Joe Hill's Rain #1

While it will be interesting to see where Rain goes from here, the first issue is genuinely outstanding. Read Full Review

The rain ends up being a character within the story as it rips apart both directly and metaphorically Yolanda from Honeysuckle. The team show great respect for growing the characters before page 16 sets the tone moving forward. This is well worth adding for the five issues it's out for. Read Full Review

Thorogood delivers some exciting and beautifully character focused visuals to the issue. The art is grounded and wonderfully detailed both in its characters and its subsequent horror-filled moments. Read Full Review

So far, I am in love with this story. The way it communicates love, loss, horror and hopelessness so beautifully makes me very excited for what is in store for the remaining four issues. This is a must read! Read Full Review

Rain#1 is an exceptional character driven debut that emphasizes the strengths of every creator involved. The diverse cast, striking designs, and tragedy looming over every page makes this a must read. Read Full Review

Booher and Thorogoods adaptation of Hills novella is a great example of what a creative team can conjure up when it so fully understands the vision behind a story. Adaptation is no easy task, especially when it comes with the expectation it has to be as good (if not greater) than the source text. Fortunately for Rain, the first issue starts the series out on the right foot, with the promise of more darkly curious things to come. Read Full Review

The story here is smart, efficient, and deeply human. The art is a masterclass in how to make characters feel truly alive. Thus far, all signs point to a high quality and engaging miniseries. Read Full Review

With clever sweetness, Rain #1 pulls us into a loving relationship that should, by all rights, be safe, before tearing that safety away. Read Full Review

A heartbreaking and stunning adaptation, Rain #1 is a fantastic opening to this character-driven apocalyptic tale. Read Full Review

A story about love and loss. Told through the idea of nails raining from the sky. Throw out the disbelief in the idea for now and focus on the characters. Focus on Honeysuckle. Focus on Rain #1 and you will find what you may have lost. Read Full Review

A great start to what has to be one of Joe Hill's best adaptations yet. Read Full Review

Rain #1 delivers what it sets out to. It draws the reader in and proceeds to deliver a strong knockout blow that lands hard, despite the reader being given every warning that it is on the way. Read Full Review

This is a book of two traits; on one hand the end of the world via a cataclysmic, albeit meteorological, event and the subsequent loss of love and life coupled with future dangers isn't something massively new. On the other hand, the quality of the production is of a massively high standard. This leaves me in something of a quandary when it comes to give it a rating. Maybe Joe Hill fans may expect more depth or nuance; I feel that a score would be more relevant once the series is complete. Read Full Review

daspidaboy

Jan 16, 2022

a really interesting series about the beginning of an apocalypse. I cant wait to read what comes next, and the art is honestly amazing.

Gizmo

Jan 17, 2022

We spend the first issue falling in love with this couple just so it will feel like a stab in the heart by the end of the first issue. There's a couple slightly cringey moments, and the issue essentially falls into the trope of introducing a minority character just to be killed off, but I can get past that as a reader. I genuinely have no idea where the plot is going to go from here, the rain of nails is essentially a secondary plot device. I supposed I could spoil the plot for myself and look up the short story this is based one, but no, I like surprises.