Review - Wonderland: Return To Madness #1
From Zenescope Entertainment
Out this week from Zenescope Entertainment is the return to the long-running saga in Wonderland: Return To Madness #1.
From the moment Alice Liddle first entered the beautiful yet terrifying world of Wonderland, she fulfilled a birthright that has ensnared generations of her family in a battle against the evil that thrives there. Now, Alice's granddaughter Violet, after having lost almost everything to the realm of nightmares and barely escaping with her sanity intact, has vowed to return to this land of madness to take back all that was stolen from her. But when Bonnie, a young high school freshman, is lured in, Violet must alter her plans and save this innocent girl and her family from suffering the same fate as the Liddles.
Story: Alec Worley, Dave Franchini & David Wohl, Writer: Alec Worley, Artwork: Giulia Pellegrini, Colors: Robby Bevard, Letters: Taylor Esposito (Of Ghost Glyph Studios), Editor: David Wohl, and Production & Design: Christopher Cote
After all that has gone on with Wonderland, it looked like things had calmed down for a while.
Nope!
Here, Violet is still having trouble getting to terms with all the various issues surrounding life, death and the madness of Wonderland.
It’s quite a twisted tale, but by this story's midway point, things start to click into place. Violet has dreams and visions of the new addition to Wonderland, who she is and how she gets to where we leave her at the end of the issue.
Meanwhile, Bonnie—who has been taken into Wonderland—has her own discoveries, and there is a good mix of the logical and illogical to contend with. I enjoyed these aspects of the story, the new way of looking at the things that happen in Wonderland, and the new dynamic.
Violet has her own Wonderland battle to contend with, and it’s quite fun. If someone attacks you with an axe, it can be described as such. I like this setup and the reasoning, but I wonder if that will come into play later.
This was a good setup issue, with a lot to take in in the first half, but it does settle well.
