The latest DC Comic, #22 BIONICLE® METRU NUI: HORDIKA UNLEASHED! , transitions us from TOA METRU to TOA HORDIKA. At first read, it is a bit talky and visually busy. Most pages have five or six panels on them. But what was at first a bit disappointing turns out to be much more enjoyable on a second or third reading.
Much of the visual clutter is unavoidable. Metru Nui is in a dark shambles with shadows, cracks, rubble, and webbing everywhere. Add to that the detailed, true-to-life rendering of the TOA and other toys and you have a great deal of drawing!
The TOA METRU at the beginning are a little off too thin in the face and too bulky in the shoulders. No matter though because the stars of this comic are the sets of 2005: TOA HORDIKA, RAHAGA, VISORAK, and a special guest appearance by ROODAKA. These are beautifully displayed in pictures like that of the VISORAK belly and ROODAKA shown below.
I am usually more interested in the advertisements than the actual comic, but because the TOA HORDIKA and RAHAGA were released early there is not much to speak of here. The center-fold is all about the TOA HORDIKA. The inside back cover page is dedicated to the RHOTUKA spinners carried by the RAHAGA and TOA HORDIKA. Before that is a full-page ad for B2 . Elsewhere in the comic is a page with three ideas for how to play games with your RHOTUKA. Notably absent is any reference whatsoever to BIONICLE.com .
On the back page are the six TOA HORDIKA, apparently in free-fall:
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