Wednesday 13 July 2022

Halloween Girl - Chapter 3: The Forgotten Boy (2022) - Horror Comic Review


Earlier this year in May I checked out the first two issues in the Richard T. Wilson created Halloween Girl series, which in itself had been based on a film and a web-series. This is issue is to be part of a seven issue series that makes up Halloween Girl - Book 1: Promises to Keep. The third chapter, titled The Forgotten Boy has now been completed.

Issue three is both a new story as well as moving forward the overarching plot. Eighteen year old ghost, Charlotte Williams, gets a new lead on just where her missing son Luke may be. The boy having been kidnapped by an evil secret society known as The Hollow, She discovers that a demon known as Jason (whose moniker is the titular 'the forgotten boy') may have him, and that for a favour he may release Luke. 

The story here is mostly set-up for future events but it does reveal more character story, especially with relation to Charlotte's spiritual friend Poe, who may have closer ties to The Hollow than she has let on. With dialogue the order of the day here there isn't much horror at all, but with an ongoing series it can't be dialled up to ten all the time. I've read a preview of the issue after this one and it provides a heck of a lot of backstory for Poe and just who she actually is.
The black and white art by Pietro Vaughan can on occasion combine to make really vivid looking art, especially when Poe and Charlotte are walking through woodland. Something I appreciated from before, the facial expressions, again I enjoyed, it is easy to see just what emotions characters are experiencing, which helps in giving life to the dialogue.

The Forgotten Boy may not be the most action packed issue of Halloween Girl but it is one that isn't afraid to focus on providing set-up for future events. I finished it with an impatience to see what happens next, something that I can only take as a good thing. The Kindle edition of this can be purchased here, releasing today, July 13th.

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