Unfortunately, I don’t have a whole lot to say about DK #1. I went in for it since I like Paul Cornell’s writing and it appeared to have maybe some semblance of a tie to Stormwatch (which I really liked last week), and I obviously like fantasy heroes, stories, and literature. Still, it failed to overall grab my interest and attention. Everything was put together well, and some of the characters were actually quite appealing, but overall it just didn’t click.

I feel lame not having much at all to say about the book, but it’s difficult to write an opinion about something you feel is just completely average. The one thing I really liked is the love triangle between Etrigan The Demon, his human host Jason Blood, and the witch Madam Xanadu. Etrigan and Jason share a presence like the Hulk and Bruce Banner only that Etrigan is sane and intelligent… and a demon. Both Etrigan and Jason are independent in their memories, intelligence, and experiences, and they are mutually exclusive, so the two have never really met and don’t know what happens while they’re away and phased out of our reality. The result is kind of a Quantum Leap sort of effect if Sam kept leaping into and out of the same person. Cornell has set up a competitive love triangle between Etrigan and Jason for Madam Xanadu which will probably play out in some pretty fun ways.

What I’d like to see with this series is that the first arc is an origin story (which this first issue supports) and then the rest of the story takes place in modern day. All the “Demon Knights” are immortal (the team includes Vandal Savage who’s easily my favorite of the team), so a modern take on the team with more history than any other super hero team ever would be great. It’s probably not going to happen, but it’d be lovely to at least see these characters interact in the modern DC universe. I’ll be passing on the book for now, but will keep up generally with how the story goes.