In Frank Miller’s Ronin #2 we get to see the inner workings of Ronin in his search for the sword that is his soul. The Demon has taken possession of a head industrialist that has the means and power to become the master of this future dystopia.
Miller pulls no punches when it comes to the level of action and punishment Ronin can take. After receiving a severe beating and been dismembered by a mad scientists in search of technology that will aid his departure from this mad world, Ronin finds his sword and with it dispatches the police squad that wants to detain him.
There are glimpses of magic in Frank Miller’s art. The strokes of genius come with neglected panels as well. There seems to be conscious effort to develop a simplistic art style, minimalist in some cases, and a complex and detailed oriented art to allow for depictions of technology and world-building. This tension of simplicity and complexity can be seen side-by-side which makes it a challenge to review for all panels work in the end demonstrating that homogeneity in art is not required when telling a story.