The cycle of horror travels far into the future for the fourth issue of THE SILVER COIN by all-stars MICHAEL WALSH, CHIP ZDARSKY, KELLY THOMPSON, ED BRISSON, and JEFF LEMIRE. The year is 2467, and the old world has been buried beneath the junk of a new civilization. From the trash, a scavenger discovers ancient treasure - a coin. The price it carries, however, is unimaginable.
ConclusionThe Silver Coin is truly a unique and delightful bit of horror with each scrumptious bite. With each issue released they each fall in the category of my favorite as one after another they knock down any expectations I may have had for what is to come. Give in to your joy and read The Silver Coin #4. Read Full Review
The Silver Coin#4 is haunting, striking, and scary on multiple levels, but even better, it's thought-provoking. It's a comic book that feels complex and rewarding if you let it, but simple enough to enjoy simply reading from panel to panel. Read Full Review
The collision of humanity's very real, modern demons with its most potent imagined ones creates a compelling invitation to see what comes next, and I already know I'm ready to discover every year upon this terrifying timeline. Read Full Review
This feels like a very short issue, that mirrors the themes of the last issue with three thieves being chased towards the coin and one female character “surviving” after being linked with the coin. With the final issue, we are jumping back centuries to the New England witch trials. Read Full Review
Walsh delivers some impressive visuals throughout this issue. The body horror elements are visually striking and the action is thrilling. Read Full Review
The Silver Coin #4 isn't my favorite installment of the anthology, has a pretty one-dimensional protagonist, and a conclusion that had me going, “Wait, that was it.” However, Jeff Lemire, Michael Walsh, and Toni Marie Griffin craft a memorable dystopian hellscape, and there are some cool chase scenes, action bits, and seriously creepy panels of techno-horror. But this is more part one of a two part sci-fi TV show pilot than Tharg's Future Shocks with extra pages. Read Full Review
It's nice to see the anthology series willing to branch out and try something wild. Following the life of a single coin in a series of one-shot stories might run the risk of feeling a bit repetitious. Adding sci-fi cyberpunk horror into the mix would seem to be a good fit, but Lemire and Walsh haven't found a way to manage it that feels interesting. A sudden jolt to the future for the series in its fourth issue should have been more darkly dazzling. Read Full Review
Interesting themes and a fun (if somewhat familiar) cyberpunk reality, but the story feels like it ends abruptly and needs some fleshing out. Read Full Review
This was fine. I feel like there was too much to establish here and not enough time to... tell a story. I guess we can infer that the coin will infect the whole of society, and that's cool... I guess?
I feel like there could be something really great here if there was more time. Fun concept; it just took too much time to get there. Once we arrived, the comic was finished.
I did not like this one. There were some parts I found to be interesting but, this one was not my cup of tea. Probably the worst thing from Lemire ive ever read.
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