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Review: Rivers of London: Night Witch #2.4

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RoL NW Cover ADesperate to find his missing daughter, Russian oligarch Nestor Yakunin has resorted to extreme methods – he has kidnapped innocent civilians to force Peter Grant and Thomas Nightingale – London’s elite wizarding policemen – to help in the search. But you play with magic, you’re going to get burnt…

Rivers of London: Night Witch #2.4 is a complex well-written story, with an ending that leaves you wanting more. The Russians have issued a ransom for a kidnapped child, that is oddly specific.That move only arouses more suspicion by the cops though not the rich family that is giving the ransom. The ending for me is highly surprising since it was beyond unexpected.

Like previous issues, the art is well done. We finally get to see the home of Peter’s Grant lover. The look is a highly modern in design and color scheme that really stands out in the issue.

Story: Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel Art: Luis Guerrero, Lee Sullivan
Story: 8.5 Art: 8 Overall: 8 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Rivers of London: Night Watch #2.4

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RIVERS OF LONDON: NIGHT WITCH #2.4

Writers: Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel
Artist: Lee Sullivan
Colors: Luis Guerrero
Cover A: Lee Sullivan
Cover B: Josh Cassara
FC – 32pp – $3.99 – On Sale: Jun 29

Desperate to find his missing daughter, Russian oligarch Nestor Yakunin has resorted to extreme methods – he has kidnapped innocent civilians to force Peter Grant and Thomas Nightingale – London’s elite wizarding policemen – to help in the search. But you play with magic, you’re going to get burnt…

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Review: Rivers of London #2.3

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RiversOfLondon_03_Cover_B_ALTWith a Russian Night Witch in custody, Peter and Nightingale should be having a lot more luck chasing down a rogue Leshy – a murderous spirit of the forest. But when the Russian Mafia are involved, nothing goes smoothly! Even worse, Lesley is back in London – and it’s anyone’s guess as to her agenda!

Kidnapping, magic, and a possible re-ignition of something from the Cold War, that’s Rivers of London #2.3. A mysterious unnamed figure from Nightangale’s past returns, with an offer. Meanwhile Peter and her try to find the missing Russian child. They’re trying to uncover the truth of the kidnapping as well as find the child and the culprits.

I feel the more the writers Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch seem to bring back the strange masked women, the more I’m curious to know why they chose to have her in a mask. While artistically well done by Lee Sullivan, it does leave one with questions about the woman. I do have one about the women on beautiful main cover; is she the water women from the first issue?

Story: Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch Art: Lee Sullivan
Story: 9 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Rivers of London: Night Witch #3

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RIVERS OF LONDON: NIGHT WITCH #3

Writer: Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel
Artist: Lee Sullivan
Colours: Luis Guerrero
Cover A: Lee Sullivan
Cover B: Mariano Laclaustra
FC – 32PP – $3.99 – On Sale: May 18

With a Russian Night Witch in custody, Peter and Nightingale should be having a lot more luck chasing down a rogue Leshy – a murderous spirit of the forest. But when the Russian Mafia are involved, nothing goes smoothly! Even worse, Lesley is back in London – and it’s anyone’s guess as to her agenda!

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Review: Rivers of London: Night Witch #2

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RiversOfLondon_2.2_Cover_AFollowing a disastrous attempt to ‘recruit’ the witch, Vavara, a Russian oligarch turns his sights on Peter Grant and Thomas Nightingale – two of London’s finest policemen and its only wizards – to help recover his  daughter – apparently kidnapped by dark elemental forces. But for Peter and Nightingale, a dark betrayal from the past is about rear its ugly head…

Rivers of London: Night Witch #2 is just as strange as the last one, if not more so. The issue picks up where the previous left off as both sides put pressure to find a missing kid who vanished from his parent’s backyard. It all wouldn’t be so strange if it weren’t for Russian gangsters and the possible involvement of a supernatural creature.

The more I read this series, the more I love the urban fantasy style of the artwork by Lee Sullivan. Each issue seems to increase the complexity of the scenes, as they add a more complex environment. The one strange scene I won’t spoil, has a detailed, and beautiful execution.

Story: Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch Art: Lee Sullivan
Story: 8.5 Art: 9 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Rivers Of London: Night Witch #2

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Rivers Of London: Night Witch #2

Writers: Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel
Artist: Lee Sullivan
Colorist: Luis Guerrero
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC – 32PP – $3.99 – On Sale: April 13

Following a disastrous attempt to ‘recruit’ the witch, Vavara, a Russian oligarch turns his sights on Peter Grant and Thomas Nightingale – two of London’s finest policemen and its only wizards – to help recover his  daughter – apparently kidnapped by dark elemental forces. But for Peter and Nightingale, a dark betrayal from the past is about rear its ugly head…

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Review: Rivers of London Vol. 2 Night Witch #1

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RoL_Nightwitch_Cover_A - Paul McCaffreyA police vehicle on a routine prison transfer in north London is stormed by Russian hoodlums seeking to free a very particular prisoner. Their target is a witch. A very powerful witch who doesn’t want to be free. Things rapidly turn very ugly for the hoods and it’s soon a job for full-time police constable and part-time wizard, Peter Grant.

Strange things are afoot, as Russian thugs try to break a witch out of an armored car. Not just your run of the mill witch, one who served in a unique Russian unit during WWII. Which isn’t the strangest thing that happens, in Rivers of London: Night Witch #1. I could say more but, that would spoil things.

Compared to the first volume, the art style changes some, as the story itself changes. Unlike the last volume that is more focused on the possessed car this one is more character focused. That seems to bolster the degree of realism, that the world itself has. Even the characters itself seem to be more grounded, in history as they reveal a few backstories.

Story: Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch Art: Lee Sullivan
Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9 Recommendation: Buy

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Review: Rivers of London Volume 1: Body work

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Peter Grant looks look your average London police officer, but he is actually a part-time wizard in a very elite branch of the Metropolitan Police. It’s his job to investigate those crimes that regular cops don’t like to talk about because they often involve vampires or strange things in Underground tunnels.

Peter’s latest case features a self-driving killer automobile, a Serbian refugee, the Most Haunted Car in England, a handsome drug dealer with a nice paisley scarf and a seemingly harmless wooden bench with a dark past!

This collects the sell-out smash mini-series, Rivers of London: Body Work!

Part detective story, and part supernatural thriller. The story follows a haunted car, a murder, and an unnamed agency that specializes in magic/supernatural crimes. Of course nothing is as it seems as everything goes from a seemingly normal car accident, turns into something much more complicated.

While the magic is subtle for the most part, you can tell there is a reason for that. Given they operate with some degree of desecration in a modern world. The artist seems to understand that, and does his a great job to make the supernatural/magical world hidden, yet obvious. All that while maintaining a degree of realism to the world.

Story: Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch Art: Lee Sullivan
Story: 8.5 Art: 9 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: Rivers of London: The Night Witch #1

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RIVERS OF LONDON: THE NIGHT WITCH #1

Writer: Ben Aaronovich, Andrew Cartmel
Artists: Lee Sullivan, Luis Guerrero
Cover A: Paul McCaffrey
Cover B: Alex Ronald
Cover C: Lee Sullivan
Cover D: Blank Sketch
PUBLISHER: TITAN COMICS
PAGE COUNT: 32PP
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE DATE: March 16

A police vehicle on a routine prison transfer in north London is stormed by Russian hoodlums seeking to free a very particular prisoner. Their target is a witch. A very powerful witch who doesn’t want to be free. Things rapidly turn very ugly for the hoods and it’s soon a job for full-time police constable and part-time wizard, Peter Grant.

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Preview: Rivers of London: Body of Work Collection

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RIVERS OF LONDON: BODY WORK COLLECTION

Writer: Ben Aaronovich, Andrew Cartmel
Artists: Lee Sullivan, Luis Guerrero
PUBLISHER: TITAN COMICS
PAGE COUNT: 128 PP
PRICE: $14.99
RELEASE DATE: March 2

Peter Grant looks look your average London police officer, but he is actually a part-time wizard in a very elite branch of the Metropolitan Police. It’s his job to investigate those crimes that regular cops don’t like to talk about because they often involve vampires or strange things in Underground tunnels.

Peter’s latest case features a self-driving killer automobile, a Serbian refugee, the Most Haunted Car in England, a handsome drug dealer with a nice paisley scarf and a seemingly harmless wooden bench with a dark past!

Collecting the sell-out smash mini-series, Rivers of London: Body Work!

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