For this reason, Zuko’s own difficulty reconciling his duty to his people clashing with Aang’s quixotic and rather outdated worldview is what made “The Promise” a far more engaging read than “The Search”, which was instead driven almost entirely by odd reveal after odd reveal and random bursts of action.Įnter “North and South”, whose third part was released in print last Wednesday, and which will be made available digitally on May 9th. These comics shine when the focus is on the characters dealing with their inner turmoil, which then in turn drives the plot. On a personal level, I struggled with some of the odd messaging and plain wonky character scripting throughout, though that didn’t stop me from loving “The Rift” with all my heart, mostly thanks to Dutiful Princess Toph. It’s no secret that the comics have been spotty, and even divisive…something not exactly unthinkable for the ATLA fandom. Writer Gene Luen Yang seemed to have signed on just for these stories, and Dark Horse hasn’t announced anything else. Well folks, five trilogies and a thousand-some pages later, we have reached the end of the Avatar: The Last Airbender comics.
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