Publisher: Dynamite
Writers: Tim Seeley and Jim Terry
Artist: Jim Terry
Editor: Joe Rybrandt
Release date: OUT NOW!
Price: $3.99
The hard-bitten journalist in me was determined to review Alice Cooper Vs. Chaos #1 with professional detachment and to focus on the relative merits of the writing and artwork when compared to the prevailing trends of the marketplace. But all the time I was doing it the rock fan inside me was whispering in my ear: This is Alice Cooper! And he ROCKS!
Not that this is the first time the horror-rock maestro has graced the pages of a comic book but with Dynamite’s growing reputation for breathing new life into off-beat ideas and resurrecting older and/or neglected characters this may well prove to be his longest encore to date.
The premise of Alice Cooper Vs. Chaos #1 is simple: by day he’s mild mannered rock star Alice Cooper, by night he’s the Lord of Nightmares battling supernatural BEM’s with aid of his faithful snake Kachina. Meanwhile, the vampire assassin Chastity has just made a big kill, and I do mean big, which brings her into the orbit of Purgatori, Mistress of Blood, as Alice heads for Chicago for the latest stop on his tour. Vex, one of the monster teenagers, gets possessed by a spirit that quotes Alice Cooper lyrics. And, oh, yes, Lucifer wades into the fray building an army of evil.
Could Alice Cooper Vs. Chaos #1 be any better? Judge it by any criteria you want and it still deserves to be a mega hit. This is Alice Cooper! And Alice still ROCKS!
Reviewer: Gary Orchard
Reviews Editor: Steve Hooker