Veil Issue #1 Review

Title:	Veil
Contributors:	Greg Rucka Toni Feizula
Publisher:	Dark Horse
Issue #:	1
Year:	2014
Pages:	32 Pages
Age Rating:	18+ (Violence, Gore, Nudity, Adult Themes)
Story Grade:	B
Art Grade:	A

After my scathing review of She-Hulk #2's art work, particularly my point about cover art not representing the art contained within a book, it is nice to know I can get some justification for my rant in that review. Notice the cover above? Notice the art in the actual pages to the right and below? Notice how the cover art represents the art contained within the book?

Also notice how the art is consistent throughout the book? Can I get an amen for a consistent art in a book and on a cover. Give it up to Dark Horse for doing it right. And right now I can finally see where so many others have had some serious concerns over the Star Wars comics moving to Marvel after Disney's purchase from Lucasarts last year. I finally do.

Veil Issue #1 promises to lead us through a very interesting tale. Basically, this woman wakes up, naked, in a subway, barely able to speak and sounding like Dr. Seuss character when she does speak. When she makes it out onto the street anyone who tries messing with her, ends up in a bad way; a very bad way. That is all I am going to give away about the plot.

This is easily rated a very adult comic. There is nudity, though most of it is implied, covered through nice use of shadows, so not very graphic. There is very adult themes; innuendoes and suggestions of rape, prostitution and other sexual recreations litter the pages. So parents, please consider yourselves warned.

The use of the nudity and the sexual nature of book is done in such a way as to not demean the main character, Veil, which happens to be female. Although much of the sexual innuendo is referenced at her, the way it is done is oddly diffused. Even the violence is diffused. It is still graphic, but the impact is minimal... not shocking. I think at lot of that credit goes to the artist, Toni Feizula. His style definitely has a fine art feel to it which softens that initial blow the violence and nudity might bring to the comic otherwise. I mean to see a nude woman in the middle of a bustling downtown or seeing a guy's head blown open and not react says something about the artist ability to instill a sense of calm in the scene he is painting.

The book leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but it is all the right questions... I definitely want to know more about Veil and this book invites you stick around for the next chapter. I definitely will. I graded this book a solid B+. This is a great opening to a series with fantastic artistic styling mixed with a an intriguing story in the pages.

Until next time... Happy Unveiling.