The Order of the Circle
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London. The winter of 1952. A mysterious and deadly Smog has enveloped the city leaving it in a panic. Crime is up, hospitals are overrun, businesses are closed and all travel is shut down. It's the perfect cover for Dorothy Schafer to carry out her revenge plan against The Circle-an agency of mages and witches sworn to protect London from crime and disease since the Middle Ages. Under The Circle's rules, Dorothy's husband, John, was unjustly found guilty of murder and the punishment was swift: a Demon was summoned and dragged him straight to Hell. To get vengeance for her husband, Dorothy undertakes a quest to craft a blade for battle against The Circle...and Hell itself.
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While I really liked the art and the idea of the story I find myself feeling underwhelmed by the actual execution. Somehow the comic feels incomplete, perhaps because of it´s short length. I feel like they tried to cram a story that could have been easily expanded in a couple episodes in a single volumen that's only a 100 pages long! Everything happens quite fast and it ends up being slightly confusing as a lot of stuff just doesn't have any explanation, nor there's any kind of worldbuilding. The magic seemed interesting but there's no explanation to how It works, how one can improve, become stronger, etc. Perhaps some stuff will be explained and expanded on future installments but so far I see no indication of this being a comic with more than this single release?
I just feel like they had a good idea, they should have just let the comic breathe,
