Pantheon

by Marc Andreyko, Stephen Molnar (Illustrator)

Created by TV and movie star, Michael Chiklis! Earth in the near future is a place where the only gods worshipped are money and power. When black-market artifacts dealer Hamilton Finch stumbles upon a cache of ancient treasures, he does not expect to come face-to-face with Zeus himself! Is it true? Do the gods walk among us? And what event has caused them to show themselves after so many millennia?

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2010

About the author

Marc Andreyko is a comic book and screenplay writer, best known for writing the 2000s ongoing series Manhunter for DC Comics.

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an ok but not great title about the ancient gods of greece returning to Earth in the near-future. The focus is on the sarcastic Hamilton, an black market antiques dealer who inadvertantly helps to re-awaken Zeus. Hamilton acts as a guide of sorts to Zeus, who sets out to find his fellow gods before some unexplained bad stuff involving the ancient Titans and Ares starts to happen. This is really the first chapter to what looks to be a fairly long series; while it has some promise it's really hard to tell based on this one installment.

The art in general is fairly super-hero oriented. The action is done well, although Andreyko seems to have some issues with basic human anatomy. I may try the second one if I stumble across it, but I'm not going to work too hard to find it.