Hellcyon is the latest offering of Lucas Marangon and at the first glance it definitely looks impressive. However, a more detailed and closer inspection tells a different story altogether. It isn’t as neat as it seemed when you just skim across it.

Marangon definitely has potential and does show some flashes of brilliance. It seems he draws inspiration from several quarters and his style reminds of Otomo’s “Akira” and at the same time it also seems to be influenced by the early school of Ladronn.

Visually speaking this volume of Hellcyon is quite impressive but the overall content seems to have been gathered in bits and pieces from several sci-fi series. The characters do not to add much value to the over all plot, however one much admit that they are unique. The characters do give a sense of mystery but it isn’t projected that ways.

Hellcyon Vol. 1 has been largely inspired by several other hits of the past and Marangon doesn’t really do justice. It could very well have been a classic, but he somehow looses the plot with this one. It is really hard to accept what we get from this one because Marangon does seem to have a vision All through the book you can sense that something fascinating is awaiting, but unfortunately not much is there, except for the visual extravaganza.

There is no doubt that Marangon has talent and Hellcyon could so easily been a masterpiece, but he needs to focus more on content and depth along with the visuals.