But I’m glad that Paul Cornell has not only managed to pull off a wonderfully told, Dungeons and Dragons style fantasy epic – the awesomeness that is only made more brilliant by the stunning artwork provided by Neves, and to a certain extent Tony S. Etrigan isn’t well known, and the Seven that he fights with in this collection are even less so. You can tell that most comics readers are going to be taking a risk in buying Seven Against the Dark mainly because of what I’ve just mentioned.

It’s fallen to Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood, the man with a monster inside him, to stand in their way–though the demon Etrigan has no interest in protecting anyone or anything other than himself! It’ll take more than their own power to stop an army fueled by bloodlust and dark sorcery, and some very surprising heroes–and villains–will have no choice but to join the fray!Įtrigan was the only character that I’d heard of before in this collection and I’ve got no idea as to how the other of the Seven fit into the Demon Knights. Set in the Dark Ages of the DC Universe, a barbarian horde is massing to crush civilization. In fact, it did more than work. You can count me on board for this series and I can tell you know that my risk in picking up this title paid off. But did the graphic novel work? Hell yes. Not once, and the portrayal of Merlin in the first chapter was something that I wasn’t really used to at all. 1: Seven Against the Dark on a bit of a whim was because of the fact I’d never encountered this age of DC Comics before.

However, when read as a Collected Volume, I dove right into Seven Against the Dark and really enjoyed it, reading it in one sitting which is the norm for most graphic novels that I read unless they’re Watchmen or Knightfall size, in which case I have to read them in multiple sittings.Īnother reason why I picked up Demon Knights Vol. I didn’t mind the first issue but when read alone, it was pretty confusing and I didn’t really have a clue what was going on.

I picked up the trade paperback of Demon Knights on a bit of a whim. Daniel | Published: DC Comics | Collects: Demon Knights #1-7 Writer: Paul Cornell | Art: Diogenes Neves, Oclair Albert, Mike Choi, Robson Rocha | Cover: Tony S. Great artwork and a great work of fiction by Cornell, Demon Knights is another strong offering in the New 52.” ~The Founding Fields “A fun, weird graphic novel that will leave you wanting more. Bane of Kings reviews the epic fantasy style graphic novel Seven Against the Dark, written by Paul Cornell, and is the first volume of Demon Knights stories in DC’s New 52.

Demon Knights, Volume 1 by Paul Cornell