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STORY: Philip Tan & Justin Jordan
SCRIPT: Justin Jordan
ART: Philip Tan
COLORS: Rain Beredo
LETTERS: Wes Abbott
COVER: Philip Tan with Rain Beredo
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (June 2018)
Rated “T” for Teen
The Curse of Brimstone created by Justin Jordan and Philip Tan
“Inferno” Part 1
DC Comics has launched a new superhero comics initiative, “The New Age of DC Heroes,” coming out of its Dark Nights: Metal event miniseries. This line of comic books will consist of eight new comic book series: Damage, The Immortal Men, New Challengers, Sideways, The Silencer, The Terrifics, The Unexpected, and the subject of this review, The Curse of Brimstone.
The Curse of Brimstone is created by writer Justin Jordan and artist Philip Tan. The series is colored by Rain Beredo; and lettered by Wes Abbott. The series focuses on a young man who would do anything to save his small town, even make a deal with the devil.
The Curse of Brimstone #1 opens in the small, forgotten rural town of York Hills. Once it was a coal mining town. Then, it was a factory town. Now, it is neither. Schools and businesses have closed, and many of its citizens have moved away. Joe Chamberlain is trapped here in this no-nothing town, and he has no prospects of getting out. He is too poor to move, and he cannot afford school. However, Joe is determined that his sister, Annie, who is smart, not get trapped in York Hills.
Enter the mysterious Mr. Salesman. He has an offer to make Joe Chamberlain, one that is supposed to save York Hills and give Joe a really good job... and the curse of Brimstone.
The Curse of Brimstone #1 is mostly set-up with some teasing, but what Justin Jordan and Philip Tan are offering with this first issue is quite intriguing. I really know what is going on here. I honestly cannot wait for the second issue, which I cannot say about all the “New Age of Heroes” titles.
Graphically, The Curse of Brimstone #1 looks like a Vertigo comic book and has more than a passing resemblance to the art of Steve Bissette, John Totleben, and Tatjana Wood for the 1980s iteration of Swamp Thing written by Alan Moore. The last four pages of The Curse of Brimstone #1 are visually and graphically explosive and fiery, and they cast a spell on me. I feel cursed to return for at least a few more issues.
7.5 out of 10
[This comic book contains a preview of New Challengers #1 by Scott Snyder, Aaron Gillespie, Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson, Brad Anderson, and Deron Bennett.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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