Snowman 1944 #1

    When a waist gunner for an Allied bomber is forced to bail during the Battle of the Bulge, he inadvertently unleashes a Native America demon upon Axis and Allies alike. Thus begins a new series on a character that I am unfamiliar with. But this book from 1996 isn't the Snowman's first ever appearance. I learned from reading in on the letters page that the ice monster starred in another series in 1995-96.

   The brainchild of two cousins, Matt Martin and Cameron Enders,  the idea behind Snowman is that when Native American warrior was brutally murdered during a supposed peace treaty with the white man, the man's sister conjurors a demon out of an arrowhead talisman. When the projectiles touch snow, it summons the creature which kills white indiscriminately with looks of blood and gore. (It's the very same talisman that the doomed gunner is wearing around his neck as a good luck charm.)

    How do I know all this? Well, if you flip this comic over, you get the first chapter of Snowman #0. That's is the never before told origin story of Snowman and it's quite good as well.

    I enjoyed both sides of this comic from the now defunct Entity Comics. It was an original premise that mixed Old West folklore with the terrors of World War II. And it was full of action!

   However, this is not a book for kids. Though drawn in black and white, this book was bloody and violent. Oddly enough, for such a book there's no cussing. Let me rephrase that- there's adult language but it's either blocked out or '#$%#!' are used instead of spelling things out. A little weird but still an enjoyable gritty read! And not a bad find for only a quarter at a comics show!

   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.