by Victoria Irwin
Senior Correspondent
Toyo Harada, the most powerful man in the world and the leader of a psionic organization, has come to a group of world leaders to surrender, or so they believe. Informing the world that with his superhuman abilities and financial powers he will no longer be following the laws and regulations of human beings, Harada returns to his organization to start a plan to take down a group of escaped psionics. Under the care of Peter Stanchek, these psionics (mostly teenagers and children) must find a way to remove Harada from power and earn their right to live in peace. Harada has other problems to face. A website launches that releases thousands of pages of classified documents, including documents from Harada’s organization and spreading the word about his nefarious plans. He sends a crew out to take down the creator of the website. The creator, however, is a small child living in a cheap motel room in Los Angeles, and he is way ahead of them.
Joshua Dysart creates a comic story that is actually fairly easy to follow, despite the reader jumping straight into the middle of it. This isn’t to cheapen his work; the story is convoluted for the issue, but as with most Valiant comics there are explanations to keep the reader involved and encourage them to read the previous issues to get the entire backstory. Clayton Henry creates some incredible art pieces that make Harbinger one of those comic books that you can go back to and just look at how well his line structure and character work are. Brian Reber keeps the colors realistic and interesting, making sure to throw a few flashes of bright color in where necessary.
Overall, Harbinger continues to be a fun and interesting read. I greatly enjoyed the work of the young hacker in this issue, especially when he shows all the planning that went into his secret website.
