Issue: Death Walks the Streets #0 and #1
Writer: James Zahn, Ben Brezinski
Pencils:Guilherme Balbi
Inks: Alex Silva
Colors: Javier Tartaglia, Milen Parvanov
Letters: Kurt Hathaway, Jason Moser
Publisher: The Scream Factory
Release Date: Digital Editions March 2010
“DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is a genre-bending tale of good and evil
that combines horror, action, and crime drama set in the fictional City
of New Marshall. MICHAEL LABOU. DANIELLE DANTE, and MALCOLM MCDERMOT
are three friends in an unconventional line of work. Officially, they
work in separate positions for IBVM Union Local 666, one of the most
powerful labor Unions in New Marshall and the world. Unofficially, the
trio has become the go-to crew for odd-jobs required by “The
Organization”, an international crime syndicate with deep ties to the
City of New Marshall. They’re good people that are good at their jobs,
but can’t stand the people that they’re working for. Unfortunately,
sometimes an “out” isn’t exactly easy.“
Artwork: 4 out of 5
These are two really great looking issues. The deal with a nice mix of
city life and then of course some bad ass looking monsters. So I can
easily say that there is some great detail work not only on the
characters but also in the background work. The cast is nice and
consistent from panel to panel in each issue. The colors are vibrant and
really bring the book to life. Overall some nice artwork on these two.
Story: 3.5 out of 5
The story here comes off to me as very layered. On the surface we have
an evil Union that is taking care of its dirty work, but within that
seems to lie a nice demon storyline. At times though, and more with
issue #1, I found myself a little lost in all of the extra work. While I
can assume it will play out nicely, at times it was a little confusing.
I do like the concept at work here though. I found #0 to be easier to
grasp in terms of going from point a to b, than I did with #1. The
dialogue in both is well done I just found the jumping from scenes to be
off. Overall though there are multiple layers here that I can’t wait to
see play out.
Dying Breath: 3.5 out of 5
Good artwork lends itself to a building storyline that is very
intriguing as it unfolds. While I felt that the story may try to do a
little to much at times, I still feel these are two solid issues. Look
for a special appearance from Bump in issue #1 as well. I
enjoyed these two issues and I can not wait to see how everything plays
out. It’s building into a good mystery I just hope that we can see #2
very soon.
