ONCE UPON A TIME . . . BLOOD WILL BE SPILLED! Enter the lost aeon of brave knights, foreboding wizards, and gloriously skull-crushing brutality as EC Comics’ first-ever dark fantasy title unleashes its next full-throated battle cry of all-out terror with spellbinding writers Cameron Chittock (Mapmakers, TMNT), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Steve Niles (Thirty Days of Night) alongside enchanting artists PJ Holden (2000 AD), David Lapham (Stray Bullets) Andrea Mutti (Rebels)enthralling talents! No, this is no ordinary storybook—this is CRUEL KINGDOM!
Cameron Chittock is a writer of comics and graphic novels including the Mapmakers trilogy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Stranger Things. When he’s not scribbling down ideas, he enjoys coaching basketball, reading comics of all kinds, and exploring New England with his family.
Realizing I skipped this issue. Ehh still decent, I think the third issue is my favorite. First story is okay, had a really cool twist. You knew the blessing was a curse but the way they pulled it off was really good. 3.5/5 Second story is confusing? Defiently the weakest. Can someone explain? So the witch helped the not-witch because she thought she was a witch but she actually was? I'm confused. 1/5 Third story- was crazy ohhh maybe my favorite jsut really freaky twist. The brothers cartoonishly were quick to turn on each other though but that's royalty for you ig. 4.5/5
Appreciated the fact that there was no sci-fi this go round. Favorite was IMMUNITY followed by SET OF POWER and WITCHES behind that. I’d like to see even a bit more weird fiction or sword/sorcery influence.
Four short fantastic stories, some with well-known themes, some completely different, but always with a surprising twist. I liked these even better than #1.