Malevolent #1 // Review
Thirty years ago, science was doing what science does when it opened the gates to Hell. (there are more complicated ways to describe it, but that was essentially what they did.) they were inhabitants of that plane of existence, capable of walking through once science opened the door. Naturally things got very dangerous for everyone involved. And everyone involved to happened to include a lot of innocent people who had nothing to do with it. Things are about to change, though. This is the basic premise of the world that is outlined in.Malevolent #1. Writer Justin Jordan and artist John Bivens begin a promising, new series with colorist Felipe Sobreiro,
No one wants to call them demons. But that's essentially what they are. There are squads of people who are especially armed if you handle such situations. They capture them and see collect them. They've got special equipment. Kevlar helmets and vests with Faraday mesh and dispel wards. 9mm bullets with dispel wards. It's pretty sophisticated stuff, but it is as nothing to what they're going to be testing with their latest operation. There's much more opponent weapon. I ended. It happens to be a little girl. The demon in question doesn't stand a chance.
Jordan outlines a particularly clever idea that seems like a natural evolution from what Aykroyd and Ramis developed for Ghostbusters back in 1984. The fusion of supernatural horror and science fiction that they came up with was also a very clever fusion between action, drama and fantasy. What Jordan comes up with here is a very sophisticated science fiction. Horror, action drama weapon a half human half demon to fight other demons is actually a very appealing idea that could turn into something really interesting further down the line. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
Bivens please sense the action in a very straightforward manner. Theoretically, there could be more of a contrast between the science of the earthbound humans who are trying to capture the demons and this new weapon who is demonic herself and looking to eat them and be playful. There could be more of a visual contrast between the two of them. And it's not like that isn't some contrast. But the crazy chaotic energy of a demon could be played with a little bit more in a layout, characterization and thins of that nature in order to amplify the sense of power in the demonic energy.
The demon/human hybrid at the heart of the issue holds a lot of possibilities in her very capable hands. Jordan and company could potentially take things in a whole bunch of different interesting direction with her and the whole world that is illustrated in the first issue of the series. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here. There's a lot left to be revealed about the world. That's being explored in the first issue. There is still potential for a very mind working series that could play with the very fundamental concepts of horror, fantasy, and so much more.
