Savage #3 Review: Story Part 2

  

Warning: This post contains a potential plot spoiler. If you have not read Savage #3 yet, you may wish to save this post for future reading.

Despite his simple origins on a tropical island, Kevin is not immune to the way money and power affect us. When his chief butler Al rejects his request to enjoy a quiet evening together off-the-clock in Savage #3, the man has every right to do so. Yet Kevin takes this as a rejection.

 

 

Later, when Al sees Kevin in the grips of a monster, the butler quite reasonably assumes that Kevin's situation is hopeless and flees the island. Well, wouldn't you, if a beast like this took over your island?

 

 

Instead, Kevin views Al's actions as an even bigger betrayal. He even laments that Al should have been his Pennyworth, a reference to Bruce Wayne's butler Albert Pennyworth in Batman comics. This makes me wonder if the man's name is even Al, or if Kevin simply bestowed the name on him as a humorous nickname.

 

The way Kevin treats Al when the man displeases him is anything but civil or mature. His words and actions suggest that Kevin has grown used to wielding power over people. Clearly, all this money and power have not helped Kevin become a more caring person, and treat others with compassion.

 

 

Perhaps he has not become totally corrupted, but Kevin seems far more like an antihero than a hero to me.

 

In closing,Savage #3 offers readers plenty of action, and builds upon plots and themes developed in earlier issues. It offers bonuses like glimpses two other Valiant superheroes in action, and explains Valiant's recent Mount Rushmore meme on Twitter. Like Savage #1 and #2, Max Bemis will throw you a curveball you didn't see coming, and make you wonder how he'll possibly follow that development up in Savage #4. Yet one question from Savage #3 remains.

 

What's so special about Savage? Why does the world need him? Or, to put it yet another way, what can Savage do that no one else in the Valiant Universe can? 

For the answer to that, we'll have to wait for Savage #4.

 

Thanks for another entertaining, action-packed, and thought-provoking issue, Max Bemis.

 

Dragon Dave

P.S. Due to circumstances beyond my control, my reviews on Savage #3 have extended far beyond the date of the issue's release. If you've stuck with me for all these posts, thank you. I hope you've enjoyed them.