Detectives Azzaro and Diaz find themselves drowning in blood as the Angel Killer's plan expands and winged victims rain down all across New York City!
Murder and mayhem abound as Blood Tree #5 hurtles toward a breathtaking cliffhanger. Partners in Crime Tomasi and imi remind us of the difficulties police face in protecting the innocent and preventing people from hurting others. New Yorkers should lock their doors and stay in their homes until this emergency is over. Read Full Review
Simic delivers some great art throughout the issue. There are some great action shots and the ramp up to the murders is filled with visual tension. Read Full Review
While the plot may continue to stretch the bounds of reality, it does so in a fairly compelling way. The illustrations, however, continue to be problematic. A wonderful cover almost delivers a bait and switch when you open the issue and find dramatically different artwork. Read Full Review
Tomasi plays with expectations. Some of the revelations that hit the page in the penultimate issue feel pretty obvious. Some of them hit like a hammer. Tomasi and imi have a solidly haunting story that theyre bringing to the page, but the finer points of it seem drowned in the dreamy nightmare of a story that never quite manages to provide the proper perspective. Theres something deeper being explored between the homicides and the men who are investigating them, but any insight into that seems firmly planted outside the panels. Read Full Review
It's an intense issue that relies a bit on a few weird ungrounded leaps in how law enforcement works to get us to the point, but we're certainly in for an interesting finale. Read Full Review