GhostBox Issue #4 Review
Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram)
The last two issues of GhostBox by Mike Carey, Pablo Raimondi, and Jose Villarruba started with witticisms or at least lines that sounded sarcastically fun. That’s not the case with issue #4, where the first page is a burst of chaos – the cop who was chasing protagonist Chloe is up in the air, surrounded by crazy visions of angels and demons.
Quick recap: Chloe and her sister Jan inherit a remote, dilapidated property from a distant uncle and come into possession of a mysterious box that houses several dead souls. Jan is murdered by a dangerous shape-shifting monster hunting for the box and finds herself transported into it after death. Meanwhile, Chloe is accused of her sister’s murder, leaving her pursued by both the police and the monsters seeking the ghostbox. Issue #3 of GhostBox ends with a blonde-haired ghost possessing Jan’s already dead body, while Chloe performs a cleansing ritual to get rid of the evil demons tracking her.
So, issue #4 is all about Chloe trying to figure out what to do with the GhostBox, while the villains attempt to track her down. At this point, GhostBox is beginning to get a little convoluted and uninteresting to follow. I am usually a big fan of colored comics and bright shades, but the artwork in this issue felt overwhelming – I found it hard to keep my attention up and follow the pages. Amid the whole ‘angels versus demons’ business, there is a whole lot of politics and power play going on in the ghost world, which might be intriguing for some viewers but is already tiring me out.
Like I said in my previous reviews, Chloe still hasn’t grown on me as the principal protagonist, and I might just stop following the series. The artwork is decent, but the storytelling lacks the kind of magic, mania, and energy needed to keep readers invested in the tale.
Rating: 2.5 on 5. GhostBox is also available on Kindle Unlimited.
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