DEADBOX. Issue 1 | Vault Comics | Comic Book Review | JRAILS247 with Ultra Q

<p>This new horror comic from @thevaultcomics wasn't exactly what I was expecting</p> <p><br></p> <p>I was anticipating Tales From the Darkside (throwback tv horror anthology) but what showed up was an episode of The Twilight Zone</p> <p>💥</p> <p><br></p> <p>It's a story within a story (within a story, I think, because we the readers seem to be somehow part of the story since we're reading it.. you know, like The Never Ending Story and we're Bastian. I know, it's kinda confusing 😂)</p> <p><br></p> <p>A young woman, who's supposed to be returning college, can't leave her extreme middle American town of Wild Turkey (whatever you're thinking about the people who live there, the answer is yes)</p> <p><br></p> <p>Her father has suddenly fallen ill with a mysterious ailment. We don't see him and have no idea what sickness until the very end. And for good reason. Telling us too soon would have given away the obvious main plot point.</p> <p><br></p> <p>While the young woman interacts with her stereotypical rural neighbors and customers at the grocery shop she runs for her dad, she is both narrating a sociology textbook she's reading (to us) and also watching an obscure and unknown scifi movie (with us) from a DVD rental machine filled with mysteriously unheard of movies her father bought for the store right before he became sick.</p> <p><br></p> <p>I hope you know where I'm going with this. Life begins to imitate art (or books and movies) in this randomly paced, morally ambiguous story, with a very unsurprising close to the first issue</p> <p>💥</p> <p><br></p> <p>Cons : Storyline is not really original. And no where near a horror</p> <p><br></p> <p>Pros : I loved the play on words... hint, Redbox 😂. And I'm honestly curious to see how they pick up on issue 2. Same characters with an extended story in the story, or brand new?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Overall: Give it a try. It was an interesting 15min read 😬</p> <p><br></p> <p>💥</p> <p>#comicbooks #comics #comicbookart #vaultcomics #vaultcomicbooks #horrorcomics #horrorcomicboo