Review: Operation Rebalance

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Operation Rebalance Operation Rebalance by Jean-Luc Sala
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Rating 2 out of 5 | Grade: D+ ; It all goes downhill pretty fast

The concluding volume of Iron Squad, by Jean-Luc Sala, seems the most rushed and least interesting of the whole 6 Issue series.

One which doesn't live up to the promise set in Vol.1 , either in terms of story, or artwork.

The plot of this volume, where a bunch of OSS agents try and infiltrate the Nazi science facility that produces Neptunium, the super fuel that allows them to power their advanced armor, is lack luster, in terms of action & stakes.



Which is a shame, as some of the characters had a halfway decent backstory to explore. Plus, some of the interesting characters from Vol. 1, the Russian campaigns had also made a comeback.

The way in which these characters behave is completely random, and basically they do whatever it takes to make the plot 'edgy'. Unnecessary friendly fire, misunderstandings, shallow deaths, contrived betrayed are just some of it's shortcomings.

Plus, I've been noticing this pattern where, in every story arc, the grand plan of the protagonists revolve around high-jacking an enemy Mecha and using it to fight the Axis & fulfill their objective. The exact same storyline, over and over and over. Feels a bit creatively bankrupt.



Plus, plus, towards the climax, they (view spoiler)

Well it doesn't work, and combined with the forgettable, uninspired artwork, the conclusion of this 6 part series doesn't live up to it's promises.

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