Deron Generally
Deron Generally
Blood Train #1
Image Comics
Written by Adam Glass
Art by Bernard Chang
Colors by Nelzon Zorzetto and Ace Bibbs
Letters by Dave Sharpe
The Rundown: A group of friends fight for their lives when a creature attacks a moving train.
Kara, her brother and her friends board a train at the Beijing Railway station and something happens to one of them as they get on board. As they continue their trip, one of them realizes that something is happening right before a team of mercenaries boards the train looking for something.
As the friends attempt to escape, one of them begins a violent and deadly transformation that will put everyone the train at risk as the victim turns into a ravenous creature that will kill everything and everyone in its way.
The Story: As a horror fan, I was really looking forward to this story and its premise. Unfortunately, being a horror fan is probably what ruined it for me. From the introduction of the characters to the initial incident, there was no moment in this story that I could not predict. From the initial reveal to the final twist, all of it was predictable. The characters had little to personality and their deaths followed every horror trope of the last twenty years. There was a lot of potential here that was never realized.
The Art: Chang’s art is the saving grace of this issue. The art is beautifully detailed and has some amazing visual moments of horror that would have been better served by a better story.
Blood Train #1
