Book Review: Ash and the Army of Darkness vol #1

Book: Ash and the Army of Darkness volume #1 (issues #1-8) by Steve Niles with illustration by Dennis Calero and Nacho Tenorio

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: October 28, 2014

Description:

The battle has been fought and won. Ash battled and defeated the Deadite image of himself and saved the world. Now all he wants to do is get home and have a normal life. Too bad he messed up the Book of the Dead incantation. Will Ash ever escape the land of the Deadites? Will he ever find his girl? Will he ever remember the last part of the incantation? Now an army of unbelievable horrors rules the land and only Ash can annoy them!


Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Review:

I think fans of the original Evil Dead franchise will really enjoy this. In Ash and the Army of Darkness, Ashley "Ash" Williams is drawn back into the world of darkness and terror. While at work "wowing" his fellow employees with tales of his heroics, he's transported back to ancient England to go up against the dead and trying to retrieve the Book of the Dead. He also reunites with Sheila and has to find a way to stop the Wise Man who has fallen under the spell of the book.

Reading this was very much like watching one of the movies, I thought the author did a good job of capturing Ash's sense of humor and personality. While the illustrators brought back the scary world and does a pretty good job of getting Bruce Campbell's likeness onto the pages.

This was a fun read and you can tell the creative team not only are fans of the original movies but brought a good story that is as good as the original movies.

If there are readers who might be interested in reading this but haven't seen any of the movies, don't worry it's a fast moving story that gives enough backstory that you won't be confused.