Review - Fairy Tale Team-Up: Robyn Hood & Van Helsing
Review - Fairy Tale Team-Up: Robyn Hood & Van Helsing
From Zenescope Entertainment
Out this week from Zenescope Entertainment is a new Fairy Tale Team-Up, where Robyn Hood and Van Helsing deal with some vampire problems!
When Robyn Hood discovers a nest of affluent vampires running an underground club in New York City, she quickly realizes she needs the help of Liesel Van Helsing, the world’s foremost vampire hunter, to take them down.
Story: Dave Franchini, David Wohl & Pat Shand
Writer: Pat Shand
Artwork: Alessio Mariani & Daniel Mainé
Colors: Juan Manuel Rodriguez & Maxflan Araujo
Letters: Taylor Esposito (Of Ghost Glyph Studios)
Editor: David Wohl
Production & Design: Christopher Cote
When this story kicked off I thought that it would a standard team-up. Vampires, killing people, Robyn getting Van Helsing and then off they go.
It is something more involved than that.
Yes, it has a standard start. Robyn is undercover, investigating a nightclub with potential vampires. Things in the club don’t work out as planned, but outside, she gets some action and confirmation.
Enter Van Helsing. First, there is a nice little tease for the vampire hunter's future, as she is working on something. Her past issues and future problems are mentioned well here.
Back to the main story, Robyn and Van Helsing investigate what is happening, and the story has some nice twists. It makes a slightly uncomfortable agreement for the duo, but there is plenty of action to keep them going. The threat at the end makes the feelings clear for the two, and we move on.
Except there is a nice twist in the tale's ending, which will hopefully appear in some later issues. I liked that.
The artwork had some fun and brilliant visual storytelling, especially near the end, when Robyn used a special arrow. It is a nice touch and well-plotted.
This was a good and traditional team-up, where the two characters have a good shared history and can bond well. This does make a change from the unusual ones.
