The characters themselves are well-crafted, with believable motivations and reactions. Father Vieri's struggles with the possession and the morality of that world feel authentic, while the demon's brutal treatment of his victims creates a significant sense of menace. Read Full Review

The Devil That Wears My Face #1 adds a twist to the classic exorcist tale. Setting up with the standard ingredients of a Heaven vs. Hell battle, it doesn’t take long for the series to go in its direction. Read Full Review

The Devil Wears My Face is poised to redefine horror in comics for 2023. Avid readers and newcomers alike should not miss out on this riveting series. Visit your local comic shop and pick this up today! Read Full Review

With Peposes sharp writing blended with Cormacks haunting art, the ideas one would have about not doing an exorcist story in this time period quickly disappear. Combining action, drama plus the overall feel of horror and fans simply wont be ready for what this issue and series is going to be bringing on New Comic Book Day. You dont want to miss this one. Read Full Review

Horror done right! Alex Cormack and David Pepose have created something that makes your skin crawl, your heart speed up, and will leave you terrified, and wanting more. Read Full Review

The Devil That Wears My Face #1 delivers one of the most horrifying comic books on the stands, as its story tackles matters of faith while delivering some bloody thrills. If you're a fan of films like The Exorcist or The Conjuring, this is the comic for you. Other readers may want to keep a crucifix and/or holy water on hand before turning the page... Read Full Review

There's a lot to like here. A lot. I'm not the biggest fan of horror material but this book opens well even if some of the general ideas are familiar ones. Pepose handles the pacing very well and as it settles on Vieri you find yourself drawn in more and more to what's going on. There are good layers of complexity it can exploit but also keep it quite personal to the characters directly Cormack's artwork is just fantastic and Justin Birch's lettering plays in some complicated panels expertly so that it adds to the tension and excitement as it unfolds. I'm really curious to see just how dark and grim this can go and what it can do if it's untethered from being truly historical and just making some real changes to the world it exists in. But even if it sticks small and behind the scenes in a sense, it sets up an exciting story to delve into that I suspect won't pull any punches. Read Full Review

Cormack delivers some fantastically brutal and gorgeously detailed art throughout the issue. Every page has something that catches the eye. Read Full Review

THE DEVIL THAT WEARS MY FACE #1 is a new exorcism tale just in time for the Halloween season. However, this tale has a twist where the exorsim is part of the Devils plan all along. Peposes script brims with atmosphere and violence, and Cormacks art presents one bloody death after another for your gory enjoyment. Read Full Review

Most exorcism stories are designed to scare the hell out of you – literally. With a strong story and dark visuals – including chilling letters – this premiere issue about the Vatican's chief exorcist comes very close to doing just that. Read Full Review

The Devil That Wears My Face #1
Mad Cave Studios

Writer: David Pepose
Artist: Alex Cormack
Letters: Justin Birch

The year is 1740, and the Vatican is in turmoil. Grappling with a profound crisis of faith, outcast exorcist Father Franco Vieri is dispatched on a mission of grave importance — to rescue a Spanish nobleman from the clutches of the sadistic demon known as Legion. But when the exorcism goes tragically wrong, Vieri finds himself trapped in a stranger’s body… and learns what horrors lie ahead when the Devil wears his face. Equal parts Face/Off and The Exorcist, Ringo Award-winning writer David Pepose (Moon Knight: City of the Dead, Savage Avengers) and Bram Stoker Award-nominated artist Alex Cormack (Sea of Sorrows, The Crimson Cage) conjure a harrowing tale of terror, action, and body-swap intrigue that will leave comic readers at the edge of their seats.

Thoughts…

This was one hell of a debut issue to a series, it really knocks it out of the park. You are pulled into the story with the opening pages, they really set the tone of what is to come as the issue continues. The story has a very intense feel to it as you read on, we meet our main character and the setting to the series is laid out before us in such a way that you will feel this is a world that you are familiar with already so we push on with the main event. There are intrigues and manipulations peppered along the way that as the series continues I am sure we will revisit and friends and enemies alike are made that will be pivotal to the plot and the fate of our main character I am sure.

But who is our main character? Without going into too much detail, the solicitation gives us a hint as to what happens in the issue, but we have two very different characters to follow within the series. Both are equally as interesting with Father Vieri going to be the main emotional hook to the book and Legion providing the glorious devilish fun I would surmise.

The art style definitely compliments the concept and setting, there are some really outstanding panels and pages throughout the issue. The more everyday moments are superbly drawn but Cormack really gets to let loose more than a few times when the demonic elements are portrayed. The exorcism pages in particular are amazing, such depth and colour to them, they really elevate the issue to new heights.

This comic is just the sort of thing that I really enjoy reading, I am not religious in any way but give me demons and exorcisms and I’m all in. This story is really atmospheric and the pacing and tone that mixed in with the brilliant artwork makes this a must read. I am not sure what will happen as the series continues but I am there for the whole thing. Amazing work from all involved, I would give this 9 out of 10, just a great read and so well drawn, I want more already.
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The art-style could have been better.