I’m not sure I can think of another comic book as reread-unfriendly as Solomon Kane. Allie’s script is all geared for the revealing the mystery. Nothing interesting happens along the way, just the setups for the various cliffhangers.
I suppose Kane not being a particularly dynamic character has something to do with, but he’s also a lame protagonist. He’s a holier-than-thou know-it-all who doesn’t even properly identify the bad guy in the story.
He’d be more interesting as a vampire.
As for the art, Guevara starts the issue a little bit better but it quickly descends into shoddiness. He’s got multiple panels, close-ups on characters, where it’s clear the art work isn’t, first, not inked pencils and, second, not even a complete drawing.
It looks like Dark Horse was trying to find the poverty row Cary Nord.
They succeeded.
Gravity alone moves the book.
And don’t forget those really ugly John Cassady covers. Boy, he’s just hackin’ it out these days…I guess it’s hard to turn down good money.