Agents of PACT # 1-4

Title: Agents of Pact # 1
Publisher: Chapterhouse
Written by: Kalman Andrasofszky & Blake Northcott
Pencils & Inks by: Federica Manfredi
Colours by: Caroline Nolasco
Cover by: Sanya Anwar
Letters by: Andrew Thomas
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.chapterhouse.ca
Comments: La Fleur De Lys aka Manon Deschamps is illustrated beautifully in her super-hero outfit. This peak at her past gives you a look at her personality and who she used to be and still is as in the present she leads Pact.
  Manon and her team are investigating a breach. Something has come through and is free in Canada.
  Marla one of Manon’s team has unique abilities. She controls liquid gold. It is a nice visual as she uses her power to create more arms for herself like tentacles.
  Vin an alien is beautifully illustrated with lovely colors and a vivid imagine created it.
  Redcoat joins the team of Pact. She is its field leader.
  The team is coming together nicely. Manon makes for one great leader as her personality definitely suits the role.
  Agents of Pact are investigators of the unknown and alien.


Title: Agents of Pact # 2
Publisher: Chapterhouse
Written by: Kalman Andrasofszky & Blake Northcott
Pencils & Inks by: Federica Manfredi
Colours by: Caroline Nolasco
Cover by: Bella Rachlin
Letters by: Andrew Thomas
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.chapterhouse.ca
Comments: Pact is on U.S. soil to investigate a breach. What has come through it?
  The art is solid and beautiful. Each character does pop out at you but in a subdued way.
  Marla meets Steeltown Hammer he is an idiot. Marla though in the ensuing fight shows that she is becoming a super-hero. We see that she does have what it takes. Her power to control gold is illustrated wonderfully. You get to see her using this power to her best ability and then becoming even better.
  Kebec is asked to join Pact and just seeing Manon aka La Fleur De Lys gives you her answer as she reacts.
  Marla and Redcoat do some bonding. It is not all emotional with Redcoat being such a tough woman. Marla still has reservations about following directives. The two though have a better understanding of each other and seemingly will work better together.
  These superheroes are different than others. These super-heroes are brave and tough and female but what really makes them stand out is that they are all proud Canadians!


Title: Agents of Pact # 3
Publisher: Chapterhouse
Written by: Maggie Alexander, Kalman Andrasofszky
Pencils & Inks by: Federica Manfredi
Background Art by: David Namisato
Colours by: Caroline Nolasco
Letters by: Andrew Thomas
Cover by: Bella Rachlin
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.chapterhouse.ca
Comments: Redcoat and Marla infiltrate Halo's base while Kebec has a side mission. 
  Redcoat and Marla are caught by Michael Evens and all hell breaks loose as he attacks with a small army. 
  Kebec's side mission just got a whole lot harder. 
  The art is gorgeously done. The alien is illustrated beautifully with a wonderful design and the colours stand out. Kebec is illustrated in light blue and white which makes her look inspirational , plus it really stands out. 
  The super-heroes in this comic are presents as much as government agents as they are super-heroes. 
  The interaction between the characters lets know these are real people. Yes they feel and are hurt. They have are not invulnerable. Even Marla with her gold shape changing powers is still just human. 
  Manon aka ex Fleur de Lys is in charge from base command. She is a woman who can and does make the hard decisions. 
  It is wonderful to see Canada represented by so many super-heroes and have it done in a professional way as to make any Canadian proud to be a Canadian. 


Title: Agents of Pact # 4
Publisher: Chapterhouse
Written by: Maggie Alexander, Kalman Andrasofszky
Layouts: Federica Manfredi
Pencils & Inks by: David Namisato, Christopher Johnson
Colours by: Caroline Nolasco
Letters by: Andrew Thomas
Cover by: Bella Rachlin
Variant Cover by: Alex Perkins
Price: $ 3.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.chapterhouse.ca
Comments: The art is light coloured and has a look of hope and inspires.  The art times is drawn to plain.
  Marla is with the alien in a portal and not having all that great a time. They get out of the portal and than Marla has something happen. It implies she can be more powerful. It is a mystery. Or is it. Marlo taps into the gold around her. Marla shows just how strong she is here. She shows why she is a super-hero. Marlo finally gets her super-hero name "Crucible".
  This issue just kind of wraps up things from previous issues. Nothing exciting happens. 
  The characters of Redcoat, Crucible and Manon are all well written. These ladies make one great team that makes one proud to be Canadian. 
  At the end is a pin-up page of Crucible, Monon and Kebec. 
  This is the last issue for now. It was a fun series. 
  

Richard Vasseur