Exorcism Island Vol 1 Review

 

Exorcism Island Vol 1 Review

Writer: Jordan Thomas

Artist: Chris Matthews

Publisher: Comixology

Kindle Price: $6.99

Release Date: April 28, 2026

 

After surviving a supernatural battle, Father Gianluca Amato undertakes a journey. Father Caso accompanies the young priest on the plane. When they land, Gianluca, or Gigi for short, walks inland with his superior. The two priests follow Talin, who grew up on a neighboring island. But the local man only dares venture a short way into this island's interior.

 

As the priests approach a pit, crucifixes hang from nearby trees. Voices welcome the priests. Then, the ground slopes down. Through the plants, bushes, and trees, Gigi spots buildings in the valley below. Just like the young priest's recent trial overturned his life, the buildings form an upside-down cross. What happens on this tropical island where frost clings to palm fronds, and priests bundle up in winter clothes? And how will Gigi's new assignment shake his fragile faith? Let’s leap into Exorcism Island Vol 1 and see!

 

Story

Gigi and Caso arrive amid a tragedy. The demon inside one of the patients has just killed Father Borra. Father Jacob Miller advises them not to get too excited. If they miss this crisis, another will strike the team soon. Then, as Gigi and Father Caso run off to help, Father Miller ventures back inside a cabin no one else is allowed to enter.

 

In Exorcism Island Vol 1, Gigi discovers that while his fellow priests hail from all over the world, they have one thing in common. They all tried to use spiritual means to heal someone of afflictions that modern psychiatry couldn't treat. While Gigi explains what brought him there, the others prove more reticent to share their failures. They wonder why Cardinal Litarri sent them all to this cursed island. The priests also question the wisdom of bringing so many demon-possessed souls together in one place.

 

As life falls into a daily routine of prayers, blessings, and rituals, Father Julius Howt cares for the priests’ souls. Gigi and the other priests make regular confessions to him. But despite the priests' devotion, they begin to lose hope that they will ever cure one of their patients. The demons keep finding ways to break free of the chains and create chaos on the island. Yet back in Vatican City, Cardinal Litarri directs affairs seemingly intended to nurture the evil spirits in Exorcism Island Vol 1.

 

Art

While Father Gert Juncter from Austria wears a knitted hat and thick coat, the shorter Fr Julius Howt leaves his head bare and walks around in a long, thin coat. Tall and imposing, Father Jacob Miller from Chicago upbraids Fr William Pell for being too soft. When they sit at a dining table near the flames rising from a metal drum, Father Pascal Garrow from Kenya bemoans that they rarely enjoy meals together. But while Gigi chases naked escaped inmates across the island or watches a chained patient swallow a crucifix and spit out a rat, Cardinal Litarri twists and turns in his sleep in Vatican City.

 

Chris Matthews draws characters and backgrounds into beige panels. Colors differentiate memories, places, and time periods in Jordan Thomas’ story. Orange dominates the upheaval on the island, while purple attends unsettling events at the Vatican. Red welcomes the rise of a great evil. Instead of crosshatching or dots, Matthews uses color for shading and highlights to enhance the action and drama in Exorcism Island Vol 1.

 

Black uppercase letters inhabit white dialogue balloons and narrative, while a demonic dandy speaks white letters into their black brethren. Words occasionally grow bold for intonation, and balloons change shape when demons interact with the priests. Sound effects rock panels as trouble brews inside the Vatican, erupts at an archeological dig in the Carpathian Mountains, and threatens to destroy Gigi's future. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Thirteen doomed souls make life miserable for the priests assigned to care for them. As they strive to minister to them as best they can, Father Pyre wonders why they bother. He regards them as God’s janitors and believes they should put the patients out of their misery. But as the cynical priest carries out Cardinal Litarri’s orders, he discovers irregularities and infractions that he cannot sweep under the rug in Exorcism Island Vol 1.

 

Rating 9/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Exorcism Island Vol 1. 

Exorcism Island Vol 1 Preview

 

 

After facing a supernatural battle, Father Gianluca Amato undertakes a journey. Father Caso accompanies him on the plane. Once they land, Gianluca, or Gigi for short, walks inland with his superior. Their pilot and guide, Talin, grew up on a nearby island. But he only dares venture a short way inland.

As they pass a pit, it seems to speak to them. Then Gigi spots buildings in the valley below. Just like the young priest's recent trial overturned his life, the buildings form an upside down cross. What happens on this tropical island where palm trees freeze, and priests bundle up in winter clothes? And how will Gigi's new assignment shake his fragile faith? 

Here's all the info from Comixology:

 

Exorcism Island Vol 1

Written by Jordan Thomas

Art by Chris Matthews

Publisher: Comixology

ebook Price: $6.99

Release Date: April 28, 2026 

Following a confrontation with a possessed young woman Catholic priest, Gigi Amato finds himself being sent to an island where the Vatican keep all of the long term possession cases under the charge of a gang of psychologically and emotionally bruised priests. The priests attempt to keep the madness of the island under control but dark forces are working against them from all sides as evil digs its nails into their spiritually poisoned, isolated home. 

 

 

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Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for sharing this preview with us.

Exorcism Island #5 Preview

 

Father Pyre didn't tell the priests what happened to the excavation crew that found the statue. Nor does he understand why the priests keep vigil over their possessed charges on a deserted island. But Father Pyre makes a frightening discovery when he returns to Rome. And after a demon escapes the statue and climbs inside a demon-possessed patient, the Dancing Priest organizes a prison break. 

 

The priests spent their days in prayer and religious rites. On occasion, they chased down a patient who escaped their bonds. They are not prepared for war. Can Father Gianluca Amato and his more experienced colleagues fight off an organized assault from their demon-possessed patients? Or will the Dancing Priest escape from Exorcism Island, and bring his taste for madness and death to the rest of the world? 

 

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Exorcism Island #5 Preview

Writer: Jordan Thomas

Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Chris Matthews

Publisher: Comixology Originals

Price: $2.99 (Free for Amazon Prime members)

Release Date: February 24, 2026

 

 

As the situation on the island goes full satanic supernova the priests are forced to make some tough choices if they are to have any hope of survival and to ensure the evil of the island does not escape out into the wider world. 

 

 

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Exorcism Island #4 Review

 

Writer: Jordan Thomas

Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Chris Matthews

Publisher: Comixology Originals

Price: $2.99 (Free for Amazon Prime members)

Release Date: January 27, 2026

 

Father Gianluca Amato tried his best. Still, he broke his vows. While that trauma haunts him, the young priest does his penance on a tortured isle. A team of priests stands guard over thirteen souls possessed by demons. Even before a strange statue arrived, the priests felt more like jailers than deliverers. How will the statue's arrival affect the demon-possessed victims on this Caribbean Island? And can Father Gianluca Amato forgive himself for the deaths he caused? Let’s grab our rosaries and holy water, leap into Exorcism Island #4, and see!

 

Story

Father Pyre doesn't care if anyone lives or dies. When he drops the statue off on the island, Pyre wonders why Father Howt and the priests don’t just kill the possessed people. Father Howt comforts Gianluca Amato when the statue shocks the young priest. Father Pyre didn't tell the priests what happened to the excavation crew that found the statue. But after spending so long in the presence of evil, Father Howt doubts the statue will calm their charges in Exorcism Island #4.

 

Cardinal Litarri sent Father Amato to the island after the young priest ministered to Lucia. But like the other priests stationed on Exorcist Island, Gianluca failed to cast the demon out of the troubled young woman. Despite the priests’ rigorous schedule of religious practices, one of the demon-possessed people killed Father Borra. And Father Jacob Miller won't let anyone else into one cabin, where another priest sits in chains.

 

In Jordan Thomas's story, the priests feel like they are failing. Still, things are about to change in Exorcism Island #4. After the Dancing Prince slips out of the MesoAmerican-style statue, the demon finds a host in one of the already possessed inmates. The Dancing Prince frees his subject, then sets off to free more. When violence erupts, the priests realize they must abandon the procedures and practices that made their lives a trial without delivering a single success.

 

Art

Father Howt, the island's leader, evokes Christopher Lee with a beard. Jacob Miller, a tall, bald man with a talent for sarcasm, often criticizes blonde-haired William Pell. Gert Juncter resembles a younger Father Howt, but the tall Austrian has a more closely trimmed beard. Like Pascal Garrow from Kenya, Italian priest Gianluca Amato is a slender young man with dark hair. Most of the priests wear coats, and all sit near fires when they gather for meals on this sunny, tropical island. The inmates don't feel the pervading cold. Like the pigs that attack their neighbors when a demon inhabits them, the possessed people feel no shame in nakedness.

 

Chris Matthews draws characters and backgrounds into beige panels. Yellow, green, blue, and pink differentiated memories, places, and time periods in previous issues. In Exorcism Island #4, orange dominates the upheaval on the island, while purple attends the curious discoveries at the Vatican. By using orange to heighten the gleeful George Washington-like Dancing Priest, Chris Matthews reminds us of the realm the demons call home.

 

Black uppercase letters inhabit white dialogue balloons, while the host of the Dancing Prince speaks white letters into black balloons and narrative boxes. Words occasionally grow bold for intonation, and balloons change shape when demons interact with the priests. Sound effects rock panels as the Dancing Priest surprises priests more than John Travolta shocked parents of disco dancing teens in Saturday Night Fever. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

As the deadly forces threatening the priests build into a supernatural storm, the priests who feel like failures become Humanity's only hope of preventing an Army of Darkness from invading the Earth in Exorcism Island #4.

 

Rating 8.8/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Exorcism Island #4. 

Exorcism Island #4 Preview

 

 

William Friedkin's 1973 movie, "The Exorcist", excited viewers imaginations. People flocked to cinemas to see the movie, and TV stations replayed it endlessly. Even in its edited form, and watched on small, square Black & White tube TVs, the story of valiant priests trying to banish a demon from young Regan MacNeil compelled like few other movies. 

There have been many other movies filmed about priests attempting to banish the forces of Hell since then, and likely many more novels written by authors inspired by William Peter Blatty's seminal novel. How will Jordan Thomas and Chris Matthews' new tale enhance this corner of the Horror genre? And how will a recently excavated statue upset the balance on an isolated Caribbean island where Catholic priests attend to thirteen cases of demon possession?

Here's all the info from Comixology: 

 

Exorcism Island #4 Preview

Writer: Jordan Thomas

Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Chris Matthews

Publisher: Comixology Originals

Price: $2.99 (Free for Amazon Prime members)

Release Date: January 27, 2026

 

The true evil behind everything reveals themselves as the dark forces the priests have barely been able to contain bubble to the surface.

 

 

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