryp
COVER ARTIST Lewis Larosa
PAGES 176 pages
COLOR Full Color
SIZE 7x10
FORMAT Graphic Novel

Every master spy... has to start somewhere. Then: Meet inexperienced MI-6 recruit Colin King on his first mission in the field as he learns the basics of spycraft and counterintelligence, and develops a volatile relationship with his first handler. Now: Colin King is Ninjak, the world's foremost intelligence operative, weapons expert, and master assassin. And he's hunting the Shadow Seven - a secret cabal of shinobi masters with mysterious ties to his training and tragic past. Start reading here as Ninjak's past and future collide in the pages of an all-new ongoing series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (THE VALIANT, DIVINITY) and superstar artists Clay Mann (Gambit), Butch Guice (Captain America), and Juan Jose Ryp (Black Summer). Collecting Ninjak #1-5.

Ninjak has been a charming supporting character in X-O Manowar and Unity, but this solo title is a chance for him to deepen. Matt Kindt takes the storytelling mastered in Mind MGMT and uses it to explore Ninjak as a traumatized child of wealth who has become a ninja and spy. The writing is as tense as one of the hero's grappling lines, and the Clay Mann's art is as sexy and stylish as his work on James Asmus's Gambit. Valiant delivers yet again.

Ninjak is a super-spy. He works unofficially for MI6 doing missions that they do not want connected to them. Sometimes this includes assassinations. Plus, he has all sorts of cool equipment to help him pull off his missions.

In Weaponeer, he is hired to infiltrate and take down the largest black weapons dealer in the world. This is a fast paced story that really shows off Ninjak's skills, from interpersonal to fighting. The story weaves together the past and present to give an understanding of Ninjak and carry along the plot.

There is also a small section at the end of each chapter titled "Lost Files" that tells the reader about his early career. This could have made things pretty muddled, but I feel like the creators did a nice job pulling it off.

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