Xombi Revived

[skjam]

Let's have the cover and four pages from Xombi #1 (May 2011). Xombi, created by Dwayne McDuffie, was one of the second wave of Milestone Comics titles, opening up the line from the fairly traditional superhero stories it had started with. In specific, it was Milestone's equivalent of a Vertigo title, full of weirdness. David Kim, Korean-American scientist, has a hideous lab accident with nanotechnology that turns him immortal and kills his assistant. It also makes him a magnet for all sorts of supernatural and paranormal phenomena. Honestly, a lot of the menaces Xombi dealt with seem to have been gleaned from conversations with Grant Morrison circa Doom Patrol.

With the recent acquisition of Milestone's characters by DC, this is the concept that managed to get an ongoing first.








Bad/weird things are happening. But these are just symptoms of the coming problem.



Julian Parker is a low-level secular mage, kind of cynical--sort of like a slightly less obnoxious John Constantine. But he's stuck in Brazil and the problem is in Dakota, so he has to call our main character.



Julian explains that the prison in question is under the auspices of the Catholic church, and he doesn't entirely trust that organization to be upfront about any problems that might arise. Which is not to say that their individual members aren't good people.



For example. They're joined by Sister Beatrice, Nun the Less (she shrinks) and Father Maxwell (powers not in evidence.) But they're just a little too late, and that's when the action begins....



Your thoughts and comments?

Comments

[icon_uk]

A kind offer, thank you, but in this case I think I'd rather have a go myself and pull out the bits that have resonance for me, which might be different from your ones.

[ian_karkull]

Oh, please do. The book looks great so far and I've never seen the original.