If you read comics during the event happy, pouch-laden majesty that was the nineties, chances are that you’re familiar with the work of Simon Bisley. Rising to prominence behind his strong, painterly visuals (including his iconic Lobo and oft-seen Heavy Metal covers), the Eisner winner returns to interiors, joined by the writing team of Hitman: Absolution scribes Martin Brennan and Michael B. Jackson. The result is an interesting yet uneven debut that’s a few coins short of a full roll.

An angels vs demons (who are really angels) yarn, 13 Coins offers a new take on a familiar tale, presenting down on his luck John Pozner as the one man ill-fated enough to be humanity’s savior and/or destroyer.

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