Issue: Devil #1
Story & Art: Torajiro Kishi, Madhouse Studios
Letters: Sasquatch
Editors: Tim Ervin
Cover Artist: Torajiro Kishi
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release Date: February 2010
Pages: 28
Price: $3.50
“A virus is raging across the planet, turning people into
bloodsucking superhumans referred to as “Devils.” Most victims die
within days, sometimes months, but there’s a new strain, a new class of
Devil that threatens to overtake mankind with power and bloodthirst.
This new class of Devils derive from an experiment to clone a virus
victim, and it looks like science has created a true monster this time.
Can Takimoto and the Devil Investigation Section of the Tokyo police
force stop this societal scourge? We’ll just have to see.“
Artwork: 3.5 out of 5.0
While this isn’t the most stunning work you will ever see, it does a
nice job of executing on each page. It is true to the manga style, and
as a person who is not a big fan of that, it was still a fun looking
issue. Most of the colors seemed a little flat at the beginning, but
when I got more towards the end of the issue, the colors played a large
part into the 3.5 score. The way the brightness of the villain was
depicted was just amazing and to me was easily the highlight of the
issue. Overall though I enjoyed the look and would read issue #2 based
on the art alone.
Story: 4.0 out of 5.0
So the art is good, but what about the story? I enjoyed this one a lot.
I thought it had a great pace to it. It wasn’t too wordy, but got
across what it needed to. A solidly written first issue. In regards to
the subject matter I really like it. I like the idea behind the
vampires here, as it is really different from the typical approach.
Dying Breath: 4.0 out of 5.0
Good art followed up with a great story make this one an enjoyable
issue. While I am not a big fan of the artistic style it didn’t bother
me at all. I thought it easily added to a great overall piece. I am
excited to see what comes next because I like the idea presented here.
I just hope it can have a strong finish when all is said and done,
because I think there are a lot of possibilities.
If you would like to buy
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