Midas and Abyssus meet for the first time in centuries to strike a deal, while Maria Benes’s training with the Great Key makes significant progress.
Let’s talk DEATH VIGIL #4 by Stjepan Šejić (TOP COW/IMAGE COMICS)
DEATH VIGIL #4 by Stjepan Šejić (TOP COW/IMAGE COMICS)
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***
Welp, they’ve been found out.
After revealing themselves to the world on national television during the attack in New York, The Vigil’s most vile enemies seek to leave the shadows for revenge. But first, a deal must be made.
This paves the way for the central primordial siblings, Midas and Abyssus, to speak to each other after centuries of silence. But what they don’t know is that the new Enochian Magus, Maria Benes, is training to bring Abyssus and the Pale Court down. Now, she finally has the means to do so.
Death Vigil isn’t my usual cup of tea, but I’m such a sucker for intricate worldbuilding, and Stjepan Sejic’s world of liches, demons, and reapers comes fully formed. Each character has a story to tell, and he does a fantastic job of ceding the spotlight to various people without us, the reader, getting too lost. It’s difficult to do that with an ensemble cast.
The writing itself is breezy and lighthearted one minute, then action-packed and filled with dread the next. Standard fantasy fare.
The art is serviceable, but it shines in character expressions and the kaiju-like design of these liches. There are parts that feel unfinished in the coloring and inking that take you out a bit. Once you get past that, you’re reading a solid fantasy epic.
FINAL GRADE: 7.8
Death Vigil’s world, as created by Stjepan Sejic, is a vast, fully-formed one, with an interesting story to tell and memorable characters. If you’re looking for a good comfort read with supernatural monsters, with Death leading a squad of protectors from said monsters, check this out.
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