Chris Napier Comic Reviews

Dead Letters has me hooked, with a twisted take on some classic archetypes that should appeal to all sorts.

I'm not exaggerating, this series looks to be a lot of fun and given how well-realised our main players are in the first issue – plus the three or four long term arcs that have already been seeded – I'd recommend you jump on board at the beginning.

In between snippets of the wider insanity, we get a pretty big revelation about Abe too which could well be the crux that moves this arc to its conclusion.

This issue features exposition that twists the plot arc in a few new ways and also some pleasingly intense fight scenes, closing with a seemingly innocuous conversation that threatens to send everything going that one step closer to absolute insanity.

This is the comic equivalent of a Russian Circles or God is An Astronaut song dropping into your otherwise straightforward playlist. Confusing yet engaging and leaving you wanting more.

Colourful, compelling and a neat twist on a classic character.

All in all, this is yet another stylish, layered and emotional installment in what has been a quality series.

All in, this is a very cool and even more promising title from a great writer and just as awesome artist. Check it out.

The Transformers are all grown up and if, like me youve been away from Cybertron for a while, I would advice that you return for a visit but keep your blaster handy and enough energon in your tank for a quick getaway.

I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too, but it's not a pivotal issue by any means.

Definitely not for everyone, but if you like your dystopian morality plays, you'll like this"

All in all, this is a solid first outing, if not quite mind blowing just yet. One to watch.

The combination of effective artwork and an almost surprisingly engaging story (given the relatively well worn tropes on display) makes this a series well worth getting into. I might have to go back and buy the earlier issues myself.

It's a bit of a jump to get into if you're not already down with the Darkness/Witchblade canon, but this should light any devotees of the series up like a Christmas tree.

Six pages of measured buildup lead to a final frame which is easily the best artwork in the whole comic and which let me wanting to know more about this story.

However, there's not much here for anyone else and of all the Dredd tales it's aged particularly badly. In short, there are a hundred Dredd stories I'd point folks towards before this.

To be honest, the whole thing seems a bit forced and combined with the artwork puts me in mind of a group of folks playing 7th Sea while calling themselves Green Hornet, Vampirella etc.

It's not terrible by any means, but it just didn't pop with me.

Venus has an interesting setting but is otherwise unremarkable from either a plot, characterization or artwork point of view. Im willing to check out the next edition to see what happens, but Im not exactly counting the days

All in all, Revelations suffers from issues withpacing and exposition, resulting in a promising story becoming an afterthought. That said, the issue is redeemed somewhat by the quality artwork.