Created on August 21, 2011 and written by Jamesdlogan
Category: Comic Book Reviews, Image Comics Reviews

Rating: 4/5
Publisher Name: Top Cow
Publisher Website: http://www.topcow.com/

Writer: Kevin McCarthy
Pencils: Paolo Pantalena
Colors: Jorge Fares
Number of Pages: 32
Price: 3.99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP – Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.

Publisher’s Blurb:
As the story of EPOCH begins, NYPD Detective Jonah Wright’s world is about to change forever. A mysterious murder case that he has been investigating threatens to rip apart his reality, plunging him into the shadowy world of the supernatural. It appears that Bishop is fated to unlock a conspiracy that could tear apart the very fabric of society!

Reviewer’s Comments:
I enjoyed this particular book quite a bit. I’m not familiar with the creative team, but they seemed to work well together, and the story flowed well in both art and writing. One thing I have to say, is that Top Cow never fails to deliver in the art department. As with most of their titles, this had some very beautiful artwork.

One of the things I love about many of Top Cow’s titles is the somewhat supernatural aspect to their heroes. Speaking of supernatural, some points in this story had me thinking of the television show Supernatural. SPOILERS:

The story starts off with what would seem a cop drama, which Top Cow is also good at portraying. But, as you get a couple of pages into it, it is apparent that there is much more to it than that. We have angels and demons apparently breaking a treaty by fighting each other, and angels named Michael and Gabriel, and a Council of Angels and Demons that have tried to keep the peace. The main character, Jonah is a cop who is pulled into the middle of everything, as he discovers similarities between something that happened to his partner and his own father.

If you enjoy cop dramas, and love stories with a supernatural twist to them, then you should definitely pick this book up. While not necessarily the most original idea, I can see this possibly becoming as big of a book for Top Cow as Witchblade and the Darkness.

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