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REVIEW: 'Compass' #3 by Robert Mackenzie, Dave Walker, Justin Greenwood, and Daniela Miwa

COMPASS #3

Writer: Robert Mackenzie, Dave Walker

Artist: Justin Greenwood, Daniela Miwa

Letters: Simon Bowland

Publisher: Image Comics

Release Date: August 18, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

GREG RUCKA proudly presents a new direction in adventure with... COMPASS!

Evil pursues Shahidah El-Amin to the ends of the Earth...and miles beneath it. The quest for the Cauldron of Eternal Life takes Shahi - and her one-time sister-in-arms, now enemy, Ling Hua - deep within the darkest caverns of Christendom, where the treasure hunters face monsters, visions, and the legions of the dead!

The acclaimed OLD GUARD: TALES THROUGH TIME team of writers ROBERT MACKENZIE and DAVE WALKER (LAZARUS SOURCEBOOK) and artist JUSTIN GREENWOOD (LAZARUS: X +66, Stumptown) plunge comics' boldest new heroine to thrilling depths of danger!

Score:

★★★★1/2 (4.5/5)

QUICK REVIEW: 'Compass' #3 is where the dueling scholars converge. Arriving at different points of entrance, Shahidah and Ling take their own perilous journey looking for the Cauldron of Eternal Life. It's an awe-inspiring adventure thanks to writers Robert Mackenzie and Dave Walker but Justin Greenwood and Daniela Miwa produce some of the best splash pages you'll see in comics. It takes the exploring of dangerous caverns and their traps to new levels without the traditional tropes. One of the most compelling aspects of 'Compass' has been these parallel missions of two scholars in very different and opposing circumstances yet they know each other so well that their individual progress is not a surprise to either of them. You feel for Ling, obviously, as she's under the Mongol's thumb being forced to lead the way while Shahidah is much more of a free spirit using her wits to get this far. 

'Compass' continues to be an absorbing and exciting adventure series anchored by two fiercely smart women. It's creativity and surprises paired with fantastic visuals and designs makes this series an adventure of epic proportions that needs to be read. 

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