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The Brave And The Bold #26

Annihilating Angel

October 2009

Written by Adam Beechen

Pencils by Roger Robinson

Inks by Hilary Barta

Cover by Mario Alberti

Synopsis

Ray Walker is a serial murderer.  The Spectre appears and doles out God’s vengeance, killing Walker for his crimes.  However, Walker remains on Earth as ghost.  In that form he continues to kill, extinguish the essence of the undead all over.  The Spectre pleads to remove Walker from this world, but he is told he cannot get involved in the affairs of man.  Elsewhere, David Kim (aka Xombi) learns of the spectral force of Walker when a vampire is killed.  In a séance, Kim calls forth another spectral being for help, only for Walker to kill him.  Later, Kim and a friend build a circle to call forth the Spectre, who is unable to help.  That night, Kim confronts Walker, fighting him until the Spectre arrives to finally remove Walker.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I often don’t talk about art during a lot of my reviews, mostly because I think appreciation of art is a subjective thing.  One person may enjoy the work of an artist while others may like the particular work.  It is all a matter of taste.  However, occasionally I think the artwork is so good or so bad that it needs to be mentioned.  In this case, it is bad.  It actually looks unfinished, as if the artist stopped working halfway through and the editors decided to publish anyway.  Maybe it’s the color with the whitewash look to it, but it really looks like it is due to the artist, with lines that are half formed or sometimes not even there.  The artwork really takes away from the story, which hurts the issue tremendously because the story itself is no great shakes.  This is another story attempting to introduce a Milestone character into the DC universe, but it doesn’t do its job that well.  In fact, if I didn’t know better, it actually sounds like the introduction of a new character.  And a poorly done job of it, I should add.  I learn next to nothing about Xombi.  In fact, I think I learn more about the serial killer than I do the hero.  Yeah, there are mentions of nanotech and we see regeneration, but it is not adequately explained.  Perhaps this is due to Rozum, who wrote the Xombi series back in the 90s and is credited as the character’s creator, not realizing he has a brand new audience and therefore writing the story as if everyone knew all about Xombi or the supporting characters.  Ultimately, it comes down to incomplete art and incomplete writing to create a rather incomplete reading experience.   

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