Gargoyles #1
SCORE: 70
I am very thankful I had the money to purchase a copy of the
Gargoyles #1 comic book. I saw this comic book at one of our local comic
book stores and remembered the cartoon from the 1990s. I also remembered
there was a video game. I know King Solomon talked about nothing new
under the sun. It seems all these different franchises come back in one
form or another at some point. There will be spoilers in this review.
The first thing about Gargoyles #1 that stuck out to me is how the art
starts so noisy and dirty. Meaning there is a lot of graphical static in
a lot of the book. I found this a bit annoying. Thankfully it subsides
as the comic book goes on. The back of the front cover explains this
fantasy world. These gargoyles were imprisoned in stone by a magic spell
a thousand years ago. Now they are in New York City and they can be free
of the stone at night.
Gargoyles #1 talks about these creatures being protectors of humans.
There is some debate about hiding from the humans while trying to
protect them. The goal in Gargoyles #1 is to stop the criminal element.
In fact there is a reference to Batman within Gargoyles #1. We meet
Elisa and Goliath. Goliath is a gargoyle that is in love with Elise.
They are a boyfriend and girlfriend couple in Gargoyles #1.
There are plenty of couples within Gargoyles #1. Many of these gargoyles
are romantic with other gargoyles within Gargoyles #1. There are some
things in Gargoyles #1 that will be explained later (I hope). One
gargoyle is a robot and another is a cyborg. How did they get that way?
Gargoyles #1 does not explain this. Mutates are also referenced and
shown within Gargoyles #1. This fantasy world is more fantastic as the
comic book went on.
Gargoyles #1 has twenty-six pages of content, an ad, Darkwing Duck
preview, next issue cover, and then some pages of a cover gallery. There
are plenty of different covers shown in Gargoyles #1. The price of
Gargoyles #1 is $3.99. So that is the same price as comics from other
companies that only have twenty pages of content. I wish the art was a
bit cleaner early on in Gargoyles #1. There is also some violent content
within Gargoyles #1.
- Paul
Graphics: 64%
Writing: 70%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Story: 73%
Family Friendly Factor: 65%
System: Comic Book
Publisher: Dynamite
Author: Weisman, Kambadais
Rating: ‘NR’ for Not Rated
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