No Angel

No Angel #1-4

by Adrianne Palicki, Eric Palicki, Ari Syahrazad (Artist)

Religious texts from The Bible to the Sumerian tablets speak of strange creatures descending from the heavens and mating with humans, their children the superhuman heroes of myth. None of this ever meant anything to Iraq War veteran Hannah Gregory, until she found herself in the crosshairs of a dangerous cult convinced that she's a descendant of these mysterious bloodlines... bloodlines they're determined to eradicate. Collects issues 1-4.

"Pure insanity, in the most awesome way possible." - Matthew Dow Smith (The X-Files, The October Girl)

"No Angel heralds a remarkable new--yet not entirely unfamiliar--voice in comics. It's fun, smart reading that makes you want the next one right away." -Jeph Loeb (Captain White, Yellow)

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

104 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2018

About the author

Adrianne Lee Palicki is an American actress. She has an older brother, Eric, a comic book writer who influenced her interest in comics.
(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Y'know those characters on a supernatural procedural that you wish had their own entire show? That's No Angel. Very cinematic, it takes place in the small hometown of Hannah Gregory, an Iraq War veteran returning to investigate and mourn the deaths of her father and brother. The information is obviously missing something at first glance, and when Hannah scratches at the surface the discoveries pour out, each one stranger than the last.

For Fans of: Lazarus and/or Black Magick by Greg Rucka, the Constantine mythos, Donny Cates’ Babyteeth, the Buffyverse but more specifically the Angel comics, and especially any Supernatural fans.

Art: A hard boiled detective story look matches Hannah's gruff mood, with long shadows and heavy inks. The villain in this arc is biblically spooky in concept, and their visual presence lives up to that.

Sell it: To anyone always down for a hard case about some cult stuff that happens to be real.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

More like 3.5 stars. I liked it but a lot of the dialogue seemed like over-used lines from movies/tv. Would like to see where the story goes but don’t know if there’s ever going to be a second volume as it’s been a few years now and there’s no mention of anymore issues being released

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked that it got immediately into the story with the backstory folding into the action. I like the thoughts for the next villain. Only some small logic concerns I won’t worry about itemizing that it is 4-stars.

[Jack Imeshi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never thought there could be bad acting in a comic book but I stand corrected.