The
issue begins following the Second Armor Hunters War where Unity was personally
attacked with nukes. A positron model of Livewire created by Harada visits
Ninjak. We are given a story of the past were Doctor Silk clones destroyed half
of Japan attempting to find the original Silk. The Livewire positron used the
original DNA of Amanda to create a sentient self-replicating artificial intelligence
called Livewire to rebuild Japan and launch it into space. However Ninjak
believes New Japan will become a parasite pulling resources from Earth and vows
to stop her. Ninjak uses his students the Spylockes and Gin-Gr however
ultimately fails. We see Ninjak fall to Earth reflecting on the title of the
book The Fall of Ninjak. Towards
the middle we are given a brief history of Ninjak and the Eternal Warrior which
doesn’t make an impact on the overall story. We are given glimpses of the
future with the Harbinger Trials and Aric. Their futures will be told in their
own Book of Death issues. The problem I have with this issue is that it focuses
on the origins of the world of New Japan and less on Ninjak himself. Fans of
Rai would love this story however the issue falls flat as it is not standalone
but is interconnected with the other books.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT –
3 OUT OF 5
