Vampirella Armageddon #4 // Review
There's a war brewing in Hell. It has a tremendous amount of momentum. It's only a matter of time before gets pills over into a reality outside of its own realm. It has the ability to fill out onto the Earth. There's one particular champion of the light who is feeling somewhat responsible. And she's going to need to do something about it. But before she can do anything about it, she's going to have to work fight her way through an army of dead people in Vampirella Armageddon #4. Writer Tom Sniegoski and artist Kewber Baal continue their grim horror war story with colorist Omi Remalante Jr.
She's stuck inside the stomach of a giant worm from Hell. She's not the only one, though. The biblical figure of Cain is in there as well. He wants to be able to help her get out. He wants to get out himself. But he does need to atone for his sins. However, it's been thousands of years since he did what he did. And so it makes sense that he would have some sort of an interview with the spirit of his dead brother. Trying to figure out exactly what it is that he's going to be able to do about the fact that things are about to get really unpleasant for a lot of people.
Some of what Sniegoski is waiting into the story he feels a lot like traditional legend. There's a great deal of power in it. The conflict of Cain. The struggle between Vampirella and so much else that’s going on. It all feels like it's drawn very much from traditional legend. Although it's done in a way that feels completely new. Completely refreshing. It's nice to see Vampirella as more of a traditional hero figure that is played with a kind of darkness.
Baal has the opportunity to render some pretty interesting things. The side of a giant worm in Hell doesn't necessarily have the kind of overwhelmingly nightmare vision that it could. But a big part of what is being delivered. Here is the concept of imprisonment. And there is a very claustrophobic feeling overcoming everything from the inside of this giant worm. It's a fate is done in a very dynamic way that feels very immersive. There is also a certain subtlety to the action and vividness of the full reality of the horror that that's being brought to the page.
It's been an interesting journey, but far. And it really feels like a high fantasy adventure that happens to be mixed with generous amounts of supernatural horror. It all fits together quite well between two covers. There's a great deal of energy in it that feels like it is moving in so many different directions that could be promising as the series continues. It will be interesting to see what the creative team comes up with for the images of a city in hell next issue. With the right momentum, it could turn into something brilliant.
