The streets of Victorian London are rife with adventure and peril at every street and alley. However, when things get to the point even the local police cannot handle they turn to Edward Grey the Witchfinder. But is the latest entry in his adventures worth reading about or should you just stick to reading Hellboy instead?
This adventure starts off right after his first case where Edward Grey has thwarted a plot against Queen Victoria. For his service he is knighted and now dubbed Sir Edward Grey but skeptics have labelled him the Witchfinder. Our story begins centered on workers in the transit system underneath London. One of the workers has found a hole in the wall and it leads to a mysterious passage. As they come to the end of the passage they find a mysterious temple that seems to have been there for eons. It seems that someone is still using this temple but for what purpose? Sir Edward Grey is dispatched to a hospital where they have procured a dead body, which supposedly had attacked a grave robber. As they are debating whether or not this is possible the corpse springs to life and lunges after one of the doctors. Edward Grey leaps into action and dispatches the corpse and this starts him on a great adventure to find out what is causing the dead to come back to life.
Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder is written by none other than Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson. Mr. Mignola needs no introduction, as he is the creative genius that has given birth to Hellboy. Chris Roberson is an acclaimed author and has also written for Fables from DC Comics. This creative team gives a great edge to this story as we get a tale that is not just rife with action but has a sense of mystery and suspense to it as well. Ben Stenbeck lends his great style to this book as he has not only worked for Marvel and Dark Horse but has also lent his talents to other mediums such as Valve Software and the Weta Workshop. His artwork graces the pages of this book keeping the reader engaged as his style fits well with the Victorian theme of the comic.
If you have read the previous incarnations of this comic or you are just looking for a change then you need to give Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder #1 a look. I haven’t read any of the previous books and I can say that I fell in love with it almost immediately. So get down to your local comic shop and give this one a look and until next time be wary of those corpses.
