So it's issue three of this Crusade you want to know about? Our Saints March on in their battle with teen runaway (and telekinetic) Saint Stephen. At the same time the Archangel Michael's soldiers on earth continue to sacrifice the anointed. Slush puppies, talking religious paintings and murderous rednecks abound in the third installment of Image's new ongoing series!
These two artists are creating a singular book every month in Saints, and it's really something special. It's heaven vs. heaven without descending into Top Cow/Witchblade-y kinds of angst. It's a bright book about a weird future, and possibly the end of the world. I love it. Read Full Review
Saintsis actually quite surprising, you'd think that it would be a more evangelical style of comic. However it's actually very down to earth. The characters may have powers but they're all pretty much stupid kids who've got stuck with powers they don't understand. The only difference being that whilst it's usually radioactivity or something causing teens to get powers in comics this time round its divine intervention that brings it on, so of course that makes everything far more complicated for the protagonists. Read Full Review
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