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By Bill Willingham<\/strong> & various (DC Comics) Spinning off from the Infinite Crisis<\/strong> miniseries Day of Vengeance<\/strong> (ISBN 1-84576-230-4), Bill Willingham reassembles his motley team of supernatural superheroes for ongoing adventures in a DC Universe that has completely new Rules of Magic.<\/p>\n Collecting issues #1-3 and 5-8 of the monthly comic-book, he starts off the run with a dark and moody tale as the team are trapped for a year in the rural town of Riverrock, Wyoming, cut off from the rest of the DCU in mortal, mystic combat with a team of murderous villains who bear distressing similarities to themselves. There is an added bonus in that the first two chapters are also drawn by Willingham \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a rare treat for old time fans of such fantasy series as The Elementals<\/strong>, Coventry<\/strong> or Ironwood<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c before Cory Walker steps in to illustrate the concluding part.<\/p>\n There’s a ‘One Year Later’<\/em> episode next as the team catch up with events that serves as a springboard for the next extended storyline, with visuals from Steve Scott and Wayne Faucher, and walker returns for ‘The Wild Hunt’<\/em> as a hidden mastermind sets a bounty on the team and various bad Mojo types try to claim it.<\/p>\n The plot further unfolds in ‘The Laws of Battle’<\/em> (with art by Tom Derenick and Faucher) as the creepily Fundamentalist \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Congregation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d attack, determined to wipe out the ungodly magic-spawn. ‘Ragtime’<\/em> concludes the volume as the eerie Ragman gains a new and deeper understanding of the blessing and curse of his particular abilities. This one is illustrated by Thessaly<\/strong> collaborator Shawn McManus (Thessaly: Witch For Hire <\/strong>ISBN 1-84576-194-4 and Taller Tales ISBN 1-84023-769-4) and ends the book on a high note.<\/p>\n Although targeting a more general audience than his Vertigo work, Willingham’s sly wit and superb ear for dialogue make this a superhero series that might convert a few resistant ‘Civilians’. Why not buy your partner a copy and see what happens\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a9 2006, 2007 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 By Bill Willingham & various (DC Comics) ISBN 1-84576-533-8 Spinning off from the Infinite Crisis miniseries Day of Vengeance (ISBN 1-84576-230-4), Bill Willingham reassembles his motley team of supernatural superheroes for ongoing adventures in a DC Universe that has completely new Rules of Magic. Collecting issues #1-3 and 5-8 of the monthly comic-book, he … <\/p>\n
\nISBN 1-84576-533-8<\/p>\n