Dark Tower Comics Reviews Devil Water #1.
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"Devil Water#1 is the first issue in an ongoing story-line that mixes the Western and Horror genres. I might add that it manages this mix with considerable skill.
The story-line itself does not manage the transition from the prospecting "badlands" setting to the frontier town as smoothly as I would have hoped and the jump back again to the emergence of the devil creatures in the final frame is also a bit of a lurch. Putting that aside though the way the story moves from the western opening to the creepy atmosphere of the horror genre once the "villains" enter the cave is a treat. The entry of the young boy into the water and the events that follow have a real X- files / Lost feel about them. The tension in this particular sequence is so real that you can almost taste it. We quickly realise then that this comic is going to challenge stereotypes rather than adhere to them."
"Devil Water#1 is the first issue in an ongoing story-line that mixes the Western and Horror genres. I might add that it manages this mix with considerable skill.
The story-line itself does not manage the transition from the prospecting "badlands" setting to the frontier town as smoothly as I would have hoped and the jump back again to the emergence of the devil creatures in the final frame is also a bit of a lurch. Putting that aside though the way the story moves from the western opening to the creepy atmosphere of the horror genre once the "villains" enter the cave is a treat. The entry of the young boy into the water and the events that follow have a real X- files / Lost feel about them. The tension in this particular sequence is so real that you can almost taste it. We quickly realise then that this comic is going to challenge stereotypes rather than adhere to them."
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