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STORY: Andrew Constant
PENCILS: Brad Walker
INKS: Andrew Hennessy
COLORS: Chris Sotomayor
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
COVER: Brad Walker and Andrew Hennessy with Lee Loughridge
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (January 2018)
Rated “T” for “Teen”
The Demon created by Jack Kirby
“Hell is Earth” Part One
Etrigan the Demon is a DC Comics anti-hero/superhero. The character was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in The Demon #1 (cover dated: August 1972). Etrigan is a demon from Hell, but he often finds himself allied to forces of good, for instance to Batman (when he was based in Gotham City). Etrigan, also known as simply, “The Demon,” is bound to a human, Jason Blood, who recites an incantation when he wants to summon Etrigan to take his place.
Etrigan returns in a new six-issue miniseries, entitled The Demon: Hell is Earth. It is written by Andrew Constant; drawn by Brad Walker (pencils) and Andrew Hennessy (inks) colored by Chris Sotomayor; and lettered by Tom Napolitano.
The Demon: Hell is Earth #1 finds Jason Blood living in a shack in Death Valley. He has not freed Etrigan from inside himself “in a very long time.” Troubling visions, however, are plaguing Blood, including a vision of Etrigan setting a child on fire. Unbeknownst to Blood, that child is heading to Death Valley, and well as an old ally. Meanwhile, a dark force launches its plans right at Etrigan.
I could be my cynical self, but I am shocked by how much I am liking The Demon: Hell is Earth #1. Writer Andrew Constant offers a story that intrigues. Often, these first issues, with their slow gathering of players and forces, do not interest me enough to keep reading past the first issue, but I am ready for the second issue of this series now! Pencil artist Brad Walker offers a number of exciting pages, especially the powerful two-page reveal of Etrigan. Inker Andrew Hennessy finishes Walker's pencils with sharp potent line work.
I think I am smitten with colorist Chris Sotomayor's riot of reds and oranges. That makes the demonic and dark elements alight with hellish delight. Tom Napolitano, an accomplished letterer, hits all the high notes or words, and his lettering here makes the dialogue snap and crackle. The Demon: Hell is Earth #1 shows that comic books are a team effort and that a good team can turn a comic book that seems like just another thing into a thing worth reading.
7.5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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