The return of Peter Milligan to Vertigo just keeps on getting better. His take on John Constantine is going to new and interesting places–not easy for a character as old as Constantine–and now with this first issue of a new ongoing series, Milligan’s teamed up with Davide Gianfelice for a nasty little tale rooted in Greek myths and stories.
Anyone familiar with the story of Oedipus will recognize the plot of this first issue, but there’s no need to bone up on your classics to enjoy this story. You do need a strong stomach and a taste for the perverse–but if you’re a Vertigo reader, you already knew that, right?
Eddie is just a kid looking for his mom, but that goes about as spectacularly wrong as it can possibly go, and he runs off to Greek Street, the part of town run by criminals and other lowlifes, and watched over by gorgeous strippers who know all the dirtiest secrets.
This first issue sets up a bunch of loose ends will probably only get more tangled before any of them get resolved, and just begins to set up its world and its rules. There’s magic here, but how much and of what kind and how it will be blended with the gritty, cruel criminal underworld we just don’t know.
What we do know is that it’s vintage Vertigo, with Gianfelice’s luscious art making even the most gruesome scenes beautiful and otherworldly and at the same time making the horror truly gripping, visceral. If this book lives up to this first issue, it’s going to be a hell of a ride.
July 7th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Very happy to see Milligan back at Vertigo, one of my favorite writer and I’d rather seem him on a book like this then superheroes, wich arent my thing much.
I love the concept, anf knowing Milligan, we are in for a wild and complex ride, I hope that this title does very well
July 8th, 2009 at 7:22 am
I read the first issue, but I’m not sure I know enough about Greek mythology and literature to really appreciate the book.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I posted this at comicbookbin.com the other day:
“Is it time to declare a Vertigo Renaissance? Unwritten, Unknown Soldier, Madame Xanadu, House of Mystery, the fantastic mini-series in the last 2 years, the upcoming OGN’s, and now Greek Street! This is a ride I’m glad I bought the ticket for.”
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