Z-View: Dead Letters #1

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Dead Letters #1 is published by BoomStudios.

Writer: Christopher Sebela

Artist: Chris Visions

Colorist: Ruth Redmond

Cover Shown: Chris Visions

Waking up in a fleabag motel with bandaged arms and a revolver on his desk, Sam doesn’t remember a thing – not how he got here, where here is, or who he is. But the armed men knocking on his door do and Sam will have to use every trick from his forgotten repertoire to outrun and outsmart his way through a hardboiled wonderland of gang wars, femme fatales and big secrets.

 

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The Good

  • Chris Visions’ art and Ruth Redmond’s colors.
  • The set-up: Sam wakes up to a ringing phone in a “sketchy hotel room” not knowing who he is or how he got there. The voice on the phone says, “They’re coming Sam.  You’d better start running” and hangs up.  Page one and I’m hooked.
  • The big reveal [for this issue] is saved for the last page.  Well played, Chris Sebela.  I also like the hints dropped throughout the issue.  [Pay attention to backgrounds.]

The Bad:

  • The position Sam is in.  Amnesia. Killers chasing him.  Yeah, that’s bad.

The Ugly:

  • Page 15 panel 3.

Dead Letters #1  is a comic for mature audiences due to violence.  I’m looking forward to issue #2.

Rating: 4 out of 5