Romulus #1 Will Deadass Have You Shouting “OoOoO Kill’em!”, It’s That Damn Good

Writer: Bryan Hill / Artist: Nelson Blake II / Image Comics [quote_simple]”I’m just a girl, what’s my destiny? What I’ve succumbed to is making me numb”[/quote_simple] Now I’m minding my business up late on Twitter lurking (you know who I am) when BNP editor Will Evans comes outta nowhere, Randy Orton style, and hits me with the R-K-“Yo! Did you read this book Romulus?! Maaaaaan, listen.” When you get that “Yo!” + “Man, listen,” you know it’s about to be real. So I stopped in the middle of a banger tweet and began to indulge in Romulus. I knew this shit was flames when the second caption box said, “I’m a girl. So I get to live.” Say word, we got a woman lead, man. As we delve into the back story we come to find out that Romulus is an Illuminati clandestine type of secret society. The girls in this order grow up to become their assassins from birth. These assassins are the wolves of Romulus, always working from the shadows and shrouded in mystery. They’ve been shaping the world through making mad folks in history go nighty the fucking night. Ashlar is the latest soldier that will help shape that world under the guide of her mother Axis.

Bryan Hill wastes no time world building. He makes us aware of certain ideals within Romulus that the wolves follow as well as a change that happens upon Axis. We get a look into Ashlar growing up and the things she must learn in order to survive as well as what is required for her to live. Yo, this is some shit that makes Assassin’s Creed loo…