Writer: Dan Abnett
Artist: I.N.J. Culbard
The Solicitation
Investigating the chilling "Murder That Should Not Be," Inspector Suttle is obliged to visit the East End of London's notorious and dangerous Zone-B. It's the last refuge of the living, where the poor, the free-thinking, the artistic, the liberal and the undoubtedly mortal live surrounded by the fenced-off restless horror. What secrets will Suttle learn there about the case and himself?
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The Comic
Let's talk about sex. Literally that is what this is all about this issue and about how much being a vampire makes you forget about little life events like birthdays and such. Sex is out the door, but the hunger for blood replaces it. But religion apparently still exists and means something to George.
It just seemed like this issue was too focused into the intimate details of being intimate as a vampire. Unless this builds to some sort of major clue with the murder, I just don't get why so much focus was put on that one subject in this comic.
The Art
Art maintains the consistency of previous issues. My one small qualm is that the nipples on the strippers look like dots painted on a lump of flesh. Maybe pasties should have been used instead.
The Cover
Its funny, the cover indicates that the ladies of the house would be trouble for the inspector, but quite the opposite has happened. Its a minor fake out that really showed no tension for me. Maybe instead they should have used a spin off the first issue's cover and instead of the dead all around the inspector it could be live people. And the hands adjusting the tie in the first issue would be replaced by hands wanting to strangle the inspector. Just a thought.
And there is a bit of a difference with what the actual cover had versus the solicited cover. First of all, there is a background. The woman holding the tape in the solicitation is actually holding a stake on the published version. There are also other stakes and more masks and feathers in the published one. And believe it or not, there is more boob covered up in the published one. Interesting choices.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 8/10
Recommend: Its kinda hard to say that an issue of a mini-series is skippable, but this one borderlines on it. I just have to assume that there is something here that will lead to bigger things.
Buy Next Issue: Yea.... but not with the greatest confidence to do so.
Previous Issues
The New Deadwardians #2
The New Deadwardians #1
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