Prophecy

“Prophecy” #1 is a difficult sell because the premise shouldn’t work. It’s one tale featuring Sherlock Holmes, Red Sonja, Vampirella and Dracula. Those are four flavors that surely won’t work together and yet Ron Marz actually manages a decent feat of weaving this comic into coherence and genre consistency. This introductory issue drops a series of interesting concepts and then actually makes you want to return to see what happens next. Different times periods is how Marz does it. He shows us Red Sonja in the distant past while Holmes and Watson are in their correct time. By keeping our lead characters apart, Marz helps to build the credibility for each character before later thrusting them into similar spheres. This decision goes a long way to making this story start smoothly. The central story and conceit is silly but it’s also fun. If you’re signing up for this story, we can only assume you turned up for the promise of fun and you’ll get it. Red Sonja is the main star so far and s