Review: Kiss/Vampirella #5 Finale
“All you are is a cover band. Check out what a headliner looks like.” – Vampirella
This issue opens with a bang as Vampirella is in battle with a rock star wannabe who calls her a monster. She assures him that she’s one of the good guys, but he ain’t listening. What fools these mortals be? The hillbilly realizes that he’s got to choose between right and wrong. The redneck reasons that Vampi is a good guy and they go all the way to a Kiss concert. It’s a battle for the soul of rock and roll that our hero’s must win!
The Creative Team:
Sebela continues to rock on as his take on the music industry in the mid-‘70’s is spot on and with nothing to lose the fictional rock band meshes well with the real rock band with a chemistry that might seem like strange ways to some readers but to those who enjoyed both Warren publications and great rock and roll over the ‘70’s it’s a must have issue that has us coming home again. The action heats up as we learn the plans of the thinkers behind the rock and roll traitors. I’m really enjoying this series and it gets better with each issue. Let me go, rock and roll!
Annapaola Martello continues to churn out great stuff in the art department. There’s an awesome scene where Witchkraft is battling demons and they realize that the best way to soothe the savage beast is with the charm of music. (yes, I know this is a paraphrase of a mis-quoted William Congreve saying.) The art creatively splinters into the band playing their instruments. And the feel for raw rock and roll shines forth in the pages to follow. I loved it!
In Conclusion:
This story concludes not with a huge battle scene but with our heroes doing the only logical thing to combat anti-rock forces. I’m not going to give away too much about how the story concludes, suffice to say that I love it loud, want to hear it loud right between the eyes. Loud, I want to hear it loud Don’t want no compromise. **** (8.8 rating.)
Kiss/Vampirella #5 (of 5)
Writer – Christopher Sebela
Art – Annapaola Martello
Color – Valentina Pinto
Letters – Troy Peteri
Publisher – Dynamite Entertainment
Publication date – October 2017
About the Author
Kevin Given Kevin Given has studied with "Longridge Writers Group" and "Writer's Boot Camp" a speech/communications major from the University of Maine Presque-Isle/Orono sites. He has created the "Karl Vincent Vampire Hunter" franchise which includes 2 novels and 8 comic books. They can be found on amazon, Indyplanet and Kindle. For a limited time you can get digital copies of "Karl Vincent: Vampire hunter" #1 and "Files of Karl Vincent" #1 for free on Indyplanet. Kevin is producing the third novel in the series "Dracula Rising" (working title) and developing "Foul Blood" into comic book form.
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