Will.S
08-03-2008, 01:13 PM
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Plot: A province in Hell called the Odium is under attack by Lord Satanus's forces.
Soon after the attack Lord Satanus and Lady Blaze touch down on the defeated city of Odium and Satanus makes a speech about hope in order to bring about a wide scale war, or more specifically bringing the war to Neron. Meanwhile we cut to Pandemonia, the first province of the Infernal Dominion where Neron, Belial, Lilith, and Asmodel are observing the events that had just transpired within the Odium.
Neron is angered and asks Lilith to call her children. We then cut to The Gull which is the third province of the Infernal Dominion where Zatara and Zauriel are talking about Zatara's own resistence movement on top of Satanus's which will indirectly help him. Zatara then speaks of the mystics that will be affected by the Telistic Council if the war breaks out.
Finally go to Gotham city where the Shadowpact are on a mission to capture Linda Danvers who is defeated by the Shadowpact to only be teleported into Hell because hell is recalling it's debts. We then see a final page cliffhanger where all the magic characters that tie into Hell are affected such as Kid Devil, Etrigan, The Creeper, Black Alice etc.
There's also a back up tale which is narrated by Dr. Occult as he speaks to Ralph and Sue Dibney a.k.a Ghost Detectives about the war that's brewing in Hell. I believe that outside of their brief appearance in Outsiders, this is Ralph and Sue's first major re-appearance as Ghost Detectives after 52.
Review: Accessibility might be an issue with some people concerning this issue.
For example,I'm not familiar with Lord Satanus or some of the characters within Neron's domain so they're all new to me. I do know who Neron was thanks to 52 and Teen Titans when he made the pact with Kid Devil, I also know who Zatara and Zauriel are as well as the Shadowpact (who's book I loved) so these characters were sort of my doorway into this book. The only person I was kind of confused about was Linda Danvers since she didn't have the Supergirl look anymore.
But so far I have to say that I'm really enjoying the book. Keith Giffen gives it a very interesting premise and we finally get to see the fates of certain characters that we've been wondering about for quite a while. Lord Satanus seems like he's twisting the concept of hope to wage a total and all out war so I have my doubts that he really wants to bring that about. Most likely he just wants to be the total ruler of Hell and dethrone Neron.
The art looks really great but it's mainly due to Bill Sienkiewicz's grittier inking over Tom Derenick's pencils, hopefully the rest of the series will maintain this visual syle. The back up issue was very interesting as well although it's kind of interesting how this back up uses accessibility with the flashback of Occult's history with the girl. The art on the back up is by Stephen Segovia who still seems to be trying very hard to be Leinil Francis Yu but in any case nice art nonetheless.
Definitely worth a look: 8/10
Plot: A province in Hell called the Odium is under attack by Lord Satanus's forces.
Soon after the attack Lord Satanus and Lady Blaze touch down on the defeated city of Odium and Satanus makes a speech about hope in order to bring about a wide scale war, or more specifically bringing the war to Neron. Meanwhile we cut to Pandemonia, the first province of the Infernal Dominion where Neron, Belial, Lilith, and Asmodel are observing the events that had just transpired within the Odium.
Neron is angered and asks Lilith to call her children. We then cut to The Gull which is the third province of the Infernal Dominion where Zatara and Zauriel are talking about Zatara's own resistence movement on top of Satanus's which will indirectly help him. Zatara then speaks of the mystics that will be affected by the Telistic Council if the war breaks out.
Finally go to Gotham city where the Shadowpact are on a mission to capture Linda Danvers who is defeated by the Shadowpact to only be teleported into Hell because hell is recalling it's debts. We then see a final page cliffhanger where all the magic characters that tie into Hell are affected such as Kid Devil, Etrigan, The Creeper, Black Alice etc.
There's also a back up tale which is narrated by Dr. Occult as he speaks to Ralph and Sue Dibney a.k.a Ghost Detectives about the war that's brewing in Hell. I believe that outside of their brief appearance in Outsiders, this is Ralph and Sue's first major re-appearance as Ghost Detectives after 52.
Review: Accessibility might be an issue with some people concerning this issue.
For example,I'm not familiar with Lord Satanus or some of the characters within Neron's domain so they're all new to me. I do know who Neron was thanks to 52 and Teen Titans when he made the pact with Kid Devil, I also know who Zatara and Zauriel are as well as the Shadowpact (who's book I loved) so these characters were sort of my doorway into this book. The only person I was kind of confused about was Linda Danvers since she didn't have the Supergirl look anymore.
But so far I have to say that I'm really enjoying the book. Keith Giffen gives it a very interesting premise and we finally get to see the fates of certain characters that we've been wondering about for quite a while. Lord Satanus seems like he's twisting the concept of hope to wage a total and all out war so I have my doubts that he really wants to bring that about. Most likely he just wants to be the total ruler of Hell and dethrone Neron.
The art looks really great but it's mainly due to Bill Sienkiewicz's grittier inking over Tom Derenick's pencils, hopefully the rest of the series will maintain this visual syle. The back up issue was very interesting as well although it's kind of interesting how this back up uses accessibility with the flashback of Occult's history with the girl. The art on the back up is by Stephen Segovia who still seems to be trying very hard to be Leinil Francis Yu but in any case nice art nonetheless.
Definitely worth a look: 8/10