Kingsman: Red Diamond #6 Review

Writer: Rob Williams / Artist: Simon Fraser / Image Issue #6 of this Kingsman run picks up right where we left off. We here sitting 20,000 leagues under the sea, cowering in disgust and fear at the sight of Red Diamond’s incandescent glory. It’s all bad fam. Red Diamond has truly entered the void. This cyclops faced, bear chest havin, jaeger leg stompin monstrosity has lost his mind and forced humanity to bend to his very will. It’s survival of the fittest out here and our English and South African agents are the cream of the crop. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always translate into a job well done. Eggsy and Kwaito ain’t got a plan B. No backup. No cavalry. And it’s in these instances that we see the most impressive aspect of all these Kingsman comics: humanity. We’ve seen the world descend into chaos after the Treeman twins released the computer virus across the globe, infecting all technology. We’ve seen the return to archaic, spiteful times and savagery at the hands of thy neighbor. What we haven’t seen is the resilient human spirit. The desire to survive and refusal to quit. I was pleased to see this gloomy tale take a positive turn as a result of the most unlikely person in the room, and I think readers will too.

Eggsy and Kwaito use the time given to them to tag team the Hunchman of Mariana’s Trench and execute the most half-assed plan ever conceived in an underwater city. Gotta love these moments where your problematic hero keeps it a buck and proudly admits, “I can be…