100 Word Hits – Comic Reviews #8
Welcome to the eighth installment of our new column 100 Word Hits, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the latest books to hit comic stores over the past month or so!
The Silver Coin #12
Written by Stephanie Phillips | Art by Michael Walsh
February 1945 and the American Army are pushing through the Italian Alps clearing out some last vestiges of fanatical Nazi opposition. Pleading for mercy a dying German tries to trade a mysterious silver coin for his life. Private Hart the recipient of the coin wishes that he can overcome his fear of killing and be like his fellow GI’s who have no compunction in taking lives.
But as we know the coin has a way twisting its’ holders wishes and before long Hart is killing with impunity and neither Germans or his fellow Americans are safe from the coin’s curse!
Rating: 8.5/10
Little Monsters #6
Written by Jeff Lemire | Art by Dustin Nguyen
Human survivor Laura is brought back to the city by Romie, Lucas and Yui but this might not be the safest place for her. Raymond is interrogated by his human captor providing an interesting plot thread of a future menace However the real threat to the children is from within, as some members of the group have now tasted human blood and want more. And they will kill their friends to get it!
Lemire’s scripting is fantastic and he manages to give all the children panel-time and Nguyen’s art continues to astound. You really should be reading this comic!
Rating: 9/10
Daredevil #1
Written by Chip Zdarsky | Art by Marco Checchetto
Having stuck with Zdarky’s previous run on Daredevil until about the time Elektra assumed the mantle, a new first issue seemed an appropriate jumping back on point. How wrong I was. If Marvel wanted to get new readers on to the book the sheer weight of story of the last 30 odd issues is going to put a lot of people off.
Zdarsky’s clearly in the throes of crafting the epic battle between Daredevil and The Hand and maybe eventually this new #1 will feel like the beginning of a new chapter, but on first reading it was pretty confusing.
