Boston Metaphysical Society #1 is a comic written by Madeleine Holly-Rosing with art by Emily Hu and colors by Gloria Caelie and Fahriza Kamaputra. Tragedy hits a secret scientific organization. This is a supernatural historical fiction comic with science fiction elements and slight horror, drama, and some violence. The main man for this tale is Samuel Hunter, he is a hunter with a rough and stern disposition who used to work with Andrew O’Sullivan. Caitlin O’Sullivan is Andrew’s daughter who wants to follow in her father’s footsteps as a medium and spirit photographer. Also in this story are historical figures like Alexander Graham Bell and Nikola Tesla. The story begins with Samuel and Andrew in a forest outside Boston. These two are hunting a wraith and after Andrew snaps a photo revealing it the wraith makes a dash towards Samuel. The violence here is a bit bloody with a lot of electric shock. The pacing is steady with a period drama tone which fits the 1895 time frame. There are more than few intense moments due to danger. The dialogue here is an older, upper class English with some pretentiousness from a few characters. This is all conversational with a high amount of back-and-forth. There are no word-heavy pages. This is a debut issue for a series that puts two interesting and uniquely skilled leads in a story that blends history and the supernatural.
The art here is detailed and drawn in a modern style with some significant shading. The color range here seems to be realistic for the time period. The main source of natural scenery are leafless trees(I believe it is winter) and some bushes and grass. Besides the initial forest a few of the other locations are the B.E.T.H. headquarters, the Boston Metaphysical Society, and some private residences. The backgrounds usually show the surroundings and very rarely are just a gradient color. The expression level here is a tick below average as Caitlin is really the only one with a variety of looks. The emotional range consists of sadness, fear, some anger, and rare happiness. The faces are well-drawn with strong features so every expression can be deciphered easily. The violence here tends to involve electricity and can get a bit bloody. The action scenes have a good flow and come in short bursts.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
If you like supernatural historical fiction stories with science fiction elements that star a man and woman and features horror, drama, and bit of violence then this is for you.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
PG-13. Violence.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“And here I thought I’d be bored.”
Read Link: https://www.queenofmercia.com/books/boston-metaphysical-society-issue-1/
***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22
Violent Pages: 4, for 18% 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 – 2
“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 – 2
“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 – 2
“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.”
