Vampire Survivors #2 Review

 

Vampire Survivors #2 Review

Writer: David Hazan

Artist: Jimmy Kucaj

Colorist: Jão Canola

Letterer: Chas Pangburn

Cover Artists: Kit Wallis & Alex Moore

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: October 7, 2026

 

When their sister went missing, Antonio blamed Gennaro. Then their sister arrived, claiming that she was cursed. Perhaps she was. Monsters followed Imelda to the rural chapel. Worse, the Belpaese siblings needed Lama and Arca's help to beat back the otherworldly invasion.

 

Are Antonio and the Ladonna sisters correct? Did Gennaro's search for the world's most dangerous vampire rain trouble down on their heads? And who is the skeletal figure that only Imelda can see? Let's leap into Vampire Survivors #2 and find out!

 

Story

The Ladonna sisters claimed the Belpaese siblings went looking for easy conquests to make their reputations. When Imelda has a strange experience followed by successive monster attacks, it confirms her belief that she's been cursed. So while Antonio ventures into the Mad Forest to consult his former teacher, Gennaro accompanies Imelda to the Inlaid Library. But that doesn’t mean that everyone enjoys their separate quests.

 

In Vampire Survivors #2, Antonio talks to himself. Gennaro bickers. Whether in a monster-filled forest or a haunted library, dangers lurk everywhere. Drama and action heighten everyone's emotions as David Hazan interweaves Antonio's journey into the Mad Forest with Gennaro and Imelda's visit to the Inlaid Library. Both brothers seem more inclined to seek danger than let it come to them. Yet while Imelda believes she is cursed, she's also the only family member who finds happiness (if only for a moment).

 

Gennaro and Antonio may yearn to tackle monsters. Yet they don't want to look within and consider why they do the things they do. Like most people, Gennaro and Antonio prefer to get on with their lives and let their work define them. While her brothers keep grasping for low-hanging fruit, Imelda seeks to improve herself through education. Yet, like her brothers, she wants to call the shots. As she labors under the belief that she has stumbled in her quest for knowledge, Imelda seeks to learn how to protect herself from the dangers she has unleashed in Vampire Survivors #2.

 

Art

Jimmy Kucaj’s high-energy art increases all the characters’ hopes, fears, and insecurities. As they brave dangers, the family also battles their inner demons. Their environments are no less dramatic. Trees frame Antonio as he carries his whip past tilted headstones. He throws up an arm when a bat bursts from a panel. The trees, with trunks that evoke snakes, squeeze Antonio into a narrow path. Glowing eyes fill the dark canopy overhead.

 

While Antonio wears green as he battles monsters on the green sward, his former master wears a green cloak. Yet the same orange that trims Gennaro's clothes fills Maestro Poe's home. Orange drapes and books surround Gennaro as he bides his time while Imelda studies. Yet when the skeletal figure reappears, it wears a purple cloak to match Imelda's dress.

 

As Jão Canola adorns Vampire Survivors #2 with a vibrant palette, Chas Pangburn fills white balloons with black uppercase letters. Dialogue enlarges and changes color while balloons change shape amid heightened emotions. As sound effects swarm this game adaptation, David Hazan's story proves anything but a relaxing read in a book-filled library (or home). Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The race is on to discover what happened to Imelda, and what the Belpaese siblings can do to lift the curse. Gennaro's unbridled ambition may have caused Imelda's curse. Still, he must support Imelda rather than questing for a cure like his more cautious brother in Vampire Survivors #2.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

For more collectible covers, see Vampire Survivors #2 Cover Preview. 

Vampire Survivors #2 Cover Preview

 

Cover A: Kit Wallis

When their sister went missing, Antonio blamed his brother. Then their sister arrived, claiming that she was cursed. Perhaps she was. Monsters followed Imelda to the rural chapel. Worse, the siblings needed the aid of Lama and Arca Ladonna to beat back the otherworldly invasion. 

 

Are Antonio and the Ladonna sisters correct? Did Gennaro’s search for the world’s most dangerous vampire rain trouble down on their heads? And who is the skeletal figure that only Imelda can see?

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics: 

 

 

Vampire Survivors #2 Cover Preview

Writer: David Hazan

Artists: Jimmy Kucaj & Jão Canola

Cover Artists: Kit Wallis & Alex Moore 

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Series Length: 4 Issues 

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: October 7, 2026

 

The events at Gallo Tower have shaken the Belpaese siblings. Their world is crumbling around them, and none of them knows why. Antonio seeks out a legendary survivor to train him and must now conquer his greatest foe to date: senility. Meanwhile, Imelda and Gennaro hit the books at the Inlaid Library in hopes of finding a solution to their tricky problem.

 

 

Here are more covers to collect:

 

 

Cover B: Alex Moore

  

Cover C: Kit Wallis Virgin (Card Stock)

Cover D: Kit Wallis Foil

 
 

Available from local comic shops. For UK & Europe visit Forbidden Planet

 

For more details, visit Titan Comics.

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this cover preview with us.

 

For all the chaos in the chapel, see Vampire Survivors #1 Review. 

Huge Detective #4 Review

 

Writer: Adam Rose

Artist: Magenta King

Colorists: Magenta King & Minimone

Letterer: DC Hopkins

Cover Artists: Alex Moore, Magenta King & Lenka Simeckova

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 5, 2025

 

Detective Gyant found Human and Huge bodies in underground caverns beneath Belter’s Cave. But someone left booby traps that injured Gyant and killed nearby Humans. As Human relationships with the Huge breakdown, another Omega Event threatens. Yet even another war between the Huge and the Humans pale before an imminent impact event as a Huge skeleton drifts toward Earth. Can FBI Captain Tamaki and Detective Gyant work together to discover what happened at Belter’s Cave, prevent a war, and protect life on Earth from extinction? Let’s slip on our seven-league boots, leap into Huge Detective #4, and find out!

 

Story

Mrs Stubbs raised Manny. She filled the boy’s head with a grand dream. In Adam Rose’s story, Mrs Stubbs convinces her adoptive human son that he will tower above the land. Mrs Stubbs held his head underwater so Manny could hold his breath for long periods. She also gave him a dictionary so he could project his thoughts. Perhaps Manny will never grow tall enough to touch the moon. Still, as he sits in his cell, attended by Dr Crawford and trained staff, the boy has a psychic connection with Detective Gyant. Stranger still, Manny knew what was happening on the moon before the Hubble telescope spotted the Huge skeleton leaving the Copernicus Crater.

 

In Huge Detective #4, Tamaki and Gyant visit Mrs Stubbs. As they sit in the aircraft hangar where she raised Manny, Mrs Stubbs serves tea and tells them about her past. Detective Gyant found her business partner's body in Belter's cave. Her husband died during the early years of Dollsville. Detective Gyant understands her concerns. The Huge have strong olfactory systems, and the aroma of Humans drives them wild. Although he denies it, Detective Gyant struggles not to think of eating Humans when he is around them. He may have killed Humans when his people arose and established Brobdingnag, but the Huge wants to believe he's better than that now.

 

While Detective Gyant learns the truth behind the mystery at Belter’s Cave in Huge Detective #4, his Human partner also faces a dilemma. Tamaki lost her mother during the Omega Event. Her father is an empty shell. She uses pills to survive her constant headaches. Captain Tamaki can barely stand to be around a member of this species that destroyed her life. When danger threatens, will Tamaki stand by and watch it happen, or risk all she has to try and save Detective Gyant?

 

Art

Magenta King's art suggests a children’s book more than traditional comic art. Despite the horns or bone spurs on the sides of his head, Detective Gyant appears like a Human character. As they look up at him or scurry around his feet, Humans like Tomaki and Mrs Stubbs resemble dolls. You can understand the Huge’s fascination with these tiny people that filled their world while the larger species slept.

 

Magenta King & Minimone cast Mrs Stubbs’ memories in Black And White. Regrettable “workplace” accidents in Dollsville splash red on white and gray. Red bathes panels when danger threatens. The vibrant colors in Huge Detective #4 wade into the primary waters of red, yellow, and blue. As the giant beige skeleton drifts our blue orb, the skull’s eyes glow yellow against a dark blue starfield.

 

DC Hopkins projects black and red uppercase handprinted lettering into white dialogue balloons and colored narrative boxes. A Huge’s thoughts appear in Old School cloudy balloons. Giant-size dialogue conveys Mrs Stubb’s horror at a regrettable start to her missionary journey, while an enormous yellow thud heralds her new vision. Breaking News reports appear as white letters in black boxes as video clips project Earth’s future. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

As Mrs Stubbs reveals her past and Dr Crawford helps bring her plans to fruition, Manny demonstrates that he won't be anyone's doll in Huge Detective #4.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Huge Detective #4.

RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1 Review

 

Writer: Ryan O’Sullivan

Artists: Daniel Bayliss & Sid Kotian

Colorist: Laurel Dundee

Letterer: Nathan Kempf

Editor: Phoebe Hedges

Art Director: Oz Browne

Cover Artists: Alan Quah, Ivan Shavrin, David Barker, Alex Moore, & Sid Kotian with Prasad Rao

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: November 6, 2024

 

When Larryr seeks refuge from a snowstorm inside the Flying Horse Inn, he sees the Storyteller has returned. As he purchases a frothy mug and sits at a wooden table, Larryr wonders what story he will hear tonight. What will the Storyteller’s tale of the Godsword tell him about his world? Let's strap on our armor, leap into RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1, and find out!

 

Story

The Storyteller whets his listeners’ appetite by sketching the history of their world. After ancient beings created the cosmos, new peoples and gods arose. The God Of Balance brought men, dwarves, gnomes, and fairies to live harmoniously on Gielnor. Other gods followed Guthix but for less noble reasons.

 

When war overtook the planet, the Armadyleans forged the Godsword in the Temple of the Lost Ancients. But Zamorak, the God Of Chaos, decided to use their assassination plan against them. So Zamorak forged a hilt for the Godsword and charged K’Ril Tsutsaroth with finding the blade. As K’Ril led the Zamorakian army against the Armadyleans, the demon entrusted the necromancer Sherok with transporting the Zamorak’s hilt in his caravan. But in RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1, Sherok also has plans for the Godsword.

 

Despite his ambitions, Sherok lacks focus and a thorough grounding in his art. As a Human, Sherok believes he outranks the demon warlord. Sherok assumes that all the soldiers batting the Aramdyleans are there to serve him. The necromancer may not be an expert in any particular field, but Sherok knows enough spells to serve his needs. His familiar Maro bolsters Sherok’s beliefs by sugar-coating how others see the necromancer.

 

Amid Ryan O’Sullivan’s tale of a demon general and a scheming necromancer, Maro emerges as the most relatable character in RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1. Mystery surrounds him. Not even the Storyteller knows his origins. Maro may be unique, yet he’s tired of his job. The familiar dislikes being ordered about by odious people less intelligent than himself. Maro has tired of this bespelled existence among people who revel in death. He may be just a skull that floats through the air and has no prospects for a better future. Still, Maro doesn't let his circumstances get him down.

 

Art

The burly bartender polishes a mug as Larryr enters. Tables await customers who likely want more options than the casks of ale behind the bar. A hood obscures the thin Storyteller's features. His metal-covered hands and arms emerge from his dark cloak as he tells of Guthix. The horned God Of Balance stands as a giant among his fellow immortals. His face dominates the horizon as he gazes down on the land. After Guthix watches people as they emerge from a Stargate, other gods greet arriving elves, goblins, and demons. As the gods study maps and lead their forces into battle, a short, winged Aramdylean hammers a scrollwork blade on a mighty anvil.

 

Green foliage shines under bright blue skies as Sherok drives his brown caravan through the woods. Gray and purple fill the skies when the sun sets on the battle in RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1. The muscular demon K’Ril, adorned in maroon and gray armor, carries a sword that evokes a meat cleaver. After maroon spills from a captured Aramdylean, a green spirit rises toward the ceiling as Sherok continues an interrogation wearing a black robe and a yellow crown. Pink energy surrounds Maro and trails behind him as he floats from the brown caravan to address the purple demons guarding K’Ril’s gray and brown tent. An eerie green light animates the skeletal warriors who guard Sherok’s caravan.

 

Amid Daniel Bayliss & Sid Kotian’s involving art and Laurel Dundee’s attractive colors, Nathan Kempf conjures large uppercase letters into white dialogue balloons and beige narrative boxes. The Storyteller’s words are bold and darken further for intonation. Spirits speak white letters into black dialogue balloons, and K’Ril utters red ones while question marks surround Maro wherever he goes. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

When the Aramdyleans forge the Godsword, the followers of the God of Justice set off a contest for the ultimate weapon. As the Zamorakians slay the winged warriors for the power to kill a god, an animated skull could prove the Aramdyleans’ only hope for survival in RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars #1.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

For more covers and a look inside see my preview at The Dragon's Cache.