But the read on the book was quick - almost surprisingly quick. It felt like those middle - to late X-O Manowar issues when you could really sit through an afternoon - breezing by five or ten of them, and just watch the stories flow by. But it isn't condemning like those issues. Many of those things were downright painful. This wasn't - but may have been rushed at the beginning a bit. Easy to see that more of the comic story was put into the fabric of this thing. The strong suggestion that this character had much of the armor growing in and through him. And that he had extended the power - or force of the armor to extend about from himself. I did like the touching moment between Aric and Sanaa. Her obsession with the water - as well as her description of the men that came in to deliver the water - or install the water. Then, her obsession with it running in the camp. Again, the interest in something so simple - and immersion of Aric inside the technology at the same time. Interesting. Finally - a little more about the armor and battle. Both the regenerative effects of the comic harkened back to the old run - and Ken's re-growth. But it also suggested somethi ng else coming inside or from within the armor itself. The sentience of the armor - that has been lacking for the most part. And each of these has a real potential to grow into something in the comic.