It is too predictable and follows the standard formula too closely. It's a story with no new wrinkles, leaving you extra time to consider the other places where it is also lacking. It's no longer enough to be a good guy, but now you have to be a good guy who 'kicks butt' or, in this case, slices stomachs. Certainly we are. Except, it falls flat on this point because it doesn't take a stand itself.
Crusades shows the violence, but never takes a position on it.
Of course, no one is likely to come out and say that 'violence is good for society'. But it's hard to empathize with a hero who is often just as, if not more, violent than the criminals he's facing. The historical Crusades were an attempt to rescue the Holy Land from the rule of the 'ungodly' Muslims. The book, Crusades , might be trying to rescue comics from the humdrum and stagnant world into which they've fallen. All rights reserved.