Poizon Demon Hunter #1 EH & London Night Comics

Title: Poizon Demon Hunter #1

Publisher: EH & London Night

Comics published for the mature reader with the hint of flesh and sex.  18 pages of comic and about 10 pages of adds.

In all honesty I expected a bit more as the first couple of pages are interesting then jumps to a college group camping and the only raunchy part of the comic is the cover.  The artwork is not my cup of tea, I generally love the black & white of manga, but this seems too heavy and drawn childlike.  Thick lines, very little subtlety and reminds me of Viz.

Sorry to say not a comic I will pursue for myself, but the subject matter does suggest there could be vast improvement in the story.

Maybe London Night need to concentrate on their stories and not trying to suggest that it is filled with adult content.  The ideas are there and I hate being negative, but c’mon work on your stories or you end up like the games market all graphics and no gameplay.

You can buy Poizon Demon Hunter #1 from Boarder Comics

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Full Metal Fiction #1 London Night

Title:  FMF #1
Publisher: London Night Comics

A taster comic containing 4 characters released by London Night.

The first chapter is Razor, a crime fighter who shreds limbs off gangsters is Queen City.  A decent start and did make me want to find Razor comics to see what the story holds.

2nd chapter is Arvonia, to be honest the art work was so scratchy and hard to follow I gave up, colour would defiantly help this shapeshifter story.

3rd chapter was Killing Machine, same as Arvonia bad artwork drawn almost childlike couldn’t even get into the story.

Last Chapter was Sade, read the lot, but the story never really took off in this edition, but interesting enough too look at more.

The artwork on all 4 stories reminded me of 2000ad, some is brilliant other artists I wouldn’t look at twice.  I hate scratchy overworked scenes that is why HOTD doesn’t work in Manga but the Anime is brilliant.

London Night are pushing the big boobs naked women covers, but if you are looking for sex and eroticism then there was none in this title. maybe they should have invested a bit more in some of the characters than worrying about fetish.  Still worth having a look at though.

Buy FMF #1 from the link

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The Coven #1 Awesome Comics

Title: The Coven #1
Publisher: Awesome Comics

The Coven a group of magical beings with a range of paranormal/supernatural powers.  A decent read, however it looks to start 3 stories in the 1, and 2 are just that a start, you don’t get to experience what any of the other 2 story parts are about at all.

A good start however for ‘the coven’ themselves, a quick bit of action and you establish the good guys from the bad ones.  Has a bit of an X-Men feel, but unlike those characters these ones are possessed priest, vampires and those touched by the hand of Cain.

A darker storyline, but one with much more interest and possibility than the superhero sagas, and enough hint at nudity to keep any teenager plus interested.  Characters like this can literally fight their inner demons, instead of moaning about them.  

Well worth checking out.

You can buy The Coven #1 from Boarder Comics Store

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Caliber First Cannon of Justice #1 Radical Comics

Title: Caliber First Cannon of Justice #1

Publisher: Radical Comics

One of the first publications from this house, they wanted to emulate the more adult story telling of European and British comics than the American counterparts.

This is the tale of a mystical weapon in the hands of a part French part Indian warrior on a shaman’s quest to find the wielder of the weapon that would bring law to the wild west.

Deals in part with the way settlers and the rail companies dealt with the tribes, also begins to deal with the immigrant railroaders but that story arch seemed to disappear in the first book.

A lot happens in this first chapter, a little too much I feel as you don’t really get time to get to grips with what’s going on.

Still though the story and art are quality and well worth checking out.

To buy Caliber First Cannon of Justice #1 click on the link to Boarder Comics

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The Spirit The New Adventures #8 Kitchen Sink Comix

The Spirit The New Adventures #8

Kitchen Sink Comix

A once dead detective brought back to life to solve paranormal crimes.  This is the case of the hanged woman.  A quick read, and a full case in 1 comic.  I would class this as a small time killer than anything too involved and you don’t really need to have all other 7 titles before it to enjoy the story.

The artwork is a bit to immature for the theme for my taste, as the story is about murder and deception yet the art is a bit to cartoon for the theme.  Some will like that, it may be done as a parody of the detective comics as the writer started with 1920’s cop speak, but to be honest that only lasts 1-2 pages, so can’t quite understand why start and not continue or why start it at all.  

The comic is not to be taken to serious as everything is designed around a bit of fun and is suitable for younger teens as there are hints of sex etc. but in the same way as carry on films do. 

To buy The Spirit The New Adventures you can get it from Boarder Comics on the link

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