Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
Release: May 26th 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Source: Netgalley
Synopsis:
When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer’s Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos – and that she alone will destroy them, no matter the cost.
IT’S THE MONSTERS WHO SHOULD BE AFRAID.
When the children of Archer’s Peak—a sleepy town in the heart of America—begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see.
Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.
GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (The Woods, Batman: Detective Comics) teams with artist Werther Dell’Edera (Briggs Land) for an all-new story about staring into the abyss.
Something is Killing the Children Review:
A big thank you to NetGalley and BOOM! Studios for providing me an advanced reader’s copy of “Something is Killing the Children“. This is such an amazing book. If you mixed Stranger Things with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you have “Something is Killing the Children”. The story hooked me from the first page and had me glued till the end.
Firstly, I loved Erica as the main character. She comes off as the perfect action heroine filled with rage and anger, but also has empathy towards her friends. James was okay as the sidekick, but seemed to be quite weak and annoying at times. I also liked how Tommy gets involved in the plot of fighting the monsters. Moreover, the octopus was an intriguing character, and I still don’t know whether it is good or evil. The mysterious gang that Tommy sees when he gets his powers are strange as well. As you can see, I was completely engrossed and cannot wait to read what happens next.
The authors of this book have done a terrific job in the story-line and illustrations. The pacing is gradual but eerie and you keep wondering how it is going to turn out. This book is gory, but the gore adds well to the theme of the story. There are quite a lot of sub-plots left open ended, so I can see this series being released in more than 2 or 3 more volumes. I also loved the various variant cover gallery mentioned in the end, especially the one where Erica is jumping on top of the monster. The book also gives a snippet of “The Woods” by the same author, and I am interesting in reading this as well.
Overall, “Something is Killing the Children“ is completely entertaining to read if you are a fan of the genre!
