In ROBYN HOOD: VOODOO DAWN, available from Zenescope Entertainment on May 19th, 2021, Robyn Hood teams up with Mystere to stop a Voodoo Lord from resurrecting his cronies and taking over the world.
The Details
- Written By: Joe Brusha
- Art By: Alessandro Uezu
- Colors By: Juan Manuel Rodriguez
- Letters By: Taylor Esposito
- Cover Art By: Igor Vitorino, Ivan Nunes (cover A)
- Cover Price: $5.99
- Release Date: May 19, 2021
Was It Good?
It was okay in a vanilla, boilerplate way. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It simply means this is a good, solid story, but don’t go in expecting to be surprised or wowed by anything unique or special.
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The art is typical Zenescope house style. Good detail, good color, excellent panels, and excellent lettering.
See for yourself in our ROBYN HOOD: VOODOO DAWN preview.
What’s It About?
[SPOILERS AHEAD – Click here if you just want the score without spoilers]
Smitty shows up on Robyn Hood’s doorstep asking for help with a woman who believes her brother has become enslaved as a voodoo zombie. Robyn heads to the last location where the brother was spotted and stakes out a local park to find out what’s really going on.
Before long, a small group of entranced zombies passes through on the way toward the local hospital. Robyn follows just long enough to see the zombies are retrieving body parts (a hand) from one of the bodies in the hospital’s morgue. When Robyn tries to stop them, she’s attacked by the voodoo priest who enslaved them, Zaka.
Robyn fights him off but he throws strange dust in her face that slows her down. Before things get out of hand, Mystere arrives to save Robyn from the zombies. Unfortunately, Zaka gets away with the hand, but fortunately, Mystere is able to remove the enchantment on the zombies to free them from Zaka’s control.
Still a little confused about what’s happening Mystere explains the Voodoo Lords have been working to steal power from the Loa. Mystere stopped them in New Orleans (read our MYSTERE: VOODOO DAWN review to find out what went down), and the last surviving Voodoo Lord, Zaka, is trying to resurrect the Lords to take over the world.
Robyn and Mystere regroup at Robyn’s apartment when Zaka comes calling with a Lespri monster to destroy them. Robyn and Mystere narrowly fend off the attack, band Zaka gets away.
Later, Robyn and Mystere finds the abandoned church where Zaka is performing the resurrection ritual, and we conclude the issue with a fiery end… for now.
How Does It End?
We learn why Calista (Mystere’s spirit mentor) was unable to help. Zaka gets in a box. Not all zombies have been cured.
Final Thoughts
ROBYN HOOD: VOODOO DAWN, available from Zenescope Entertainment on May 19th, 2021, is a solid, standard adventure story that’s most notable for carrying over the Voodoo theme from other comics in the Zenescope library. The art is typical Zenescope quality, and the ending is satisfying enough.
Score: 7.5/10
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