East of West #15
By Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Nick Dragotta
Over 115 issues ago, the Walking Dead was published by Image Comics. This came out at the end of my non-collecting years, although if I were collecting, I would have passed. I am not a zombie fan. Years later, East of West arrived, and after trying Morning Glories, I figured I would give another Image title a shot. I picked up issue #1 of their news apocalyptical tale.
The beginning of the story was very enjoyable. It was paced well, while introducing the characters of the story. It drove along between 40 to 60 mph, occasionally reaching 75-80 mph, that is if East of West could be compared to a car driving on the highway. Keeping with this theme, in the beginning of issue #15, it would be doing 80 and exceeding 100 MPH by the end.
Death has been looking for his son, the nations are at war, and the three remaining horsemen of the apocalypse plan on destroying the beast, who also happens to be Death's child. It's the three horsemen that catch up to the beast first. Conquest, or War, challenges him first and a fight ensues, one that could answer what is more powerful, the conflict that it creates, or the death that follows. Panel after panel of pure accelerated enjoyment has Conquest and Beast doing battle. It just so happens one has to lose.
If Jonathan Hickman can throttle a bit more, this series will only get better. The war between nations has only just begun, the four horsemen of the apocalypse roam the land, and the beast, Babylon is loose. May god help any in their way.
4.5 out of 5 stars
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