We interrupt your regularly scheduled mainstream comics for some VIKING CHICKS! That’s right, Welcome to the world of Northlanders. Where Invader is the preferred occupation and Rape and Pillage is their facebook.

Set in Northern Europe, this book is a series of 8-part arcs followed by 2-part short stories about the lives of the people in the different eras and occupations pre-1000AD.

The current 2-parter arc just ended with Northlanders #19; three Danish women, wives of vikings and last survivors of their village found themselves inside an old Roman stronghold after being attacked by Saxon invaders. Using their wits and what they’ve learned from their late husbands, they managed to hold off the Saxons by themselves until they found a way to escape. Girl power at it’s finest and bloodiest!

The first arc is by far, my favorite. It’s about an exiled Viking named Sven(with a name like that, how can you not like him?) and his battle to regain his birthright against his uncle, against the invading Saxons and his realization of what a Norseman truly is. Also, he’s one BADASS muthafucka.

It’s normal to see comic book heroes sweep hordes of enemies in one go, but they don’t have superpowers or batarangs at that time. Seeing regular people brutally murder and decapitate their enemies, mounting their heads on sticks to be displayed just makes me giddy(DON’T JUDGE ME).

This is Sven. Yes, he’s wearing a Stag’s head

Pretty much everyone in this book is MANLY BADASS, people who fight for territoy, religion, kinship, revenge gets their share of blood and honor. And then there’s the vikings who’re all I’M IN UR LANDZ, RAPIN UR WIMMINZ AND PILLAGING UR VILLAGE with a “nothing personal, just another land to invade” attitude. Awesome.

What I like about this book is that they use modern slang instead of speaketh-ing all Thor-like in the dialogues. Who else is tired of reading forced scandanavian accents? I know I am. What I like the most is that the stories are all standalone, so each new arc is a fresh story. The writer can just continue them when he pleases. With that said, Sven returns next month! FUCK YEAR! SVEN!

PS. Back in the Marvel side of the world, Black Widow II(Yelena Belova) was revealed to be really Black Widow I(Natasha Romanova) in disguise! SHOCK AND HORROR! Wait til Bucky finds out what happened between her and Deadpool.

RJ

Doesn't know FTP to save his life. :|

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