Prophet #24 – Review

By: Brandon Graham (writer), Farel Dalrymple (art), Joseph Bergin, III (colors), Ed Brisson (letters)

The Story: Will a new artist affect the magic of Prophet?

Recap/Review (with mild SPOILERS): The first three issues of Prophet since the relaunch have been magical.  But…we all know how touchy a thing success and momentum in comics can be, so it was going to be very curious to see if Prophet could seamlessly weather an art change at this early phase of the story.

With Simon Roy moving out and Farel Dalrymple coming in, the comic doesn’t really miss a beat.  Given my druthers, I probably prefer the slightly more expansive storytelling of Roy, but Dalrymple is working in much the same vibe and style and less observant readers probably won’t even notice the change.

Similarly, the story keeps chugging along just fine.  Granted, after the BIG revelation at the end of Prophet #23, this is a very different tale.  No longer is this story taking place on a future Earth as we see the action shift to a far-away planet and a new and different John Prophet.  Mysteries abound and writer Graham seems to be in no hurry to explain anything.  The reader gets exposed to information and knowledge at the same pace as Prophet, so we really don’t know what’s going on as he traverses this bizarre, abandoned space station.