Manifest Destiny Vol. 3: Chiroptera & Carniformaves

This is the most emotional entry yet into the Manifest Destiny series so far.  Our heroes have encountered another arch & with it the first intelligent species that is currently inhabiting the wild untamed land of the Louisiana Purchase.  The Fezron are an awesome addition to the series Chris Dingess has opened up the forest & given readers a creature that can be just as cute as the Ewok & just as deadly.  The Fezron are not the only creatures that lurk nearby the arch the other creature that our explorers encounter is the Vameter which is some type of vampire.  The ending of this story is bittersweet because our heroes carry out their mission no matter what or who gets hurt, the mission comes first.  I can't say I agree with their decision but it does make for a nice contrast & it reminds me of stories like Sheltered.

Manifest Destiny Vol. 2: Amphibia & Insecta

This volume picks up after the events of the first one the Lewis & Clark's group has expanded a little by picking up the survivors from the fort.  But are these new characters going to help or hinder the expedition remains to be seen.  This volume slows down the expedition quite a bit by having the boat get stuck on the river, the symbolism of the arch is back, & to top it all off the group has been split in two.  Clark is in charge of the group that has made it to the shore while Lewis is in charge of the group that has remained on the boat.  There is a giant frog like creature that is preventing them from continuing on their journey.  On land however in the woods a blood thirsty foe awaits not as deadly but just as gruesome.  There is also a glimmer of back story to who Lewis & Clark really are & that they may not be as wholesome heroes as we are meant to believe.

Manifest Destiny Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna

Everyone knows the story of Lewis & Clark,  it is one of the great tales of American history.  But for the majority of knowing public they only know of the story in the broadest sense.  They know that Lewis & Clark traveled with Sacagawea from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, but the rest is sort of a mystery unless you go digging for the info.  Such is the premise of Manifest Destiny, in which the general knowledge is known about Lewis & Clark but that just serves as the foundation for this new tale by Chris Dingess & Matthew Roberts.  Chris Dingess has crafted a scary almost alien frontier for Lewis & Clark's expedition to travel through but hes has also given them a secondary assignment to mapping out & exploring the region.  Matthew Roberts art is phenomenal not in characters per-say but in the way he creates the landscape I really love the way the scenery is rendered.  This is another awesome book from Image Comics, the place to go for something different.