Review- FERALS VOL. 3

FERALS VOL. 3 (Avatar Press, 2014; Softcover)

Collects Ferals Nos. 13-18 (cover dates February- November, 2013)

Writer: David Lapham

Artist: Gabriel Andrade

Colorists:Digikore Studios

Dale Chesnutt is knee deep in it now, as the battle between the Fathers and the wolves has spilled enough blood that it has caught the attention of the FBI and the Army. Viggo and Adolph pull the Fathers into a compound for a desperate last stand. Using the females to infect males with the sexually transmitted “feral condition”, the Fathers play their Trojan horse gambit and bring about the “Wolfpacalypse”.

I have always been a sucker for the lupine set. Ferals is the best werewolf comic since my beloved Werewolf By Night. This being an Avatar Press book means that it has all of the graphic violence, gore, sex, and nudity that the more discerning comic reader could want. All ages reading this is most certainly not. For those of you who like it over the top with the amps turned up to11, this is Horror comics done right. This title is on hiatus for now but will be back. Bring it!

Junk Food For Thought rating: 4.5 out of 5.

The OCD zone- Avatar Press releases a maddening number of variants, and they do not list the issues where they are from on them in the book. Praise be www.comicbookdb.com for their invaluable assistance in helping me identify the covers. Not all of the variants are included. #13-18 slashed edition variants and #18 Gore variant are omitted, but in all fairness the slashed edition variants feature the same artwork as the regular edition, recolored with slash marks across it.

DVD-style Extras included in this book: #14 Gore variant (1 page)

#15 Gore variant (1 page)

#16 Gore variant (1 page)

#17 Gore variant (1 page)

#6 Gore variant (1 page)

#13 Gore variant (1 page)

#4 Gore variant (1 page)

#13 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#14 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#15 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#16 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#17 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#18 wraparound variant (2 pages)

#5 Gore variant (1 page)

Paper rating: 4.5 out of 5. Excellent weight glossy coated stock paper.

Binding rating: 4 out of 5. Perfect bound trade paperback.

Cardstock cover coating rating: 5 out of 5. Nice thick waxlike lamination.

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Review- FERALS VOL. 2

FERALS VOL. 2 (Avatar Press, 2013; Softcover)

Collects Ferals Nos. 7-12 (cover dates July- December, 2012)

Writer: David Lapham

Artist: Gabriel Andrade

Colorist: Digikore Studios

Things kick into high gear for this series with this volume. Dale Chesnutt has been “drafted” by the FBI to infiltrate another werewolf cult/ colony. The FBI believes that there were only a handful of werewolf colonies here in the United States, but it turns out there are more, including one that is breeding a werewolf army. 

There is nothing cooler than a werewolf. The only thing cooler than werewolves are armies of warring werewolves. David Lapham and Gabriel Andrade have delivered a spit-shined masterwork. If this high level of quality is maintained it may well rival Werewolf By Night as the greatest werewolf comic of all time. This is much better than Volume 1, which I really enjoyed. I can't wait for Volume 3.

Ferals, like all Avatar Press titles, is high on violence, gore, and sex. All ages reading it is most certainly not. If you like your Horror comic books on the extreme side then anything Avatar does is for you.

Junk Food For Thought rating: 4.75 out of 5.

The OCD zone- Volume 1 was released in hardcover and softcover. Sales weren't there, so Volume 2 was only released in softcover. Boo-urns! Come on, fandom! Buy the shit out of this book so that we can get a hardcover!

Paper rating: 4.25 out of 5. Decent weight glossy coated stock.

Binding rating: 4 out of 5. It's glued, but it looks like there are sewn signatures. I'm going to say that there are not, though, since there is no evidence of stitches anywhere.

Cardstock cover coating rating: 5 out of 5. Nice laminated coating.

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