#4001 a.d.

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4000 A.D. #3 (Variant Cover) (2016)

Art by: Ryan Bodenheim

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War Mother commission by Adam Gorham.

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Rai Promo Teaser (2019)

Art by: Jeffrey Veregge

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4001 A.D. #4 (2016)

Art by: Clayton Crain

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4001 A.D. #1 - #4 (Interlocking Variants) (2016)

Art by: Ryan Sook

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4001 A.D. #1 (Space City Comic Con/Space Cadets Exclusive Variant) (2016)

Art by: Clayton Henry and David Baron

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4001 A.D. #2 (June 1, 2016)

writer: Matt Kindt | artist: Clayton Crain | letters: Dave Lanphear | editor: Warren Simons | assistant editor: Danny Khazem | associate editor: Kyle Andrukiewicz | publishing company: Valiant Entertainment

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4001 A.D. #4

Writer - Matt Kindt

Art & Cover - Clayton Crain

Rai and Father face off with the fate of New Japan hanging in the balance. 

This is the final issue of the miniseries and the crossover event. Here, Rai has to make the ultimate decision to destroy Father and possibly condemn all of New Japan to possible death or certainly a life of hardship, or does he allow Father to continue, but allow the people to live in comfort, but virtual slavery?  It’s always fun to face a moral dilemma!

The focus here is on the morality of the decision and the consequences faced after it. Does Rai even have the right to take that decision in his hands at all The rebels would think so, but there are many other people who do not. It’s an interesting quandary that the reader has to think about along with the characters. Nice to think a bit about things when reading!

The downside is that the story progresses in pretty much the way I felt it would, but that does open up some possibilities for future Valiant titles set in this era. But it just didn’t feel like there was anything that unexpected or really worth the entire hype of a long crossover event. In fact, most of the ancillary books had no bearing on this story, and that was disappointing.  While I enjoyed the one-shots, nothing really circled back to the main storyline except the initial X-O Manowar issue. While the Rai issues had more relevance, I feel this really could have just been run as part of that book without the fanfare and extra issues.

Overall, this was a necessary story in the course of Valiant’s future era, but it wasn’t enough to warrant the event structured around it.