Review of
Grendel God and The Devil, number 10
Four out of five stars
More than one major villain with heroes that are
questionable
This was the
first in the Grendel series that I read, and I had to read it twice for it to
make any sense. Which is actually a complement, for if after nine issues, it is
easy to figure out issue ten, there is not enough depth to the story.
The danger
could not have been greater, Pope Innocent XLII is planning on blowing up the
sun. He claims to be a man of God, but he is just another madman super villain and
the main hero is trying to stop him. There is also a super vampire on the
loose, he essentially has superpowers, far beyond those generally assigned to
vampires.
The character
that stops the Pope from executing his plan is a “person” that quotes from
songs and scripture while he is executing his actions of mayhem and
destruction. Many people are turned into the soldiers of a controllable army of
vampires and others die for their beliefs while others just die as they get in
the way.
The setting is
that of a society with a very high level of technology, when the super vampire
falls from a building, it is stated as being a free fall of over a kilometer. Overall,
it is a complex story set within a modern society that is a bit of a dystopia.
There are very wealthy people, but most live in seedy tenements. Overall, this
is one of the most complex stories I have ever read in comic form.
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