Golem of Venice Beach (GN)

Title: Golem of Venice Beach (GN)
Publisher: Clover Press
Writer/Creator: Chanan Beizer
Artist/Colorist: Vanessa Cardinalli
Artist/Colorist/Letters/Cover: Bill Sienkiewicz 
Artist: Jae Lee
Colorist: June Chung
Artist: Michael Allred
Colorist: Laura Allred
Artist: Paul Pope
Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski
Artist: Stephen R. Bissette
Artist: Nick Pitarra
Colorist: Jeremy Cox
Letters: Clem Robins
Letters: Ferran Delgado
Price: $ 40.00 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.cloverpress.us
Comments: A Jewish priest brought to life a Golem and it fought hard for justice just to hard and it was stopped. It was hidden away. 
  Now in the present day at Venice Beach, California it is a nice day out. We meet Jake here and he seems like a nice enough guy. He does have a drug problem though to control pain. His uncle is a Jewish Shammes a caretaker. 
  Jake's uncle has a secret named Adam. Yes it is a big Golem. Actually a few people know about Adam. 
  It seems strange to see a Golem with hair and acting like a real person. This is not your traditional stone Golem. Adam does display a huge amount of strength and he uses it brutally when he has to. 
  Jake gets a girlfriend and her situation is not made clear in the story telling until his uncle states it. Jake wants to protect her and save her from the drug gang. Exactly how she is involved with them is unclear. Jake is an interesting character and does carry the story he is a guy you will like. Not a lot happens in the story yet it is used to set up what is coming. 
   A couple local thugs are fleecing the homeless including Angel and Sasha two friends of Adam. Big big mistake. 
  This book does not finish the story it leaves you hanging on what will happen next and what this Golem Adam will do. Will he protect Jake's girlfriend or not?  You will have to wait for book two in this series to find out. 

Richard Vasseur