The Holy Roller #1
/2.webp)
/1.webp "The Holy Roller #1")
| Writer | Rick Remender |
| Artist | Roland Boschi |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
SERIES PREMIERE
Everyone was sitting around wondering when comedy legend ANDY SAMBERG (SNL, Palm Springs) would join super-star writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, LOW) and Fall Out Boy's multi-talented JOE TROHMAN to write a comic about a vigilante hero who smashes people's faces with a bowling ball-and everyone's dreams have come true! With art by the fan-favorite ROLAND BOSCHI (THE SCUMBAG, Wolverine)!
To care for his ailing father, pro bowler Levi Coen is forced to quit his dream job and return to his hometown, which he soon discovers has been overrun by Neo-Nazis! With only his bowling ball collection to defend himself, Levi beco
more
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
-
10
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Matthew Sardo
Oct 30, 2023THE HOLY ROLLER #1 needs to be turned into a film immediately - witty, fun, insane! Read Full Review
-
8.7
Comic Watch - Anthony Bergamini
Nov 20, 2023Holy Roller #1 is a wholly unique take on a superhero origin story that mixes comedy, drama, and action in a cinematic way. The book is twice the size of a regular issue without a higher price tag, and is worth every penny. Read Full Review
-
8.2
Graphic Policy - Brett
Nov 22, 2023Holy Roller #1 feels like the right comic at the right time. Though the concept is a little heavy and honestly jarring with reality, it balances humor and heart to deliver the hero we just might need right now. Read Full Review
-
7.1
Multiversity Comics - Kate Kosturski
Nov 23, 2023the start to a fun superhero story doesn't bowl a strike, but does get the spare. Read Full Review
-
7.0
AIPT - Chris Coplan
Nov 21, 2023Superstar co-writers mostly add to this book's multifaceted approach to exploring community, lineage, and the ups and downs of family. Read Full Review
-
6.0
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Nov 22, 2023If the series somehow manages to dig its way out of bad cliche, it really could be onto something. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
-
9.0
Witty, funny, socially conscious and relevant. Me like.
+ Like • Comment -
8.5
One part comedy, one part family drama, one part social commentary, one part vigilante story. Holy Roller has a lot going on and it works. Celebrity writers Andy Samberg's writing credit alongside Rick Remender and Joe Trohman feels like too many writers for one comic. But it works. The comics has character conflict, room for character development and the art is good. Unlike a few other first issues laying the exposition on too heavily, Holy Rollers manages to incorporate it into the story. Levi's conversation with the captain covers a good deal of backstory with elements of humor. It's serious, it's light hearted, it contains danger and some action. There is a good setup for the second issue and the reader is left wanting to know wh more
-
8.0
Heavy Big Lebowski influence/homage, which is done well. I really enjoyed this first issue and will definitely pick up the second.
-
7.5
The book doesn't fully live up to its fantastic concept in this issue, but I'm happy to stick around for more.
-
6.0
Seemed to be such an interesting concept but managed to be a bundle of cliches. Remender is a great writer though so I trust it'll pick up with the next few issues.
-
6.0
This oversized first issue to the new series from Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman, and Rick Remender may have been better served with a traditional comic-book length. The extra twenty or so pages weren't used to effectively and it resulted in an extremely drawn out opening that became a chore to get through before the story felt like it was hitting its groove. The dialogue was also full of poorly executed humor which felt outdated and unnatural. The interactions between Levi, the main character, and the small-town bumpkins verged on cringe-worthy and not just because of how antisemitic they were, but just how forced the writing came across. Some of the brighter moments occurred during the heartfelt, yet subdued reunion between Levi and his father more
-
9.0
-
8.0
-
7.5
-
7.5
-
7.5
-
7.5
-
7.0
-
6.0
2025 In Review:
