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SHADOWFLAME #1-4

ARCANA STUDIOS

Got home today and found the heating boiler blown but a package for me with “Comics” written on it.

What a joy -Shadowflame #1-4 from Arcana were inside.

All of the covers were very eye-catching and certainly books I would have taken a look at if they had been on the store shelves.  I’d guess that the cover for issue 3 would be my favourite.  I should point out that I mean the front cover of #3 -all four issues have front and back covers.  Very nifty.

Now,the story seemed to read well and pacing was fine.  The art looked a little like the art you’d find in those old black and white Independents of the 1970s/1980s and thought “this would be great if in colour!”  It seems that Joe Martino as creator/writer/penciller has obviously put a lot  into this project -as you’d since this character has been running around his head since 1985 or so!

I think the inking by Peter Palmiotti is good,though in #3 Naser Subashi does an excellent job on the art chores  and Rick Buckler Jr. does a fine,action packed art job in #4.

The look of Dr Anarchy and Desiree I love and I hope to see more of the Shadowflame universe in future.  This is a good flagship title for any Independent comic company and I’d urge anyone who really wants to read a good  action-packed,fun,well drawn super hero comic not from Marvel or DC -this one from Arcana is for you!

You can find out more at:

http://www.arcanastudio.com or http://www.jgmcomics.com

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