Prey for the Sinner: Origins #1 is a comic with story by Dolan Waddick with Marat Mychaels and art by Andrey Lunatic, Shelby Robertson, and Sean Lee. Synthia undergoes violent training to become something new. This is a science fiction anti-hero comic that brutally shows us how Synthia got her start hunting criminals. The leading lady here is Synthia, she is a woman who has been through something tragic and she now has superhuman levels of strength, agility, durability, etc. This story begins with Synthia jumping out of a hospital window on to the street below as a masked man watches nearby. Synthia then walks down an alleyway followed by the masked man (from a distance) when she is accosted by multiple strange and feral-looking men. This takes place in a world with non-human aliens and advanced technology. The violence here is very brutal with some gore but surprisingly no blood. This comic has either fast-paced or slow-paced scenes with almost no in-between. The tone here is that of a lengthy training montage that you’d see about 20 minutes into a superhero movie. Though there is a melodramatic air present the bulk of the intensity here comes from the violence. Most of the dialogue here is very descriptive and verbose at times with rare thought narration from the lead. There aren’t any word-heavy pages but a couple get close and there are some thick text bubbles. This is an entertaining debut comic that dives into the violent beginnings of a vengeful character that stars in another series.

            The art her is drawn in a detailed realistic modern style with strong shading.  A majority of the colors here are dark in tone with blue, purple, and black being used the most. This takes place near the downtown area of city with no natural scenery unless you count rain. The main location here is a secret headquarters with bright screens and concrete walls. Backgrounds do an overall decent job of showing the actual surroundings which tends to be metallic or the aforementioned concrete. The expression level here is a bit below average as hard and unfeeling looks are the norm. Most the emotions shown are related to pain like sadness but there is also some anger. Faces have a higher level of detail which leads to just about every expression being clear. The violence is primarily physical with MMA-style fighting and the occasional firearm use with no blood and some light gore. There is one main action scene in the middle of this issue and it is basically a training montage with different angles, panel variety, and a double-page spread.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like science fiction revenge stories that star a wronged woman and features strong violence then this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Gruesomeness, light gore.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“But everything has a price.”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cpcomics/prey-for-the-sinner-origins/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 20

Violent Pages: 10, for 50% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 4

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 1

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 1

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 1

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”