REVEREND CROSS 004
Page Count: 24
Format: American comic sized.
Colour Cover/Black and white interiors
Cover Art: Anna Susanne
£2.99
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The cover first. Susanne has produced a lovely piece of art
here. I am old enough to remember the
1960s crime and horror paperbacks and their covers. This brings back nostalgia!
The first story is drawn by Susanne and titled PREP. The script is by –shock! Horror!-John
A. Short. According to Kult’s nutshell synopsis: A flashback to Abby's school
days - with added ninjas!
First page I saw the grey tones –as I’ve already written
that this can be a sign of covering up bad art or worse. I was wrong.
I loved Susanne’s work though I have a big complaint –she only got 5
pages!! To be honest I think someone
needs to hire her because, despite the odd little (very little) quirk in art
she deserves a break in comics and, hopefully, a career!
The next story is BABYLON
Nutshell: Abby in a strip club - with added succubi!
Oh come on –Short’s humour and Pester’s art style what more
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Vicar in a strip club for a cup tea….I refer everyone again
to the archives of The News of the World. The puns come fast and loose and the
last one had me laugh and cringe at the same time. Excellent stuff.
Weapon Of Choice
is up next in-a-nutshell: Flashback to Abby's college days - with added insect
demon! Script by John A. Short & Art by the Glorious Gabrielle Noble –I’ve
missed seeing her work!
This one sees Our Abby on an archaeological dig and how she
got her most famous weapon –“Saint George”. Its good to see the creative
pairing of Short and Noble who shone so brightly in their Savage Jungle Princess
and in case you say “The what-?”
Noble also draws the fourth strip Flight
Risk which, in-a-nutshell, involves “Church One” –the Arch Bishop of Canterbury’s
official plane - attacked by gremlins!
You saw the Harrison Ford movie Airforce
One? Kiddy stuff. Fighting gremlins on an aircraft wing 2000 feet up is
hard core!
Again, use of grey tones but properly used. Short has managed to assemble a great team of
artists here and yet again provided a fun read and not a sign of a reboot
(unless it’s to a demon’s head) or multiple title cross over story. This is what comics used to be like just good
escapist fun and value for money because you can re-read several times.
For this one Short & Co. get a 10 out of 10!
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