Clean Room #1

October is known for being the month of horror. So the recent comic book released from Vertigo, which is a publisher that is part of DC comics, definitely suits this month's theme. Clean Room #1 is written by Gail Simone, drawn and colored by Jon Davis-Hunt and the cover art by Jenny Frison. Clean Room is said to explore revenge and religion so this is definitely not a comic you would want kids to read. I was hesitant about getting this issues because I'm not really a fan of things that have to do with horror but I was drawn to this book because my favorite comic book writer was writing it and the art in it was superb.


The story starts off with a family heading to church on a nice Sunday morning. It is set in a different country. In the next panel we see two guys who work for what seems like a water delivery company.
One of them asks the other if they're alright but the other guy just says, "I wish everyone would stay the fuck out of my business." You can tell right away that there is something odd about the annoyed guy. The two workers then get into their truck and the annoyed one, named Jonas, started to drive recklessly and hits the girl who's was with her family walking to church. After the girl is crushed by the two cars, Jonas backs up the truck and what happens next was something nobody expected. He proceed to hit the girl again with the truck. Bystanders who saw the whole thing hauled Jonas out of the car and started to him to a pulp.

The young girl who was hit miraculously woke up from the accident in her hospital room. Her parents are also in the room with her listening to the news about the accident, which I assume, happened earlier that day. The girl calls out to her mom and both her mother and father rush to her bedside. The girl asks for her father but he is right next to her. Both her parents tell her that he's right there.
With a scared look on her face, the girl says "Mama.."
 

The story is just getting started but this is where I'll end the blog for today since it is a newer book that was just released. I highly recommend getting this book. So much talent behind it which is one of the reason I just had to buy this issue. But here's some photos from the rest of the issue. The story moves on from the little girl, who will actually be one of the main characters in the book, to another main character whose story takes place years later after the little girls accident.





Photos from comicbookresources.com