The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of DEATH VIGIL #1 from Image Comics and Top Cow Productions. Stjepan Sejic writes, draws
and colors.
Clara was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The really
nice guy she’s dating turned out to be bad in a major way. That’s how she met Sam
and Bernadette. They explained what the Vigil is (a group of immortals fighting
off evil) and they explained that she can either join or die horribly (courtesy
of the boyfriend). So not a good day for Clara.
I don’t want to spoil the really cool part of this story,
which turns tradition on its head a little. I like that he didn’t swarm us with
characters here; it lets him build a few main ones (Sam’s humor and heroism
both come out clearly, for example), and it gives us more good characters to
look forward to. And he’s drawing his own story, which is cool, too. It helps
that he’s a really good artist and he gets to have some fun with the arcane
stuff.
This book is loaded with supernatural fun and excitement, as
well as personality-laden people in extraordinary situations. I can’t imagine
that anyone wouldn’t like this book, if not love it.
DEATH VIGIL #1 is available now at your FLCS or at imagecomics.com.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
