Sera and the Royal Stars #2 Review

Words: Jon Tsuei / Art: Audrey Mok / Coloring: Raul Angulo / Lettering: Jim Campbell / Vault Comics Last issue I said that Sera and the Royal Stars was something new and unique with an old school fantasy feel that is full of intrigue and heart. Also, I said that I was excited on embarking on this quest with the princess to find the fallen stars and more. Issue #2 has arrived, and I’m still hyped. This issue delivers, and I’m still in it to win it. This issue opens to Sera and Old Bull, whom we learn is the first of the constellations, the first of the stars featured on the cover in all his regalness. Look, I knew that Sera would be on a journey to find the stars, I was not prepared to know that they would be in their humanoid (more or less) forms. I acknowledge that I don’t have a good working knowledge of deities to know who is influenced by whom, yet I can say that visually they are stunning and I know that I’ll be excited to meet each new one. (See this tweet thread by the writer on influences on the Stars, starting with The Bull.)

Much praise to the writing, I like that Sera’s personality shines in such moments like the one above. I want to continue to see her fleshed out as a character, and we’re getting to see who she is under the bravado, when she is holding back grief, and who she is when she is not on the battlefield. Speaking of characters, part of the other side of the conflict who aren’t supposed to be good guys but the villains in this tale, are related to Sera …