Comics! Revival #2

Revival #2

Story by Tim Seeley
Art by Mike Norton

The Solicitation
Meet Blaine Abel ,snowmobile mechanic, and part time demonologist. Blaine isn't too pleased to have the dead walking around his town and he's about to do something about it. Dana deals with the aftermath of what went down at the farm, as citywide cabin fever escalates. And Em justs wants someone to hit her. Art by Eisner nominated creator, MIKE NORTON!

Preview

Why I Bought It
I had to wait for the second print to come out and get it. Gee, I wonder why that is, could it be because this comic is pretty spectacular? Hee hee hee.

What I Liked
Wow, rural noir is the perfect way to describe this book.

Simply from beginning to end we get a nice set up of story, some minor things to make you get a little creeped out, and we get some advancement on the story. I can see why this book has been doing great and if it keeps up this pace then it is bound to stick around for awhile.

One thing surprised me in the opening scene. One would think that if a revival is staying down, why try to put it back together? I think it explained perfectly how out of their depth this town is when the doctor decides that putting the revival back together was a good idea.

We also get a nice character introduction for the "stranger from out of town" character. Abel  seems to be able to play on the ignorance of a rural town, and I'm hoping that will come back to get him later on. Ibrahaim also makes a pretty nice entrance in this issue as well as the outsider that is more here for professional reasons, although we seem him in a very unprofessional manner. Yea, that may cause a little conflict on down the road.

Second issues can really make or break a story. Introducing new characters shows that this story will be around for a bit and helps to push the plot forward while setting up some good conflicts. Overall, including art wise, this was a stand up second issue.

What I Didn't Like
More of an outside the comic book narrative complaint, but the center pages of my book came out from the staples. I didn't read this faster than normal speed and I don't tug on the pages enough to have ever pulled them out (save for some old, 60's era comics already in bad shape). I don't know if others have experienced this, but it was kinda annoying to have happened.

Within the book...nope, nothing here that I really didn't like.

Panel to Remember
The creepy look in the rear view mirror on the second to last panel is another one of those moments where things just click and get scary. you know someone is going to be going down the crazy path, and it started right here.

Quotable
"Fake fake fake fake fake!" - Even the "possessed" girl knew that Abel was not who he said he was. Who seriously knows of any exorcist guy who drinks Miller or Bud Light?

Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: I bought it when I got this issue, so yea.....