From the Eisner award-winning and bestselling creative team of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comes this Gothic sword and sorcery epic that's Conan the Barbarian meets The Wizard of Oz. Following the tragic death of her late father C.K. Cole, the esteemed pulp writer and creator of the popular warrior character Othan; Helen Cole is called back to her Grandfather's enormous and elustrious estate: Wyndhorn House. Scarred by Cole's untimely passing and lost in a new, strange world, Helen wreaks drunken havoc upon her arrival; however, her chaotic ways begin to soften as she discovers a lifetime of secrets hiding wit more
Much like its lead character, 'Helen of Wyndhorn' exists as a bridge between two beautifully mysterious worlds. This first issue is an absolute treat for fans of pulp literature and deep character studies, and I can't wait to see how it all comes together. Read Full Review
Dark Horse's'Helen of Wyndhorn'is about more than worlds colliding. It's about more than a young girl who is trying to run from trauma in the most entertaining ways she can muster.'Helen of Wyndhorn' is about how stories get told. Read Full Review
The entire creative team have put together something special in Helen of Wyndhorn from the cover to the last panel. There is richness in the characters and in the art and combined with the themes of mystery and fantasy, its a journey that will likely take readers for a compelling experience. Read Full Review
Evely delivers some beautifully detailed and lively art throughout the issue. I love the beauty throughout every page and panel. Read Full Review
As expected, 'Helen of Wyndorn' is beautifully illustrated and exceptionally written. An unexpected journey that's immersive and thrilling. Tom King takes readers back in time and on a sweeping journey following the exploits of a young woman who comes home to make a sobering discovery. What starts as an unassuming period piece that's enthralling on its own takes a magical twist that will clinch this book's addition to pull lists everywhere. Read Full Review
Scarred by her past, a former governess recalls caring for a pulp-era author's daughter, meeting her rich and powerful grandfather, and discovering the monster that terrorized the family estate in Helen Of Wyndhorn #1. Read Full Review
Helen of Wyndhorn #1 uses the trappings of classic fantasy and historical fiction to begin to tell a wayward daughter/estranged and idealized father story. The “hook” of the series doesn't hit until towards the end of the book, but Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Matheus Lopes, and Clayton Cowles use these early pages to create a magical setting and a mundane narrator as well as the beauty and danger of portal fiction. Spoiler alert for a 68 year old book, but 95% of the cast of Chronicles of Narnia did die in the final book in the series… Read Full Review
Wherever Helen of Wyndhorn #1 may lead, the debut promises a fine literary mystery with an absolutely stunning sense of style and presentation. Read Full Review
An intriguing start. Read Full Review
Plot
This story takes place approximately in the 1940s and is narrated by Lilith Appleton, the housekeeper who took care of Helen when her father, the well-known fantasy writer C.K Cole, committed suicide and she moved into her house at the age of 16. grandfather, Barnabas Cole.
Lilith recounts how Helen's self-destructive behavior with alcohol kept her unconscious during the first month she moved into the sprawling Wyndhorn mansion. The only detail is that Helen constantly went to sleep accompanied by Lilith because she saw monsters in her room every night, apparently it was not an effect of her being drunk.
Upon receiving the inheritance from her father, Helen became wealthy and this whole life of luxury was som more
Written by the Eisner award-winning Tom King and brought to life by the captivating artwork of Bilquis Evely and Matheus Lopes, Helen of Wyndhorn #1 is a captivating debut entry into a world brimming with possibilities.
King, a master at nuanced character studies, weaves a story unlike any other. We follow Helen Cole, a woman rebelling after her father's suicide, and Lilith Appleton, her stoic but caring governess. After arriving at her family’s sprawling Wyndhorn House, Helen unleashes a torrent of emotions, only to discover the mansion holds a lifetime of secrets waiting to be unearthed. The first issue masterfully sets the stage for a grand fantasy adventure that blur the lines between reality and the fantastical tales penn more
Wonderful. The storytelling and craftmanship here are good enough that this would be an engaging book even without the fantastical elements. Of the two leads, the governess is by far the more likable and interesting. Very promising.
To start with the good, Evely's art is exquisite as ever, all elegant swirling, every panel bristling with motion.
But I've kind of reached my limit with King's Strong Female Characters, who are all the same character over and over. Helen is a vivacious, reckless, masculine young woman, a girl who is Not Like The Other Girls, who says naughty words and smokes cigarettes and defiantly drinks wine from the jagged necks of broken bottles because she's too rugged and self-destructive to use a corkscrew I guess. And naturally, she is perceived only from an awestruck distance and exhibits no identifiable inner life, a woman who's all aesthetic and no feeling.
What I'm saying is, she's just King & Evely's Supergirl but with more
Tom King writes the only female character he knows and while people applaud him for "strong female characters", let's be honest here, Tom King thinks that means "b***h" Evely's art is great, but everything here is a slog and it becomes very evident when he writes original characters how heavy-handed his writing is as he tries to force his one-dimensional ideas down the reader's throat. "Never trust anyone who loves Tom King's writing" - Dennis O'Neil
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