I
gotta say, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the first issue of Zenescope’s Van Helsing Vs. Robyn Hood #1.
First
thing is first-the art is gorgeous.
Artist Allan Otero knows how to draw beautiful women (and everything else
a story requires). The coloring is
top-rate.
The
script by Ralph Tedesco is to-the-point, easy-to-follow and filled with some
interesting twists and turns.
The
story starts with a bang as Liesel Van Helsing dispatches a group of
blood-thirsty vampires.
But,
when the last remaining vampire pleads with her to kill him she feels a sense
of guilt and wonders why he would request such a thing.
With
his dying breath the vampire utters, ‘Find Von.’
At
about the same time Robyn Hood is meeting with a new client: the mother of a
young man who made bad choices. His name
is Jared Whittier.
Both
Robyn and Liesel follow their individual clues to a seedy nightclub, unaware
they are both on the same case. They run
into each other –literally and decide to pool their resources.
Unfortunately
for them their searching leads then to a room full of bedbound vampires. Their discovery does not go unnoticed and
they are attacked.
Robyn
struggles with one of the henchmen and suddenly feels weak. When asked by Liesel what is wrong she turns
her head and….that would be telling.
Be
sure to pick up this first issue of a four-issue miniseries. You will not be disappointed.