Comic Review: Poe #2 (BOOM! Studios) By John H

When hope blinds us…

How can you deal with the real world, when what you perceive as real is flawed? To some this world is created by an omnipotent being, to others we are born of atoms and enzymes: who knows for sure? We could be surrounded by magic and yet we are blind to it, for our eyes are guided only by science, just as we were blinded to science in the Dark Ages, for all we could see was the Church. When one’s hope is entrenched is such a way as to occlude any other possibility, in that sense hope can make us blind…




Such is the way in which our dear wordsmith is tempted in the newest issue of POE #2, having finally met the antagonist of his misadventures. The villain sends a few clay fashioned golems to fetch “his” coins and Edgar Allen Poe is there to help the hapless police do their job as usual. But having been struck by the earthen behemoth, he wakes a little while later being tended by his sister in law, only to have his brother berate him about the impossibility of such a creature.

This sinister sorcerer though is not quite done yet with our dear Mr. Poe, and after unleashing another volley of clay menaces, the villain is faced with the destruction of one of his precious coins. After this defeat, will this villain reveal all? If so, his answers might just stun and astonish you! Suffice to say that he might have rerouted his fiercest opponent with but a few choice words, notably: sacrifice and resurrection…

Compared to the first issue, I found the second one a little lacking in inspiration. It didn’t bring as much pleasure to me as I read the first one, although this issue does lead its readers to ask themselves a few questions. The art is still dark, dingy and well suited for the time period which the story takes place, and does fit well with this genre of tale.

Overall I would have to say I liked it, but didn’t exactly love it.

Writer: J. Barton Mitchell
Artist: Dean Kotz

On sale August 19th

7.5/10

John H
Senior Reviewer