DCeased: Unkillables #1 Review, but Don’t Call it a Sequel

Writer: Tom Taylor / Artist: Karl Mostert / DC Comics Spoilers for the original DCeased series The original DCeased mini-series came out of nowhere last year and ended up being one of my favorite comics of 2019. And its popularity was immediately felt when we were graced with the first spin off DCeased: A Good Day to Die. Now, we’re fortunate to get even more insight into the twisted sandbox that Taylor has cultivated and infected with the Anti-Life Virus. DCeased: Unkillables is not a sequel, but rather a companion piece to its parent material. The series focuses on what various villainous and anti-heroic characters were up to while the heroes were running damage control. From the jump, Taylor’s narrative is immediately engaging. We spend the opening pages seeing Deathstroke enter a very Kingsman-esque church fight sequence in Kentucky before pivoting over to Red Hood finding Batman, Nightwing, and Robin III dead in the Batcave.

Whereas DCeased always had a very somber overtone, Unkillables is a little more cavalier and boisterous. The tone is fitting considering that most of the principles are unconventionally heroic at minimal. Taylor’s ability to weave lore and various plot points is still very commendable, and the ease of which you can line up events and timelines even though it’s been months between issues is commendable. The dialog is snappy and appropriately snarky, and there are plenty of emotional beats that ground some of the more wild actions of the characters. W…