Review: Black’s Myth #1

Lucas Fashina

3 years ago

The stories that I tend to like are fairytales, and mythological creatures that can reflect cultural significance beyond face value, and as time goes on, that character the original meaning has a natural departure from the source tale. Whether or not the myth survives decades or centuries is dependent on, its ability to shift, not replace, the tales values, and archetypes. Here to test this paradigm is Black’s Myth written by Erick Palicki.

Story Recap:

Black’s Myth is about a 2 man Private Investigative team. One half is a woman called Janie Long Underwood, also known as Strummer. The other is Ben, a private investigator trainee. Their cases mostly involve gathering evidence of infidelity until on one case someone attacks Stummer and we get to the bottom of who these two really are.

Art:

The artistic team consist of Wendell Cavalcanti, Peter Bagge. Combined, they brought an E-zine, Black Noir aesthetic, and I ‘m here for it. The characters are full grown adults yet they dress and often look like Millennials. Ben, who is a Djinn, doesn’t look like a Djinn, but how he reacts is still spot on.

Script:

It’s the right kinda of ridiculous. Sex Scandals, Demons, and Werewolves, and Nazis. The story relies heavily on character reaction vice the story for now. The technique used to unveil the story and characters was decent enough. One of the most relevant changes is the westernization and bastardization of the genie into a moniker for materialism and consumerism but here Palicki did keep the comedy.

Speculation Outlook:

Make no mistake it’s a well written issue. Just this one issue alone could stand up as a Primer for a TV script. I’m thinking in the lines of Lucifer. I can’t remember the last time a title with any type of religious background, received any love from the speculator community. American Gods, Maybe? And even that has lost steam.

SCORE: 3.8/5

Written By: Eric Palicki
Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti
Lettered By: Rob Steen
Publisher: Ahoy Comics