Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 1: The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead

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Forty years after disaster left Lower Manhattan submerged in thirty feet of water, the Drowning City has taken a turn for the weird, and Joe Golem is there to investigate A mysterious and terrifying creature has been snatching children and pulling them into the depths of the canals, and those that drowned in the floods are coming back to the surface alive Collects the five issue miniseries. Read Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 1: The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead Author Mike Mignola – kino-fada.fr Joe Golem is the result of a very unique vision by Mignola Joe is a detective PI and he is a Golem.Raised by a priest to combat witches, something that is hardwired into his system, in modern times he is ahuman construct The setting is a noir version of 1960 s New York Except this New York has fallen victim to an earthquake and rising seas Known as the Drowining City it has a curious mixture of the noir genre with dystopian styles Very interesting.There is an aura of mystery between Joe Golem is the result of a very unique vision by Mignola Joe is a detective PI and he is a Golem.Raised by a priest to combat witches, something that is hardwired into his system, in modern times he is ahuman construct The setting is a noir version of 1960 s New York Except this New York has falle...Mignola has created another intriguing supernatural world The Drowning City is Manhattan, 30 years ago lower Manhattan was flooded that is now similar to Venice Joe Golem is a noirish detective investigating the supernatural with his mentor Mr Church He also dreams of a golem in 15th century Croatia hunting witches Contained within are 2 separate stories, the first investigating a creature stealing children, taking them into the water In the second Joe and Mr Church take on zombies I Mignola has created another intriguing supernatural world The Drowning City is Manhattan, 30 years ago lower Manhattan was flooded that is now similar to Venice Joe Golem is a noirish detective investigating the supernatural with his mentor Mr Church He also dreams of a golem in 15th century Croatia hunting witches Contained within are 2 separate stories, the first investigating a creature stealing children, taking them into the water In the second Joe and Mr ...Classic Mignola stuff spooky, noir ish, very atmospheric and really enjoyable this time of year Classic Mignola stuff spooky, noir ish, very atmospheric and really enjoyable this time of year I received this from Edelweiss and Dark Horse Comics in exchange for an honest review This was pretty good, mixing a good NY noir with an occult backdrop This volume explores Joe Golem, not sidekick to master PI Simon Church Joe is now the eyes and ears of the business, and i...Joe Golem is noir ish detective hero in the best pulpish tradition, set in an interesting alternate world in which much of New York City flooded in the 1920 s Joe who really is a golem works with an aging investigator and faces two horrific challenges in this book I...Another thrilling story by Mignola, packed full of atmosphere I thought it was really good, but the story is a bit too similar to the Shadow Over Innsmouth, this kind of setup is turning into a horror subgenre on its own, even yesterday I was playing a new videogame called The Sinking ...Like Hellboy and B.P.R.D., Joe Golem is another noir fantasy hero He even has similar patterns of behavior as Hellboy one major difference is that this story takes place in a world where New York City is a at least a story or two underwater so, like Venice, it is apparently a sunken or drowned city This adds an interesting environment to the whole occult detective schtick, but there wasn t enough material for the backstory in this graphic novel to really develop this aspect But then this is Like Hellboy and B.P.R.D., Joe Golem is another noir fantasy hero He even has similar patterns of behavior as Hellboy one major difference is that this story ta...Another fun Mignola take on pop culture mixed with traditional horror stories A centuries old golem, resurrected and kept in a state of constant amnesia about his long, long past by a near dead detective who keeps himself alive with biomechanical gizmos and magic Noir m...Of all the various Mignola adjacent titles, Joe Golem is the only series that I haven t kept up on in real time I can t even really tell you why, besides maybe just series fatigue and not needing another title to follow on the regular I read the novel, and liked it a lot, but the comics never jumped out and grabbed me and I never went looking until now.As in the novel, the setting is great, even if it doesn t look quite like I pictured it when reading the book And the art brings it to life Of all the various Mignola adjacent titles, Joe Golem is the only series that I haven t kept up on in real time I can t even really tell you why, besides maybe just series fatigue and not needing another title to follow on the regular I read the novel, and liked it a lot, but the comics never jumped out and grabbed me and I never went looking until now.As in the novel, the setting is great, even if it doesn t look quite like I pictured it when reading the book And the art brings it to life well...I like Joe Golem He is an approachable character and the shifts between the life he lives and the life he barely remembers are intriguing The world of a 1950s New York flooded and navigated like Venice is also intriguing and easy to settle into I am downloading the next volume now.

Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 1: The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead
  • English
  • 22 March 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 136 pages
  • 1616559640
  • Mike Mignola
  • Joe Golem: Occult Detective, Vol. 1: The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead