Black Cloak 1 delivers a triple-sized issue for only $4.99 in a debut bound to hook fantasy fans. Read our full review here:
There's a divide at the heart of Black Cloak #1. The artwork alludes to it early, juxtaposing a scenic mermaid enclosure with the vandalized wall cordoning it off from the rest of the city. It exists in the architecture of Kiros, where events unfold. It's clear in the rift between those living in the city's heights and those below. It's there in the word"should," described within the issue by one character as an"ugly word.
It's both fortuitous and unfortunate that she and her partner, Pax, should get the call to investigate a dead body found in a flophouse above a bar in an unsavory part of town. The victim is Prince Feral, perhaps the most popular individual in the city and, at one time, the person Phaedra would have married if she hadn't left. The investigation forces Phaedra to confront the life she left behind to find justice for the dead and prevent the crime from becoming a flashpoint.
Artist Meredith McClaren crafts an inviting aesthetic with her artwork and colors. The latter, especially, is reminiscent of Saga, with its flat application of a subtle palette of soft blues and earthy tones. With her figures, McClaren varies her linework, going thick and heavy for outlines and much finer for interior details.
Where the issue does struggle in its depictions of the Black Cloaks, borrowing heavily from police procedural tropes that cast them as fantasy cops. Thus, it succumbs to some of the same pitfalls as that genre. The royals resent the Black Cloaks because they don't believe they should have to submit to any outside authority. The rest of the city also resents the Black Cloaks and it's less clear why.
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