Demon Knights #4

writer: Paul Cornell
artist: Michael Choi, Diogenes Neves

This is one of the books from the New 52 that I had intended to sample a long time ago (y'know, relatively speaking), but didn't have a chance to given my altered circumstances (not the least of which being, I don't technically read comics anymore, or definitely differently than I used to). Finally, I found my opportunity. To my surprise, I came upon an issue that doesn't even feature most of the so-called Demon Knights (as far as I can tell, this may be the first issue that term is even used inside the actual book), but instead focuses on the backstory of Shining Knight, and his strange relationship to Merlin and prophecy. Paul Cornell has consistently impressed me as a writer, whether on Captain Britain and MI:13, Knight & Squire, or Action Comics. If all goes well, he will be the next important DC writer, in the same league as Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison. This issue is just the latest example for me.