October 16th 2018 by Dynamite Entertainment
When I first picked up this book, I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into, but I knew it was going to be violent, bloody, and awesome from the very beginning. It begins in Bradley Mountain long ago, with children gathering around the fire with their granny. She tells them that tonight they’ll make a powerful choice, and she hopes that they’ve been paying attention. They need to go out and choose the thing that they will watch over, that the graves will call to them. She tells them to go out and find their demons before their demons find them.
In the present day, however, those children are now ancient. The art is a lot different than the other comics I’ve read lately, and that just makes the story stand out even more. The sheriff is deep into paperwork due to a recent hit and run, a car struck a horse and buggy full of children. Though the hillbillies don’t trust the law anymore than they trust the person that hit the buggy, they’re determined to figure it out on their own terms. That is, until an old woman in a jail cell tells them that something’s coming for them, and nothing is going to be able to stop it.
This is when Pumpkinhead is introduced. A massive vengeance demon, he’s called up to earth to take care of business. And that’s exactly what he does. This book is exciting from the very first page, and I found myself flipping through it so quickly and getting even more excited about it while I was reading it. I couldn’t put it down, and I think that’s exactly what was needed fort his book. If you love bloody comics full of death and destruction, this is the one for you. Definitely check it out if you get the chance. It’s available here, and here are links to the creators Twitter accounts.
https://twitter.com/cullenbunn
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