Sera and the Royal Stars #1 Review

Words: Jon Tsuei / Art: Audrey Mok / Coloring: Raul Angulo / Lettering: Jim Campbell / Vault Comics W-O-W! Vault Comics has been swinging strong with this latest phase of comics for the masses, and I am here for it! July has brought the first issue of Sera and the Royal Stars, and it is an adventure you can’t afford to be left behind on. We open to the land of Parsa where the times are dark: famine is doing a tag team offense with civil war. Things are grim. One day on the battlefield, Princess Sera is treated to an epiphany by a goddess. The deity Mitra has a prophecy for her that she’s to play a big part in. WHEW. Princess Sera ain’t with it. She’s good with a bow, with commanding her troops, with being on the battlefield shedding blood with her sister and trusted ones. She’s got a lot on her plate and heavy is the proverbial crown as a royal as she’s working with her family and those loyal to the empire to figure out how not only to stop the conflicts but also save the land. A prophecy by a goddess that won’t take no for an answer isn’t what anyone wants, especially if you’ve got sh!t to do and a people depending on you.

BNP fave Jon Tsuei is here penning this wondrous tale of a princess, in a perilous time on a journey to set things right once more. Sera is headstrong, brave and duty bound as a princess. In this first issue, we get a glimpse of our titular protagonist and why she’s high strung on doing her job: she has a deep, sincere love for her people–not just her f…