House Of Mystery #1

I had no idea that this book was coming out until I saw it somewhere in the top 5 or 10 most pulled books for the week and I was like "what the heck is this". After going and looking it up (Vertigo put out a very good sneak peek that sold me this book) I was extremely excited for it and I am glad to say I loved it.
I think this has the potential to be the next great series to come out of Vertigo. That said it is very much a Vertigo title and is clearly not for everyone. It is very reminiscent of some of my favourite moments out of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" Series, with the ties that it makes to Cain and Abel and the dreaming. I feel that the story itself can remain fresh for a very long run as long as they keep the focus on the characters in the House and what they are dealing with, if it gets too caught up in the stories that they are telling it will risk becoming simply a platform for Sturges and Willingham to tell random stories. This could work for some time but would become repetitive and boring after a while. Luca Rossi's art was amazing in this book it captured the emotion of the characters perfectly. The only thing that made this a slightly less than perfect reading experience was Willingham's story (which also had very good art by Ross Campbell) made me gag a little.
I also wanted to mention that this is my first exposure to both Sturges and Willingham. Fables has been on my "must read" list for a very long time now and reading this might just push it to the top.