It’s been an exciting
year for Dark Horse as they’ve tried to challenge the Big 2 by expanding their
reach into the superhero genre. Although Dark Horse has always had a flagship
“superhero” in Hellboy they’ve never been a contender in that department
because Hellboy’s been more a supernatural book than the “proper” capes and
spandex superhero. Although they’ve had some success with Captain Midnight, X,
Ghost and Brain Boy, I think Donny Cates and Mark Reznicek’s Buzzkill is the
most ambitious of the Dark Horse superhero movement due to the sheer force of its originality.
Originality is very hard to find today in modern comics (modern anything
really) because it’s such a risk. But getting into the superhero business
against the Big 2 is a pretty large risk by itself, so Dark Horse already
proves that they’re a little drunk on danger. So does Buzzkill’s original
spirit kill Dark Horse’s buzz? (Sorry had to.)
