Resident Evil #1
	Story Title: ‘One if by Land, Two if by Space...’ Writer: Ricardo Sanchez Penciller: Kevin Sharpe Inkers: Jim Clark, Marc Deering, Cliff Rathburn, Nathan Massengil, Ray Snyder, Rick Ketcham Colorist: Milen Parvanov Letterer: Kurt Hathaway Editor: Shannon Eric Denton Published by: Wildstorm Productions
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

I haven’t played any of the Resident Evil games. Ever. This includes the latest installment in the long running franchise. So why did I get this comic?

Simple.

Even though I never got into tits gaming side I have watched the movie(s) and am a fan, (though I guess initially it was more due to Mila Jovovich), not only of the characters in the movie but also of the setting, mood, premise or whatever you want to call it. Still, given that this was going to tie into the (latest) game I knew that there would little or no similarity (at least character wise) between what I knew from before and what I was going to experience here.

Sorry, did I say experience? Suffering would be a better description.

Not only does the story here have no form or flow, being all over the place, literally, even the characters are little more than clichéd cardboard cutouts of what they could have been, (with some proper attention). I guess being a game tie-in negates the need of having some semblance of form or function…at least in this case. The last game tie-in series I read was The Darkness: Level, which along with tying into the game also served as a kickoff of sorts for the new (current) The Darkness ongoing. Somehow I don’t see Wildstorm staying too long with the Resident Evil-ers.

The artwork, although fairly mediocre is definitely much better than what this story deserved.

Conclusion: There is no way I am putting my money down for any more of this garbage.
 

RATING: 3.5/10