Honor and Curse: Eternal #1 Review – Mad Cave Delivers a Brutal, Stylish Immortal Comeback

Honor and Curse: Eternal #1 comes out swinging with style, pain, and a blade sharpened by centuries of suffering. This ain’t just another comeback comic. This is a resurrection with teeth.

Mark London drops readers into a future where Genshi Sakagura has survived for 600 years, cursed with immortality and still locked in a mental war with the savage spirit known as the Tengu. Now living in modern-day New York as the head of a powerful corporation, Genshi looks polished on the outside, but inside? My man is still one bad day away from absolute carnage. And when a terrorist attack and a kidnapping drag his buried past back into the light, all that control starts cracking fast.

What makes this issue hit is that it doesn’t waste time pretending to be subtle. It knows exactly what it is: a dark, emotionally loaded action book with mythic weight and modern brutality. Genshi isn’t some clean-cut hero. He’s tired, dangerous, haunted, and trying not to become the very monster stalking his soul. That tension gives the book its pulse. Every page feels like it’s holding its breath before somebody gets cut down.

And let’s keep it real, the whole vibe here feels like Moon Knight crashed into John Wick, then got possessed by ancient Japanese folklore. That combo should be ridiculous. Instead, it absolutely cooks. Genshi’s transformation from controlled executive to relentless warrior is the kind of payoff comic fans live for. No gimmicks. No fluff. Just straight-up narrative pressure exploding into violence when the dam finally breaks.

Visually, Jaime Infante brings the hurt in the best way. The art is grim, sharp, and soaked in mood. Fran Gamboa’s colors sell the tension with a modern noir edge, while Carlos M. Mangual’s lettering helps every moment land with force. Together, this creative team builds a world that feels grounded in grit but haunted by myth, which is exactly what this story needs.

Bottom line? Honor and Curse: Eternal #1 doesn’t just continue the saga. It evolves it. Bigger stakes, older wounds, deeper rage. If you like tortured warriors, supernatural conflict, and stories where pain has a long memory, this book is absolutely for you.

SCORE:
4/5

Writer: Mark London
Artist: Jaime Infante
Colorist: Fran Gamboa
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

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