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Thoughts On The Story
In this volume Stud travels to the Bird Kingdom, still trying to find his way back home and make a few friends along the way. In the Bird Kingdom he meets with the Prince Kamaal and learns that in this country prejudice is at an all time high between those deemed 'true birds' and those that are 'defeathered'. Basically, birds who have human faces. This volume is heavy on the theme of belonging and not hiding who you are. In my opinion, I think its handled very well and I liked the surprises that were in store in this volume. As always the action and art is very well done. I like the fact that in this volume we finally get to see Tool and Stud meet. We also, get a little more background on the Genies and what Tool has been doing while he is away from Stud. This brings me to the one thing I didn't like about this volume. This is going to sound like a little bit of a rant but its not, its just something I am tired of seeing in all forms of media. That is the absentee dad/dad that doesn't care/dad that thinks leaving his child(ren) by themselves is a good idea for whatever reason. We all laugh when its Goku being negligent. I think a lot of people genuinely wonder what is Ging Freecs issue. Endeavor was just plain abusive. I am just tired of seeing that from Fathers. I have no idea how the author plans on addressing this but it sucks how Stud and Tool's dynamic is and I don't really see a way to redeem Tool. To me he's just a bad dad that's using his wife as an excuse at this point. That being said I still love the volume overall, especially with the cliffhanger we were left with, I have a whole lot more questions.
Thoughts On The Artwork
The artwork is clean and the action is very well done. Stud pulled out a new move. I love how Stud pulls stuff out on the fly. We even got a cool flashback scene and a present day scene with Tool that I thought was well done showing how good he is at using Z energy. I also like how Stud is doing all this without being properly trained. Just makes me think what will happen once he gets trained. Before I forget this volume has some pretty cool colored pages. One of my favorite things about the SaturdayAM graphic novels.
For Parents
The themes can get a little heavy in this volume but I think they are done in a way that is easy to understand. Its not "preachy" per se but I do think its relevant very much to the world we live in today.
Overall Thoughts
Outside of the story elements with Tool and Stud, I very much enjoyed this
volume. The Bird Kingdom was very well done and I like how Stud is making
an impact in the lives of every new friend he makes. Makes me want to see
him meet up with everybody again as he does have it pretty rough in the
friend department. I have all 5 Volumes of HAMMER and I can't recommend
this title enough. Have you read HAMMER Volume 5? What do you think?
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