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Can you consider something to be a Halloween special if it
doesn’t pertain in any way to Halloween? Maybe; but I think it’s a stretch.
Does having a band of zombies in the plot constitute a Halloween story? No, not
really. So explain to me how a comic book that takes place on a deserted isle,
set sometime around the 1700s, starring a shipwrecked crew along with a young
girl and her robot that looks an awful look like Legolas from LOTR is a
Halloween special?
This book was a major
disappointment. If the story I talked about was just one of several stories
contained in a Halloween special, I could make allowances. I’ve read many a
Christmas themed special that has one or two stories that take place during
winter but do not involve any sort of festive spirit. But this special has only
1 story and it’s not really all that scary and doesn’t even have candy in it!
The worst thing about this book was how excited I was about
it. Look at the cover- there’s a Christopher Lee looking vampire being discovered
by Holmes, Watson, and a robot cop! That’s what I was expecting in this book.
Why, even the pin-up at the back of the book that’s of Steampunk Ghostbusters
would’ve been better suited for this special than the story I got.
Lastly, the story itself was weak. The art was a quasi-manga
style work. It wasn’t bad but it was lacking depth. Then you’ve got the crew
who turn into zombies for some reason. There’s mention of a lord of the undead
but you’re not even sure if that’s really what’s behind the zombie attack or
did some of the crew drink some bad grog? And then there’s our heroine who
makes an ambiguous statement to one of the crew members that ‘mother would’ve
been proud.” Where these two brother and sister? Was the girl older than she
looked and this boy’s mother only he didn’t know? It’s left very vague and I hate it when books
end like that.
If I didn’t get this out or a grab bag or bargain bin, I
think I would’ve written the company to demand my money back. This just isn’t
such a great comic. There are 2 more specials in this series. Based on my
disappointment, I’m not even sure I’d pursue them and I’d seriously consider
passing them up if found in a dollar box.
So much of this book could’ve worked. Why it didn’t is
beyond me.
Not Worth Consuming.
Rating: 3 out of 10 stars.
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