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Ivar, Timewalker # 2 2015 Let's Not Kill Hitler! pg 15 by Robert Gill

Artists: Robert Gill (Penciller) , Robert Gill (Inker) , Fred Van Lente (Writer)

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Title:	Ivar, Timewalker # 2 2015 Let's Not Kill Hitler! pg 15 by Robert Gill
Artist:	Robert Gill (Penciller)
Artist:	Robert Gill (Inker)
Artist:	Fred Van Lente (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Ivar, Timewalker February 2015
"Let's Not Kill Hitler!" pg 15
Ink over pencil on comic art board
Pencils and Inks: Robert Gill (Signed lower right)
Writer: Fred Van Lente

On this page, Ivar and Neela are ambushed by an Annon-Lurker in a abandoned British trench in 1916 France by the Somme River in the middle of World War I.

Valiant�s Ivar, Timewalker presents a deceptively simple premise; what if everyone�s favorite Time Lord, the Doctor, was even more of an outright jerk than he already is? The debut issue from Fred Van Lente, Clayton Henry and Brian Reber presented the titular character as an irascible and reactive roustabout that finds himself playing tour guide to one of the present�s great minds. In this second issue, Van Lente takes it a step further, exploring the odd Doctor/Companion dynamic that has started to blossom between Ivar and Neela as well as delving a bit more into the lore surrounding Ivar. Ivar might not be as altruistic as our favorite time traveler, but Ivar, Timewalker #2 makes a pretty great case for him being the most fun.

The major theme of this month�s issue of Ivar, Timewalker is choice. Fred Van Lente doesn�t really concern himself with the real logistics of time travel, but instead is more concerned with the moral implications that it could possibly present. �Have you ever been tempted,� Neela asks, as they await another time slip on the super-continent Pangaea, �to try and change history?� This, of course, is one of the great pre-set plots when it comes to time travel, but Ivar and Neela aren�t run-of-the-mill time travelers and Van Lente isn�t a writer content to re-tread a familiar path. Van Lente simply uses this theme to inform this month�s adventure, which pays ever increasing dividends right up until the very end. After saving Neela from a dragonfly of unusual size, the first example of Van Lente�s trademark wit this month, Ivar transports them all along the timeline of Adolf Hitler with the express goal of not killing him.

It is here that Van Lente delves a bit further into Ivar and Neela�s relationship, as well as showing the audience exactly how Ivar functions as a time traveler. Their first stop is Austria in 1909, where a destitute Hitler begs on the street for money after he was refused entry into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Here Van Lente drops more than a few tantalizing hints about Ivar�s time travel-centered culture as he explains that most travelers from his time head here first in order to prove themselves true temporal big shots by killing Hitler. While the background is all well and good, it is the relationship between Ivar and Neela that take center stage here.

As the debut issue detailed, Ivar isn�t just palling around with Neela on some random happenstance, but in this second issue, Neela is a more fully formed character with her own agency and informed opinions about her adventures. This time around Neela channels the spirit of Donna Noble as she refuses to wear one of Ivar�s Zeligs; a device that serves as a universal translator and allows time travelers to blend into their surroundings. She only relents after Ivar insists that she either wear it or spend the majority of their time together being pawed at by lunkheaded Caucasians who are attempting to clean her face. �Humanity. You make me sad,� she sighs, as she attaches the Zelig to her forehead and moves on. Ivar may be the name on the front cover, but the Doctor is only as good as his companion and Neela makes for one hell of a companion. She is funny, intelligent, and more than a little mundane as she faces the overwhelming weirdness that is her life right now, but she never backs down or allows herself to be compromised by the moral ambiguity of her situation. Ivar, Timewalker #2 is big and crazy and hilarious in parts, but above it all, it nails its characters and presents their personalities effortlessly and that is half the battle won.

The other half is some slick visuals, and thankfully Ivar, Timewalker #2 has that in spades thanks to artists Clayton Henry and Robert Gill, backed by colorist Brian Reber. Clayton Henry, the series� regular artist, handles the majority of the issue rendering Ivar, Neela, and their surroundings in smooth, unblemished panels that add a bit of stability to their chaotic adventures. Henry takes a naturalist approach to Ivar, Timewalker #2, grounding himself even as the issue gets weirder and weirder. In a market saturated with over-the-top visuals, it is nice to see an artist present a more reserved look at the genre. Guest artist Robert Gill also fits into the issue very well as he handles Ivar and Neela�s quick jaunt into World War I. The River Somme, 1916 France.

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