I've thoroughly enjoyed reading stories with Faith over the past year or so, however, this installment felt very rushed to me. While I understood the need to repeat scenes due to the time travel aspect, the constant repeating took away from actual character development. Yes, Faith ultimately saves the day -- although, not in the way one would expect -- but the story seems like it's struggling to make sense of itself along the way.

And the story is not the only part that suffered. The artwork in the second half was choppy and inconsistent. Given that one of the important aspects of Faith's character is that she isn't your typical hero -- she's overweight, and that's okay -- it was a bit unfortunate when towards the end, her face was drawn to be thinner. It was rather distracting and took me out of the story.

Thankfully, although I had some issues with this story, it was fun to revisit Faith and read a story featuring a bunch of fantastic female characters.

I feel like I was dropped into the middle of a time and dimension spanning story, but it wasn't as jarring as some recently read comics. I did have questions about who "Faith" was and they were not answered in this book, so I'll be doing some googling later today about the character. The only reason I got this was I saw Rai from the 4001 AD mini series on the cover, but he only appears for a couple panels and is dead in several others (time travel shenanigans, 'natch).

Despite the lack of context and absolutely no "previously on", I do feel like I got a complete story out of the book, though it would have been helpful to have a story primer with a character index.

Three stars - this is yet another in the ongoing line of Valiant titles where you need to know an inordinate amount about other ongoing Valiant titles to get the most out of it - the whole Valiant universe still struggles to let us newbies in. Also, the artwork really doesn't do justice to what was a great chance to have a "person of size" as heroine - yes, on the covers and so on she can look fit as, but in the regular pages she turns ugly all of a sudden. The story is a frivolous look at time travel, saving the universe, and comic book motivation, but while it's no stinker, it's not a great read, either.

Faith and the Future Force written by Jody Houser is a quick, enjoyable read. Faith is locked in a time loop and needs to figure out a way to prevent the end of the world. Along the way she recruits Valiant’s stable of heroes to fight the big bad. Filled with breezy quips and pop culture references, Faith is a fun read. Unlike other Valiant titles, the stakes here seem lower, and the cameos by Valiant’s heroes barely register. It’s Faith’s book, but there is missed potential for character growth. It would be interesting to see why other heroes find Faith a compelling leader. Still, it’s a nice adventure tale and the twist is enjoyable. The book is an easy recommendation for fans of Faith, short adventure stories, and fun dialogue.

Review provided in exchange for copy provided by NetGalley.

Faith and the Future Force is a miniseries based in the same world that Valiant has already created, and it certainly came out swinging. Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Star Wars: Rogue One) is the writer, and she’s backed up by Stephen Segovia (Action Comics) and Barry Kitson (Fantastic Four). I’ll say this upfront; I’ve only read the first issue of Faith, but despite that I had no problem keeping up with what was going on (though I’m pretty sure I did get some spoilers for future volumes; no pun intended). So if you’ve been looking at this series and debating about trying it out, this may be a good way to get your toes wet (though I loved volume one, so I say just go back and read that one).
If you’ve ever wanted to see all of Vailiant’s superheroes in one place, then this is the volume for you. Faith teams up with a timewalker, and before you ask, yes Faith does in fact make some time to make plenty of Time Lord references while they’re trying to save the world. It’s wonderful and hilarious all in one. It’s a really fun series; and I’m surprised to hear myself saying that, considering how heavy it gets at times (though knowing about the time travel bit helps to immediately assure us that the events can be changed, and therefore there’s a bit of a lack of permanency to what happens).
As I mentioned above, I’ve only read volume one for Faith, so I’m sure I’m missing tons of references and backstories for the other characters brought in. That being said, I really enjoyed it. It was fun trying to figure out who had what power just based off of how they looked and dressed. You don’t get that many opportunities to try and do something like that! Of course I actually enjoyed seeing them all try and work together as well. There are some very dramatic “the gangs all back together” scenes that were really interesting and well designed.
I’m obviously a fan of Faith; she takes so many different comic tropes and flips them on their head. For that and the fact that she’s an unashamed nerd I will love her forever. What I was surprised by is how much character development they were able to throw in for Neela (the timewalker) despite the short amount of time they actually had. At her first appearance I was concerned that this would be another stereotypical time travel plot (albeit with some added Doctor Who jokes), but that was quickly proven to not be the case. Neela has been through a lot, though because of the way time traveling works for her, she doesn’t remember all that she’s been through, she can only surmise what has and hasn’t worked based off a few scant pieces of evidence. I don’t envy being put in the situation she’s in, frankly. She handles the whole thing well though, as do the supporting characters alongside her.
I’ll admit I was pretty shocked by the ending, even though I shouldn’t have been. Faith has always been adamant about taking a comic trope and twisting it around to completely change it. The ending is no exception to that rule; they mashed the trope of the hero being well, the hero, and the villain’s tendency to monologue and made quite an interesting, and surprising, ending. I loved it.
Reading Faith and the Future Force has once again inspired me to try and get caught up in my reading, so here’s hoping I can do that before the next volume comes out. I can’t wait to see what happens next!

This was just a lot of fun! I think I would have enjoyed it slightly more if I had read the previous volumes in this series [it's on my tbr but when I saw this on NG/EW I figured I should try it out] because there are a lot of cameos and it's probably better if you know who they are. But even coming into it completely blind I really enjoyed it. I think the time travel plot was fairly well done [and that's high praise coming from me, time travel paradoxes are one of my personal pet peeves] and how they solved it was really interesting. Other than that it's just really great to see a fat superheroine who is just allowed to be herself and where her weight isn't a constant issue. I'll definitely be checking out the earlier volumes in this series now. Also I'm always here for calling out people who put boobs on lizard aliens ;)

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Great new volume for all Faith fans.

This time Faith teams up with a timewalker in order to save the planet from a robot who is intent on destroying the earth. It is a good story which sees a number of Valiant characters coming to the rescue. If you are a Faith fan then you will enjoy this.

Copy provided via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Faith is always like a breath of fresh air. Her unique character and the stories laced with humor always bring a smile. In "Faith and the Future Force" when time itself is in danger, Faith brings the Dr. Who references and saves the day. The color work is spectacular and the art is good for an enjoyable visual storytelling. My voluntary and unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.