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A review by lunchlander
Fallen Angel by Fernando Blanco, Peter David, David López
4.0
Peter David's Fallen Angel was an interesting blend of his usual sense of humor and solid superheroic genre writing and a darker, supernatural-tinged noir. The result was maybe David's best book, which was published by DC Comics but seemed to be outside their universe.
The city of Bete Noir was like a supernatural Casablanca, where the heroine was a fallen angel (hence the title), her best friend was a guy who ran a bar called Dolf's and *might* have been a reformed Adolph Hitler, her nemesis was also her lover, who ran the city, and... well, there was just a terrific ensemble cast.
The artwork was by David Lopez and Fernando Blanco, and it was beautiful stuff. Reminiscent of Stuart Immonen, Barry Kitson and especially Darick Robertson, the book looked beautiful, and the art emphasized the superhero elements as well as the noir darkness, which made the whole thing work.
This first volume is also probably the best, as it introduces the cast of characters and then sets the lead up against an invisible, powerful, murderous beast.
The book got a second collection from DC (against all odds) but sadly, the third volume, which would have completed the series with a fine ending, remains available only in single issues. Peter David has also continued the series at IDW, but with a different artist, and I'll have more on that when I write up the IDW hardcover collection.
The city of Bete Noir was like a supernatural Casablanca, where the heroine was a fallen angel (hence the title), her best friend was a guy who ran a bar called Dolf's and *might* have been a reformed Adolph Hitler, her nemesis was also her lover, who ran the city, and... well, there was just a terrific ensemble cast.
The artwork was by David Lopez and Fernando Blanco, and it was beautiful stuff. Reminiscent of Stuart Immonen, Barry Kitson and especially Darick Robertson, the book looked beautiful, and the art emphasized the superhero elements as well as the noir darkness, which made the whole thing work.
This first volume is also probably the best, as it introduces the cast of characters and then sets the lead up against an invisible, powerful, murderous beast.
The book got a second collection from DC (against all odds) but sadly, the third volume, which would have completed the series with a fine ending, remains available only in single issues. Peter David has also continued the series at IDW, but with a different artist, and I'll have more on that when I write up the IDW hardcover collection.