Reiko The Zombie Shop

Jul 23, 2009 | No Comments | @andrewmarcec

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A young high school girl comes to the town of Shiraike with a special gift, she can bring the dead back to life.  With that ability comes a catch, she’s unable to control the dead after they’ve been reanimated.  Her name is Reiko, and she is a zombie shop, or necromancer for hire.  As Reiko travels throughout the town doing odd jobs for people she is put on the trail of a serial killer who has committed 29 murders.  With each newly reanimated corpse she gains more knowledge into the case of the serial killer, but will she be able to stop them before they kill again?

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Reiko is a manga, written by Rei Mikamoto and published by Dark Horse Comics is currently a six issue series.  With parts of it deeply resembling horror classics like “Evil Dead” and classic J-horror splatter films, Reiko is quite possibly one of the most gruesome comics out there and not recommended for those who are easily disturbed by graphic images.  If so, this is where you stop reading.

Told in six parts volume one of Reiko pushing the envelope with every page.  As she wanders from client to client she interacts with a pedophilic father, ressurecting the daughter he murdered, a group of school girls whose best friend died after a fall down the stairwell at school, a scientist who fell in love with a student and attempted to bring her back from death with clones and more.

Reiko’s control over the dead is weak, and the dead are incredibly decieving.  Before each ressurected she asks that the body be restrained because, once reanimated, the dead are unpredictable and dangerous.  When restrained they look just as we knew them, keep their manners in check, and do as their told.  However, when the sympathetic and greiving family loosens the restraints all hell breaks loose.  Their appearance slowly changes until they are the rotten remains of who they once were.  The knowledge they have is unleashed and all best are off once the secrets start to be revealed.

Should you be able to make it all the way through volume one, there are five more volumes begging to be read.  Each one holding images that will test your stomach and your morals.

Get your copy now.

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