Comic Review: Robyn Hood #4

Review: Robyn Hood #4 (Zenescope)
By: Erin DeBorba

The last time we saw Robyn, her and the Merry Men were about to enter the competition that King John wanted to use as a trap. Thinking they would start a revolution, Robyn saw this as her chance to kill the king, and make her way back home after a year of sleeping in Sherwood Forest.

The comic opens up with a graduation scene, and Mr. Cal King was granted Valedictorian. Not only does he royally screw up the ceremony by bringing up awful memories, but his conversation with his father doesn’t go so well either.

Meanwhile, The king has announced that his Champion, a vicious, brutal man, would be joining the tournament, which makes the Merry Men quiver in fear. Robyn however, thinks it to be more fun. The tournament ensues, and ends up coming down to the first two persons to shoot a bulls eye with an arrow, fight each other in a duel to the death for first place. Coming out on top? Robyn, and of course, the King’s Champion.

Once the king has unveiled Robyn to the crowd, and announces the duel, we watch as they fight an epic battle, which leads to Robyn nearly losing, then the Champion nearly losing, and Robyn ending up done and in a jail cell, again.

While in the jail cell, Robyn thinks of ways to escape, but ends up getting a visit from the King himself. As he belittles her and talks down to her, Robyn becomes more and more frustrated, and calls out his flaws, and how scared he might actually be. He leaves her for the night, and she decides to wait it out instead of escaping. Her ultimate goal? To kill the King.

As in every Robyn Hood yet, the story is captivating and eye-catching. The scenarios Robyn finds herself in are not only entertaining, but encouraging as well. The work of Pat Shand is yet again proven to be amazing, while the work of the artists at hand only improves with each issue.

Make sure to check the review of issue 5, coming soon!

Erin