This 48-page special includes all King’s Road chapters from Dark Horse Presents by Peter Hogan and Phil Winslade—and an additional issue’s worth of story drawn by the new King’s Road art team! Artist Staz Johnson and colorist Douglas A. Sirois join Hogan to continue this tale of a family on the run from magical, other-dimensional monsters.

While slightly confusing at times, King’s Road‘s story is interesting, and complex to say the least. Something about the story reminds me some of Alice in Wonderland, but just on a much larger, and less crazy scale. For the most part the story is told through a mix of flashbacks to Avalon, and the effect of the flashbacks on one particular family who lives in the real world. Of course it goes without saying the family is anything but normal.

While the both worlds are well drawn, the real world is much more prevalent in this issue. Of course there is some creatures from Avalon who have come to the real world seeking the death of the family. Those creatures clearly are meant to stand out in the brightness of the real world, yet blend in to the normal populace of reality. While the magical world is really only seen in flashbacks, they are extremely well down.

Story: Peter Hogan Art: Phil Winslade, Staz Johnson
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review