The Family Trade #3 is definitely the best entry into the series so far. In issue #3, Nikki Ryan and Justin Jordan finally deliver on the mystery of the clan making the shadow government finally seem worthy of their own mythos. Jordan and Ryan’s short political commentary even works well into the story in this issue. But perhaps their greatest achievement is that they made Jessa finally feel like a worthy and interesting main character.
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Another issue of The Family Trade goes by and I feel another crushing wave of disappointment. I genuinely feel like this comic has the potential to truly be something despite issue #2’s lack of support for this claim.
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The Family Trade #1 offers an interesting introduction to a "what if" world in which neutral country was founded in the middle of the ocean, was ruled by a nepotistic governing class which was controlled by a secret society of assassins. It’s all relatively lofty and idealistic, and it succeeds most of the time in setting up a fun, and politically charged story arc told through the perspective of a chipper young assassin, however some story aspects can come across as incredibly heavy handed and the art, while not entirely bad, isn’t as impressive as the story.
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