God Country #5 Review

Writer: Donny Cates / Artist: Geoff Shaw / Image Comics The origin of Valofax’s is our introduction to this issue, which means you know shits about to get real. We’re taken back to Valofax’s creation by Attum (The God of Kings), who forged the sword in a sun and doomed billions of lives. There’s levels of fucked up but that’s taking the entire buffet right there. Valofax is the heirloom to Attum’s children and his entire legacy but you can’t out last time. Attum’s own realm was starting to crumble and we see that the kingdom of these gods is all being kept from going into a black hole together by Attum’s own power constantly.

[quote_simple]”A lineage on the brink of annihilation, held in a place of constant pain. By a dying old man refusing to let go.”[/quote_simple] That bar echoes through this series as Emmet Quinlan is a different type of old man but refusing to let go of what’s brought him back from his personal hell of Alzheimer’s. This leaves Attum desperate as fucking. He’s lost one son to Emmet but is refusing to let his sword go without a fight. Attum sends Aristus back to Earth to face off against Emmet, this time dressed in God’s armor (and the golden hammer from Super Smash Bros: Melee). Now, when I say god’s armor I mean that in the literal sense, like on the “Emperor’s Soundtrack” when Lupe Fiasco said, “God place me in ya armor, I prescribe no partners.” The armor that Aristus is rocking like a three piece suit right now is the armor Lupe was talking about. Ye…