God Country #3 Review

Writer: Donny Cates / Artist: Geoff Shaw / Image Comics This book is so freaking Bars. My god man, I was really excited with the drama turn in issue 2 with Emmet explaining how Alzheimer’s is a curse to the God of War. Emmet’s decision to keep the sword (as it gives him clarity) and prepare for war is real G shit. We open up this issue seeing Emmet clean shaven and playing with his granddaughter. Roy get’s an apology from his wife for the way she behaved as he was grieving and having seen Emmet now, she understands where Roy was coming from. Roy reveals that the way his father is with their daughter isn’t how he was with him as a child. Isn’t that always the fucking case, man? Parents stay going soft for the grandchildren and letting them get away with murder. We delve more into that which I am happy about as we reveal that Volifax (to his own admission) isn’t great with kids.

Cates has Emmet dropping bars as he talks with his son. We get a hint into all we need to know about the type of dad Emmet was as he tells Roy. “Ya moms hugged you too much, b” when Roy wanted to talk about what Emmet overheard him discussing earlier with his wife. We’re seeing how Emmet isn’t the nice old grandfather, and understanding Dad from a sitcom. Dude is kind of a dick, but low-key nothing overt. What I really liked about this issue is Cates having Emmet say the real shit that any parent would tell their child in not wanting to become a burden due to a circumstance. That’s my shit right there,…