Angel: After The Fall #1-3 – Review

By: Joss Whedon & Brian Lynch (Plot), Brian Lynch (Scripts), Franco Urru (Illustrations)

Following the success of Buffy: Season 8 on comics, comes Angel: After the Fall (or the Season 6 we never got). Joss Whedon plotted the series with Brian Lynch. I don’t think it would have the same success if Whedon hadn’t contributed (heck, I wouldn’t buy it).

While Buffy: S8 stayed true to its roots, Angel seems to be quite the opposite: characters had changed dramatically from the end of season 5. Only a few months have passed. Everything is bigger and more dangerous, and the hero has a lot of more problems now (since Hell has come to L.A. Gunn is fighting against Angel). What happened?! I won’t spoil it, but there are a lot of surprises along with many plot twists. It also has great cliff hangers at the end of the chapters.

The only detriment in the series is the art of Frank Urru (Spike: Asylum & Shadow Puppets). I don’t like it. It’s undefined, almost incomplete, and missing details. The price is another thing I don’t like. $3.99 for a cardstock cover? I’ll have a regular one, thanks. I can recommend Buffy S8 to my friends, but I’m urging them to pick Angel with fury. (Grade: B+)

-Daniel Yanez