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Note: First of all, a warning - this issue is entirely in black and white,
so if you're looking for colour then you'd best go and find something
else! But I must say that the one thing that struck me was how good
each artist is at drawing the character their story is based on.
Now, if they could only draw every
character that well...
I've split this review into
three separate sections, as Dark Horse
Presents features three separate stories and I felt it would be only
fair to review each one separately.
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HELLO
MOON
Taking a break from slaying,
Buffy thinks she's found some peace until a fish monster shows up. But
everything is not as it appears; could there really be good monsters on the
planet? Buffy will have to decide soon, as there's a group of vampires
around too, and they are all evil!
ART
Buffy looks like TV Buffy
throughout, and the vampires look like vampires from the show for a change -
no more green mutant bat things!
STORY
A modern day Beauty and the
Beast tale, this could have been an issue in itself, but as it is I think
it's a bit too short to get the full five marks.
OVERALL
The best of the three stories
overall, and if it had been in colour it may have got that extra ½.
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HELLO MOON
Writers: DANIEL BRERETON
and CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Penciller: JOE BENNETT
Inker: JIM AMASH
Reviewer: RICHARD MORGAN
ART RATING: 10/10
STORY RATING: 8/10
OVERALL RATING: 9/10
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CURSED
A battle with a group of
vampires makes Angel remember things about his past, like how he hurt his
best friend after being transformed into a vampire by Darla!
ART
Hector Gomez finally proves
that he can draw at least one character - Angel - but the appearance of
Buffy at the start and finish still prove that he needs to practice his
drawing.
STORY
A chilling
tale of things to come for Angel fans. Set just before 'Surprise' and
'Innocence', it gives us a chance to see what he is like without his
soul. It's also nice to see Darla in the series, even though she never
puts on her vamp face.
OVERALL
Great story, but they should
have left out Buffy. (Well that would spoil the story but Dark Horse
could at least get someone else to draw her.)
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CURSED
Writer: CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Penciller: HECTOR
GOMEZ
Inker: SANDU
FLOREA
Reviewer: RICHARD MORGAN
ART RATING: 6/10
STORY RATING: 8/10
OVERALL RATING: 8/10
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DEAD
LOVE
Awaiting
Angel, Buffy finds a sheet of paper written by Giles, retelling his
encounter with a man obsessed by bringing his dead wife back to life!
ART
Giles and Buffy are drawn
pretty well, but Angel lets this story down and Florea seems to be going way
over the top with his inking in the parts with Buffy and Angel.
STORY
Hmmm... while it started
well, it looked like half the story was chopped off. I still can't
figure out the ending.
OVERALL
The story was a bit
confusing, and the inks are a bit heavy but this neatly rounds off what
hasn't been a bad issue.
If you have The
Origin mini-series and #1-#3 of the regular series then go and buy
this. If not find those first; as this is in black and white and I'm
sure there will be loads around when the others have sold out.
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DEAD LOVE
Writer: ANDI
WATSON
Penciller: DAVID PERRIN
Inker: SANDU FLOREA
Reviewer: RICHARD MORGAN
ART RATING: 6/10
STORY RATING: 4/10
OVERALL RATING: 6/10
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