KILLADELPHIA #34
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Jason Shawn Alexander and Germán Erramouspe with Robert Melendrez
COLORS: Lee Loughridge
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon
EDITORS: Greg Tumbarello; Chris Robinson
COVER: Jason Shawn Alexander with Lee Loughridge
VARIANT COVER: Jeremy Sorrell
36pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (March 2024)
Rated “M/ Mature”
Killadelphia created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
“Death Be Not Proud” Part IV: “Every Father's Sun”
Killadelphia is an apocalyptic vampire and dark fantasy comic book series from writer Rodney Barnes and artist Jason Shawn Alexander. Published by Image Comics, it centers on a conspiracy in which vampires attempt to rule Philadelphia. The series is currently written by Barnes and drawn by Alexander and Germán Erramouspe. Colorist Lee Loughridge and letterer Marshall Dillon complete Killadelphia's creative team.
There is a war between the Light and the Dark in Philadelphia, also known as Killadelphia. The human, James “Jim” Sangster, Jr.; Anansi the Spider-God; Toussaint Louverture and his army of killers; and a menagerie of fighters and gods and monsters are on one side or the other or both in the vampire invasion of Philadelphia. Of note is a special young vampire (Tevin Thompkins a.k.a. “See Saw”), and his activities have summoned the most famous Hellspawn, a Savage Dragon, and now, a most infamous vampire king.
Killadelphia #34 (“Every Father's Sun”) opens at an abandoned convenience store and gas station. A Black family is about to experience black-on-black crime, when the criminals open the wrong box. Enter Blacula.
Meanwhile, Malcolm Dragon has a meeting of the minds with his father, the original: “The Dragon.” And pops has something to say about right and wrong.
Elsewhere, an embittered Lord Satan frets over how Spawn destroyed his legions. Seeing an opening, Dracula, recently condemned to the realm of Satan, convinces Satan that his problem is really... Blacula.
Finally, See Saw gets a chance to reconcile with Ray, a friend he feels he betrayed, ultimately causing Ray's death. Ray has the good news, however.
THE LOWDOWN: I have had access to PDF review copies of Image Comics titles for a long time now. Killadelphia #34 is one of them.
Writer Rodney Barnes continues to build the intensity of this – the seventh story arc of the series. I don't want to spoil too much, but the addition of the classic blaxploitation character, Blacula, who appeared in two film, Blacula (1972) and Scream Blacula Scream (1973), is especially sweet. Killadelphia co-creators Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander produced a Blacula original graphic novel (OGN), Blacula: Return of the King, that was published in early 2023.
So where is Killadelphia going? And where is Blacula going with it. Dear readers, let's stay on this dark side.
[Killadelphia #34 is also available in a “Noir Edition,” featuring black-and-white line art interiors.]
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of vampire comic books and of exceptional dark fantasy will want Killadelphia.
[This issue includes an 11-page installment of “Johnny Gatlin” by Rodney Barnes, Syzmon Kudranski, and Marshall Dillon.]
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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