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I remember reading the first issue of this series, and thinking, “I’ll pass on this one.” Seeing some reviews of newer issues I’m glad I cut it off so early on.
With Joe completely taken over by Brimstone, will Annie be the next person to land in his line of fire? Reeling from her brother Joe's loss, Annie finds herself in a dark place, which only gets darker when her serial killer suitor, Wandering Jack, crosses her path once more. Trapped in Jack's mind games, Annie comes close to going over a fateful edge against another supernatural foe. But just when all seems lost, help arrives from an unlikely-and unholy-source.
The Curse of Brimstone #10 I believe solidifies this title as the most consistently thrilling book from the New Age of Heroes line of books. Self-contained, character driven, action-packed where it counts, and it has so much heart shared between two siblings. This was just the issue that Annie needed to elevate herself to the character you hoped for her to be existing in a world of monsters and demons. Read Full Review
As a stand-alone issue, this is better than it is as part of the ongoing story (although the way it answers some questions makes it important to that story). It has a clear throughline at the beginning and end that helps chart the direction for the rest of the series and make sense of the decisions made by characters within the issue before, essentially, returning everything to a familiar status quo at the end. Read Full Review
As we enter the last act of this series, it's not that the ideas here are bad, it's that " like a lot of other titles in the line " the follow-through just isn't there. Read Full Review
The final page is the draw on this book that means, issue 11 is going to be totally crazy and amazing because it will be all Salesman all the time. He/she/they are the draw of this book and having an entire issue without them/him/her doesn't work. Read Full Review
The Curse of Brimstone ended over a year ago but I'm still reviewing it because I like wasting my time and yours as well. To my knowledge, none of these characters have reappeared in continuity so I'm not sure if the series ends definitively. Even knowing that the outcome is certain I still find myself invested in the outcome of Joe (Brimstone) and Annie's story.
What's not in doubt is the quality of this issue. We don't get much of Brimstone in this comic. The book focuses on Annie and her encounter with Wandering Jack. Jack has been a villain festering in the background since the first issue but he wasn't fleshed out until The Curse of Brimstone Annual #1.
The character is interesting in that he's one of the most f more
I can see what this series is trying to do, but it's doing it the wrong way. There are legitimately some cool ideas buried in here, but the writing makes sure they're never uncovered. I was so disappointed to learn that there's an annual coming out. I was happy that there was only an issue left. But Wandering Jack could have a cool origin, right? Maybe. I like the idea behind his character, but again, the writing fails it here. This is not one I will miss when its gone.
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