A review by tmaluck
Doctor Fate, Vol. 1: The Blood Price by Paul Levitz

3.0

The first six issues are more or less saved by Sonny Liew's art and Lee Loughridge's colors. There are at least a couple of moments in the story where Khalid seems posed to jump into action, but page-jumps to an entirely different scene acting like the world wasn't resting on his shoulders two seconds ago - no thought bubble exposition, no nothing. Which is a shame, because a fresh start for the Helmet of Fate and charms of Khalid's family (including Egyptian parents) should add up to DC's equivalent of Ms. Marvel. And yet I can feel the corners cut in this story that otherwise has a lot of cool concepts going for it. A fun experiment, but one that I hope gets its act straight as it continues.