DC House of Horror #1 features tow main selling points. One, it offers a darker, horror-flavored take on iconic characters like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Two, it features a crop of acclaimed horror novelists working with seasoned artists for what should be a "best of both worlds" situation. Sadly, this issue doesn't live up to its promise at all. nor does it justify the $10 cover price.
Often, House of Horror reads like DC's take on Marvel's dreadfully misguided Ruins mini-series. The point of Ruins was to showcase the grimmest, bleakest, most nihilistic vision of the Marvel Universe possible. That's pretty much the case here, as well. These stories tend to play less like horror tales and more like dark, gritty revamps of popular origin tales. What if Superman crashed in Smallville and murdered the Kents? What if Bruce Wayne was a serial killer? What if Billy Batson was a mentally unbalanced greaser? Don't even get me started on the Wonder Woman story, which reimagines a force of compassion and justice as one of violent revenge.
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