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Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Devil That Wears My Face #1The story of an exorcist battling a demon gets an extra bone-chilling twist in The Devil That Wears My Face, a new comic miniseries from Mad Cave Studios. The limited series’ first issue puts a unique spin on a classic tale of demonic possession, introducing a body swap element that makes the story feel fresh without losing any of its abject terror.
The Devil That Wears My Face #1 by David Pepose, Alex Cormack and Justin Birch focuses on Father Franco Vieri, an 18th century priest with a mysterious past suffering from a crisis of faith. Still reeling from a recent failed exorcism, he returns to the Vatican where he must deal with the political maneuverings of ambitious clergymen, as well as a church that increasingly views his position as archaic and unnecessary. Vieri is then sent to Spain to confront a demon possessing the body of a nobleman’s son, Santiago. The demon has already claimed the lives of three priests who have tried to drive it out.
However, instead of taking Vieri’s life, the demon sees an opportunity to instead take his body. While the demon heads back to Rome wearing the face of the priest, Vieri is trapped in a cell inside the body of Santiago.
The Devil That Wears My Face Is A Gruesome and Gratifying Treat for Horror Fans
Even before the demon goes Freaky Friday on Franco, the comic does a fine job of setting itself apart from other exorcism stories. Pepose deftly weaves together the horror of the possession and exorcisms, the inner turmoil of Father Vieri, and the political maneuvering within the halls of the Vatican. As Vieri finds himself “beset by demons, both inside and out,” he is sent to perform this latest exorcism not as an act of compassion, but because the church hopes the victim’s wealthy father will repay the service with indulgences. The demon that takes up residence within Santiago goes by the name Legion. The way that Legion sadistically and violently plays with his victims before devouring them promises that readers are in store for some gory mayhem now that he’s loose in the Vatican.
The art by Cormack beautifully brings to life the darkness and violence of this battle between good and evil. With glowing eyes and mouths foaming with slobber and blood, the victims of possession are truly frightening sights to behold. The actual scenes of Vieri performing exorcisms are disorienting and otherworldly, with tessellated designs and floating eyeballs creating an eerie effect. The lettering by Justin Birch sets Legion apart as a truly inhuman threat, with black, white and red speech bubbles adding an element of menace to lines like, “Feed me more priests.”
The issue’s finale sets up an intriguing storyline for the remainder of the series. As Legion prepares to hunt church officials in Rome, the more nightmarish predicament is the one Vieri finds himself in. Condemned to a cell within the body of a man chained to a wall, how will Father Vieri manage to convince others of his true identity? Will he be able to prevent the demon from committing more horrible acts with his body? The answers to these questions are guaranteed to haunting (and entertaining) in future issues of The Devil That Wears My Face from Mad Cave Studios.
The Devil That Wears My Face #1 is available now.
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