Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Azula in the Spirit Temple

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Either Azula fights Zuko via a legitimate civil war, or Azula has to accept the country has moved on. One new reveal that was only hinted at in the show was the abandonment Azula felt when her mother left to live her own life outside the palace walls of the Fire Nation Capital. While I loved the concept of Azula confronting her demons, and slowly becoming aware of the “monster” she’s become, this feels incomplete. The artwork is great and I loved seeing how Azula sees her father, Fire Lord Ozai versus how Zuko sees him. One of the things fans love most about Azula is the fact that she is just so good at being a villain, representing a truly terrifying look at the power of obsession, familial pressure, and jealousy.

The Fire Nation reds and the blue flame of Azula’s firebending pop nicely, and the way fire and lightning light up the panels adds to the power of her attacks. There's not much in the way of development or growth, and this book leaves Azula exactly where we last saw her.Like that we were actually friends, despite you threatening my life to force me to join your Avatar hunt.

Peter Wartman and Adele Matera do their best to copy the look and feel of Avatar: The Last Airbender in terms of the general art and color style, and for the most part, they do a good job at it.While Azula is, by all accounts, an antagonist of the Avatar series, “Azula in the Spirit Temple” is primarily from her point of view. Turns around to look at Ursa and the spirit with anger and determination, making them flinch back in fear. The interaction with the spirit also plays a pivotal role in the story, prompting Azula to confront her desire for forgiveness and her fear of ending up alone, which is where she ultimately ends up once more by the story’s end. Warning: light spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender—Azula in the Spirit Temple aheadA controversial fan-favorite character from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Princess Azula - sister of the current Fire Lord Zuko - is getting her momentous chance at redemption, as Dark Horse Comicsand Avatar Studios are set to publish the new graphic novel Avatar: The Last Airbender—Azula in the Spirit Temple this fall. The character designs are all very clean and instantly recognizable, and new characters have equally unique and distinctive designs that are filled with personality.

Overall the comic felt pointless besides Azula having a deep moment with the spirit disguised as her mother.

Having her stubbornly refuse to change her thought process against every possible thing telling her otherwise makes sense for her character, but makes for an incredibly boring story and main character to focus on. In this story: Azula continues her destabilization campaign against the Fire Nation and her brother, Fire Lord Zuko. Picking up sometime after the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow, the story begins when an attempted insurrection campaign of the Fire Warriors goes south and lands one of their own captured, creating dissent in the ranks and causing them to seemingly abandon Azula. A sociopathic princess, she posed one of the greatest threats to Aang and Zuko, before she inevitably became the cause of her own defeat.

In reality, I’d like to think the bug spirit sprayed Azula with a hallucinogen, which enable this whole story to start, and the spirit does a good job showing Azula visions that were harsh but truthful. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Born in the wilds of British Columbia, the young Faith frolicked among the Sasquatch native to the province before moving to Ontario at age five. I always end up feeling like a grouch when it comes to the AtLA comics, but I didn't think this was spectacular.The only issue comes from when they’re placed together, and the action doesn’t flow from panel to panel so much as it cuts from each moment to moment. Of all the various villains throughout Avatar: The Last Airbender, Azula has remained a fan-favorite throughout. Subverted when Ozai hugs and praises Azula in a flashback after she first firebends, as it's framed as yet another example of Ozai only valuing Azula for her power.