Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes #1

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• 10

  Comics Bulletin - Michael Deeley

  Jul 29, 2004

  By the way, the magic words Ash couldnt get right? Klaatu Barata Nikto. Ash could never remember the Nikto. Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - Jason Sacks

  Aug 03, 2004

  Ashes 2 Ashes is a hell of a lot of fun. Read Full Review

• 6.0

  Comics Bulletin - Jason Cornwell

  Jul 30, 2004

  The animated style that Nick Bradshaw offers up has it's decided advantages and disadvantages, as on one hand it has a sense of energy to it that helps to sell the frantic, over-the-top quality of the issue's main action sequence, as Ash battles a forest full of zombified woodland creatures. On the other hand the cartoonish look of the art also robs these same scenes of their sense of danger, as Ash looks like he's stumbled into a Disney film, and the horror elements of the story are lost. Still, I have to say I loved seeing famous moments from the films reimagined in the pages of the comic, and if nothing else, there's a nice darkly comic vibe to the art, that nicely sells the more humorous moments of the story. Read Full Review