If the first issue is an indication, Birthright is going to be a trip.
Writer Joshua Williamson has a big twist at the end–the story of a missing child who returns as a grown, savage warrior out of a fantasy world–but the better stuff is how he’s handling the regular characters. The back and forth between the family is great, especially how Williamson is carefully positioning the older (but not anymore) brother as the protagonist. He’s the one who’s had to be literally responsible for his father but also monitoring the mother.
Williamson opens the issue with the child going missing, showing the family in the happier days. It also seems like he’s going to try for some science with the child’s return.
Andrei Bressan’s art is a little slick, but his composition and visual pacing are both strong.
The cliffhanger’s an obvious one, but Williamson sells it.
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