DEATH WALKS THE STREETS - Vampires. Demons. Zombies. Werewolves. The Mob.

Whereas The Scream Factory's BUMP and BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE RAGE go for a lot of the shock and gross-out aspects of horror, DEATH WALKS THE STREETS has decided to take a more subdued, “slow burn” route. The first two issues of this miniseries (#0 came out a while ago under The Scream Factory banner) allowed the reader to get to know three would be crooks hoping to move up in the criminal underworld. They’ve got the skills to go far and a pretty good plan, but there’s something beneath the surface and just off in the periphery that oozes evil and the anticipation for the big satanic hoof to drop is palpable in this issue. Hints of demonic forces gathering are all over this issue. You just know something awful is about to happen, but writers James Zahn and Ban Brezinski don’t want to show their hand yet. I like the pace and tone of this one. Again The Scream Factory shows that they are not going for your typical horror story when it comes to their comics. The variety of their product says something about their versatility as a publisher. DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is a welcome addition to a line of comics that does printed horror right.