My Rating “Invasion of the Baby-Snatchers” The Soulsword of Illyana Rasputina has left the dimension of Limbo without its former ruler. Belasco is gone, Magik has moved on, and nature—especially demonic nature—abhors a power vacuum. Two powerful demon lords now have their eyes on the throne: the monstrous S’ym and his rival, Mawthtur. Only one
My Rating Number One In A Four-Issue Limited Series Little Lost Girl The summer of 1983 is plagued with dark events. Storm and a small team of X-Men were just teleported back to the grounds of the X-Mansion. Their rescue mission into the limbo dimension was a complete failure. The smell of brimstone fills the
My Rating “Saxon’s Story” On a quiet farmstead near Cambridge, Ohio, three teenagers have just accomplished the impossible. Using a Satanic ritual, they summon the mysterious man known as Saxon back to Earth from another plane of existence. Exactly how their arcane ceremony managed to retrieve him is something even Saxon doesn’t understand. Not that
My Rating “The Keening” The afternoon grows warmer as two more Chicago police cruisers arrive at the scene of a developing hostage situation. Inside the New Kingdom Baptist Church, an Irish immigrant named Declan Banbridge holds several choir members at gunpoint. Marlon Corbet of the Challengers of the Unknown has managed to sneak inside the
My Rating “A Tale of Temporary Farewells” Baron Winters sits peacefully in a majestic field somewhere within a prehistoric landscape. He has some idea how he arrived at this strange location, but the reason for his journey remains a mystery. Extinct animals wander freely across the countryside as creatures from different periods of history coexist
My Rating “The Eleventh Man – Part 02 of 03” The entity must find a new host. The Twelfth Man. And time is running out. Baron Winters and his mysterious fourteenth-century shaman must locate someone capable of accepting the supernatural burden before the entity consumes its current host. Unfortunately, the man strapped helplessly into the
My Rating “The Eleventh Man – Part 01 of 03” Wintersgate Manor, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Baron Winters and his faithful leopard, Merlin, have settled in for a quiet evening beside the Victorian fireplace. For once, there are no demons knocking at the door, no dimensional invaders threatening the planet, and no supernatural crisis demanding the
My Rating “Convergence Part 04 of 04” Late night at the club, Scare Tactics easily shreds the competition in the battle of the bands (no pun intended, they literally shredded them). Meanwhile Etrigan jumps from the pits of hell into the mosh pit! The scene becomes a full on Donnybrook brawl. Good guys two, bad
My Rating “(The) Hell (I Suffer) Seems Like A Heaven” Baron Winters sits behind his Victorian-era desk, staring at a recently delivered package. His faithful companion Merlin, an African leopard, paces impatiently nearby. The animal seems to sense what his master already knows. It is time once again. The Baron thinks back to a promise
