Josephine joins forces with the demon Edimmu to avoid a horrific attack, but when she comes to, she has no memory of how she got to the train station. When she realizes the demon is manipulating her and that she has no choice but to accept his help, she confronts Father Santos and returns to the site of the failed exorcism…where Vatican forces are waiting for them! Excommunicated #2 ups the violence as our unlikely pair must figure out what exactly is going on.

Written by Jeremy Robinson, Excommunicated #2 is simply a buddy-cop story with a rather odd pairing. Instead of the cop that plays by the rules and the wild card, we get a former nun who generally plays by the rules and a demon who for some reason can’t go back to hell. Both are trying to figure out what’s going on and why sending them on a series of moments as they try to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Josephine and Edimmu are an interesting pairing with potential. They obviously don’t get along and generally don’t like each other but are forced to work together to try to figure out each of their mysteries. Someone tried to kill Josephine and someone has locked Edimmu out of hell. Most likely… the same someone. It’s not that complicated of a concept but it’s pairing delivers something new and interesting. The comic has potential as the two debate religion and various beliefs and rules but the comic only touches upon that topic briefly at various times leaving serious debate with the reader and themselves.

The art by Tiago Palma is fun with color by Manuel J. Rodriguez and lettering by Jim Campbell. The comic looks good with the character designs and it delivers a lot of its humor with images that are exaggerated and over the top in their delivery. There’s some interesting aspects to the art, particularly when the demon possesses individuals, and more than enough to give the comic a pop sense to its craziness.

Excommunicated #2 is a fun comic that doesn’t take itself too seriously and is the shallow action story its story genes generally deliver. This isn’t a story of depth, instead going for crazy action and violence, enough to give pause to catch all of the details of the carnage. It’s an overall fun issue that delivers on the potential of the series, one you can sit back and enjoy without thinking too much.

Story: Jeremy Robinson Art: Tiago Palma
Color: Manuel J. Rodriguez Letterer: Jim Campbell
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.15 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read

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