Most people, when they think of Puritans, think either of deluded idiots burning "witches" left and right, or boring, overly pious, dudes in black, wearing funny hats, and serving turkey on Thanksgiving. Lucky for us, pulp genius Robert E. Howard was not "most people." REH thought Puritan and created a grim, butt-kicking, fighter, who beat down evil for the Lord. Howard was a man wise in the ways of awesome pulp fiction!
Dark Horse comics has already experienced great success with their adaptation of Howard's most renowned character, the boisterous, honorable, and mighty-thewed barbarian, Conan. They are clearly bringing the same level of care and attention to the comic book version of Howard's fighting Puritan, Solomon Kane. This project has amazingly lush and detailed art, with a wood print-like quality, from artist Mario Guevara, and a script by Dark Horse horror editor Scott Allie. Add in character designs by Guy Davis and a story by REH, and this book has all the ingredients for excellence.
Solomon Kane himself couldn't be more different than REH's famous barbarian. Sure, both men are likely to leave their enemies bleeding on the ground, but the similarities end there. Where Conan is raucous and enjoys drinking, wenching, and brawling, Kane is a grim, rigid, joyless man, who lives only to serve God. Conan travels his world mostly to line his own pockets with gold, but Kane roams the land merely seeking to fulfill whatever purpose his Lord intends.
In The Castle of the Devil, Solomon Kane finds himself in the Black Forest of Germany. It is not a welcoming place, but when he finds a seemingly innocent young boy hanging from a gibbet, he feels moved to visit the dreaded castle of the local Baron. And by "moved" I mean that he feels he will probably have to walk in to the Baron's own stronghold and "ease him of his evil life." Of course, Kane, and his fellow traveler John Silent, soon discovers that all may not be as it seems in the Baron's home...
Solomon Kane #2 is this week's guaranteed Book of the Week but, thanks be to providence, there are copies of #1 still to be had! Don't waver from the course of right, for weak men soon fall into the hands of evil. It will do your soul naught but good to read the adventures of the purest man ever to cut the devil down to size: Solomon Kane! Besides, you wouldn't want to give him any reason to suspect that you are not on the side of right, now would you?
Dark Horse comics has already experienced great success with their adaptation of Howard's most renowned character, the boisterous, honorable, and mighty-thewed barbarian, Conan. They are clearly bringing the same level of care and attention to the comic book version of Howard's fighting Puritan, Solomon Kane. This project has amazingly lush and detailed art, with a wood print-like quality, from artist Mario Guevara, and a script by Dark Horse horror editor Scott Allie. Add in character designs by Guy Davis and a story by REH, and this book has all the ingredients for excellence.
Solomon Kane himself couldn't be more different than REH's famous barbarian. Sure, both men are likely to leave their enemies bleeding on the ground, but the similarities end there. Where Conan is raucous and enjoys drinking, wenching, and brawling, Kane is a grim, rigid, joyless man, who lives only to serve God. Conan travels his world mostly to line his own pockets with gold, but Kane roams the land merely seeking to fulfill whatever purpose his Lord intends.
In The Castle of the Devil, Solomon Kane finds himself in the Black Forest of Germany. It is not a welcoming place, but when he finds a seemingly innocent young boy hanging from a gibbet, he feels moved to visit the dreaded castle of the local Baron. And by "moved" I mean that he feels he will probably have to walk in to the Baron's own stronghold and "ease him of his evil life." Of course, Kane, and his fellow traveler John Silent, soon discovers that all may not be as it seems in the Baron's home...
Solomon Kane #2 is this week's guaranteed Book of the Week but, thanks be to providence, there are copies of #1 still to be had! Don't waver from the course of right, for weak men soon fall into the hands of evil. It will do your soul naught but good to read the adventures of the purest man ever to cut the devil down to size: Solomon Kane! Besides, you wouldn't want to give him any reason to suspect that you are not on the side of right, now would you?
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