Born of Blood #1 is a comic written by Dolan and published by Merc Publishing. This is a sort of super prequel to Deathrage as this takes place thousands of years ago during Sparta’s heyday. The star of this story is Princess Giaris, daughter of Cleomenes, King of Sparta. This story follows her path from birth to warrior. There is an egregious amount of action here. Fighting all over the place, blood everywhere, and some gore here and there. It’s possible the second issue will do more in terms of story but this debut was designed to showcase the grit and grind. When it comes to Giaris’s internal monologue this comic will spare no words, but when it comes to spoken word they are few and far between. Overall this comic doesn’t get annoyingly wordy. This is a comic focused on a woman was thrown in the fire and we get to see how she climbs out.
This whole comic has a brown sort of tone that emphasizes the ancientness of the story. It also makes the story seem rougher. The bulk of this story takes place in a dungeon and it has all the set pieces you’d expect. Skeletons, chains, stone floors, you know the vibes. The Greeks invented stoicism and that and anger are really the only looks you’ll see in this comic. There isn’t any face sameness but that’s partly due to the fact that the cast of characters is very small. There are three main outfits here: a dress that is a slight step above a negligee or a large t-shirt, pteruges with nothing else, and a toga. The weapons of choice are blades. Short or long, thick or thin, it is still sharp. As I mentioned above there is a lot of action with a bunch of fight scenes. Every now and then they go from panel-to-panel with an awful large gap between sequences but for the most part you’ll be able to follow along. Body-wise you might consider Giaris to be sexualized but in-comic no attention is paid to her looks. She isn’t the most clothed though, but there is a good reason for that.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
If you like comics starring a woman with large amounts of violence this is for you. Also if you like stories set in ancient times.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
R. Blood, gore, death.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“Are you content, father?!”
PDF Link: https://mercmagazine.com/collections/born-of-blood/products/born-of-blood-1-pdf-download
Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mercmagazine/born-of-blood-1/description
Unboxing Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-p3UsLDpTs
***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 24
Violent Pages: 11, for 46% of the comic
Sexy Pages: 1, for 4% of the comic
**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**
Violence Level – 5
“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 – 5
“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 – 5
“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 – 2 except for page one, which is an off-putting 5
“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.”
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