House Of Mystery #1
Matthew Sturges, writer of the Eisner-nominated JACK OF FABLES, and his JACK co-writer Bill Willingham, proudly unlock the doors to the HOUSE OF MYSTERY, a new ongoing series that reinvents a classic DC Comics concept. HOUSE OF MYSTERY focuses on five characters trapped in a supernatural bar, trying to solve the mystery of how and why they're imprisoned there. Each one has a terrible past they'd like to forget, and with no books, newspapers or TV allowed in the House, they face an eternity of boredom. But stories become the new currency, and fortunately, the House attracts only the finest storytellers.
Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham
Art by Luca Rossi
Cover by Sam Weber
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
Reviews
| User | Added | Spoilers | |
| WadeWilson | 05/11/08 | No | Read Review |
| Ilash | 05/10/08 | No | Read Review |
| DDevil1964 | 05/10/08 | No | Read Review |
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Avg Rating: 4.1
Comments
Yeah, I'll be picking this up too. I just feel like I'm beginning to put all my eggs into too few baskets. Pretty much everything I get anymore is written by Willingham, Johns, Bendis, or Brubaker. I need to start branching out more. I do hold out hope that this will be good though.
Posted by JonSamuelson on 05/06/08 at 04:55 PM
I didn't pick this one up, but paged through it in the comic shop.
WEIRDNESS! The fly on girl scene was a bit too much for me.
Posted by Superyan on 05/07/08 at 09:30 PM
The fly story was so awesome!
Posted by NealAppeal on 05/07/08 at 10:02 PM
Have they released any preview art for future issues? I love the art in the framing sequence, but if Willingham gets cream-of-the-crop rotating artists to do his backup stories (as in this first issue), this could be fantastic. And since the writing on Jack of Fables has been muddy/meandering, hopefully, the forced structure of HoM will keep everyone more focused. I'd love to see Joshua Middleton do a story. He has been woefully mis-used ever since he went DC exclusive.
Posted by FablesBroughtMeBack on 05/08/08 at 08:21 AM
This was completely fun.
Posted by southbymidwest on 05/08/08 at 01:37 PM
my pick of the week but that scene with the little baby flies.. o man... cringe cringe cringe!!!
@FablesBroughtMeBack: Joshua Middleton would be PERFECT for one of these stories. Good call!
Posted by gat0rl1vebeatz on 05/08/08 at 08:45 PM
This was a pretty good read. Hopefully the continuing "framing" story will be enough to keep people on board so this doesn't suffer the same fate that anthology titles usually do.
Posted by JohnVFerrigno on 05/09/08 at 04:36 PM
The backup story kind of reminded me of Wasteland, a pre-Vertigo DC horror anthology from... 1989/1990? That series was hit and miss, but still worth reading, and well-worth tracking down for cheap if you can. I don't think it was ever collected in trade.
Posted by FablesBroughtMeBack on 05/11/08 at 09:08 AM
Trapped in a house with no books, newspapers or TV? All they need to add is some drunk idiots & loose women with the brains of door knobs, and it sounds like Supernatural Big Brother.
I'll be reading this ... it looks good in the previews. Hopefully it lives up to the hype!
Posted by WadeWilson on 05/06/08 at 07:40 AM