Bermuda City #1 is a comic written by Julian Jay Burton with art by Stanley Weaver, Shawn Alleyene, and Vitali Iakovlev. A detective searches for answers after he ends up in the hospital after an explosion. This is a comic that is part-thriller part-mystery with science fiction elements and significant action. The leading man for this tale is Jordan Long, he is a serious no-nonsense individual who is a big fan of black turtlenecks. Throughout this story he’ll run across some of his colleagues and very important people. The story begins with Jordan on a plane headed to an unknown destination when everything suddenly goes wrong. What follows are questions from everyone, including Jordan, and revelations that make life dangerous for an unlucky few. There is the chance that you might get confused with the plot at points but it isn’t hard to get back on track. The action here is very bloody with some gruesome attacks and light gore. The pacing here is here is a bit fast and the tone is very serious. There are intense moments as a result of looming potential danger and actual violence. The dialogue here is direct and mostly conversational with a bit of short narration from Jordan. The arrangement of the text bubbles can and probably will confuse you at certain points. No word-heavy pages here. This is a debut comic that gives us an interesting and determined lead in a story with many different threads that you’ll want to see get tied up.

            The art here is reminiscent of early 2000’s comics with some good detailing and strong shading. The color range here has more darks than lights which help give off a certain atmosphere. Besides the sky and some trees there isn’t much scenery as this takes place deep in the city and usually in buildings. The locations change frequently but they are primarily cleaned up professional places with office décor. The backgrounds tend to show the scene but that can occasionally just be a color gradient with or without action lines. The expression level here is somewhat low as most of the characters are hard people with emotionless faces. We do get some shocked and fearful looks but it is primarily hard stares. The faces have nice detail and shading though the quality can vary. The violence here is bloody and usually involves other objects. The action scenes aren’t long and flow well.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like thriller mysteries starring a black detective with science fiction elements aa well as violence, drama, and espionage then this is for you.

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

R. Violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“The attempt was still sloppy.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 26

Violent Pages: 6, for 23% 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 – 3

“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 – 3

“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 – 4

“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.”