COSMOKNIGHTS

A popular webcomic returns with more galactic drama.

Pan wakes up with an audio message from the past: Five years ago, she helped her best friend, Princess Tara, escape the fate of an unwanted marriage. Now she is startled to hear Tara crying and saying they made a mistake. But she and the crew must focus on their plan to continue freeing other princesses. They currently have one onboard, but she won’t come out of her room. When she finally does emerge, it’s to ping her location, signaling wardens to come take her home. Unfortunately for them all, she only ends up alerting pirates to their whereabouts. Pan finally gets through to Scottie, the latest princess, who shares that she never actually wanted to be saved in the first place and had plans for doing good in her role as queen. This leads Pan to open up about Tara’s delayed message and her self-doubts. Everyone on the fleet seems to have a different opinion as to which strategy to follow now, but they have to decide soon, especially with the pirates on their tail. This sequel raises the stakes as Pan continues to explore different aspects of feminism. In exciting action scenes and sweet romantic subplots, readers, too, will start asking questions. The illustrations offer bursts of hot colors and beautiful sequences that highlight the queer, multiracial cast.

A gripping feminist space adventure.