Remember those 1980’s cartoons which made you so excited with colours, awesome fire up music and just overall a good storyline of good vs evil? Imagine reading it in comic book form as an adult and having awesome flashbacks to your childhood…it’s a DAMN awesome feeling! Nitro Battlers is a throwback to everything an 80’s and 90’s kids grew up loving while managing to maintain a strong sense of heart.
Sure we have seen this storyline a million times right? But what is so brilliant about this storyline is we all know there is going to be a pay off at the end, and it’s the journey of our protagonist leading up to that moment which makes the ending all the more sweeter. And let's face it, who doesn't love a story where the underdog finds the strength within themselves and then just kicks some serious ass...c'mon now you know that was the premise for pretty much every action and martial art film of the 80's so embrace it people!
Comic book artist and illustrator Eric Kim manages to bring all the tools required to make a comic book come to life and he does it flawlessly. Eric managed to capture imagination, a unique style and direction and bring it all together and knock it straight out of the park! While this isn’t a serious comic, it does have important themes which we all deal with in every day life; just because a comic book is fun doesn’t mean it’s empty calories.
Nitro Battlers is a comic which will take you back to your childhood, make you reminisce and will unleash a visual feast consisting of great action accompanied with a fun story. So my overall opinion is this...I loved the shit out of Nitro Battlers!!
Do yourself a favour, support Eric Kim's work, read it and let your imagination run wild!
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