SERIES PREMIERE
An eons-long series of multiverse wars between demons and witches has found Earth as its latest and final battleground. The battle pits NECRONEMA, the ever-expanding demonic land that supplanted the Midwest twenty years ago, against EDENWOOD, the witchcraft-controlled land that acts as a barrier against the war zone and the rest of the U.S.RION, a young DEMON HUNTER, is thrust into the role of hero and leader after defeating a magical demon called a GATHER, a transient demon with the power to cross any barrier or dimension.
Summoned by the WITCH WAR COUNCIL, Rion must assemble an elite team of DEMON HUNTERS tasked wit more
Tony Daniel welcomes readers into a fantastic new world overflowing with fantasy and intrigue. Solid writing and electric artwork brings out the best of a young upstart hero with the best yet to come. This will be one to watch for on New Comic Book Day. Read Full Review
If you're looking for a visually stunning dark fantasy, Edenwood #1 is the book for you! Read Full Review
Tony S. Daniel delivers some beautifully detailed and often brilliantly brutal art throughout the issue. The visuals capture the eye and imagination while also bringing the reader deeper into this strange new world. Read Full Review
This debut issue shows a well-crafted universe of horror and humanity, a realm we can explore as the book slowly unveils the world in front of us. Read Full Review
The background and world-building that are going on in the first issue. Have an incredible density about them. This is going to be kind of a challenge moving forward. The series could be remarkable if the world-building settles down a bit in the issues to come. Yes, it is. Things are whipping across the page very, very quickly. And this does deliver a really impressive "fog of war" sort of an effect on the reader. Still, it will get really old quickly if Daniel doesn't settle the narrative down at least a bit and allow the central drama to dictate the pacing of the action. Read Full Review
Only some of the story even makes sense in this first issue, and some precious real-estate is taken up by a prologue that is an incredibly clunky set-up for the larger world but once this one finds a groove it becomes a more fun read. Read Full Review
For a genre outside my wheelhouse, I don't think there's enough here to bring me back to see where Rion's tale takes him, but for fans of the genre it might be worth a look. Read Full Review
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