What does it come from?
Cullen Bunn!
A down-on-his-luck schlub is possessed by a malevolent demon. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, the exorcism goes wrong . . . and he finds that somehow he's retained all of the entity's supernatural gifts. After a path of revenge on all the people that have wronged him, he begins to gather worshippers and form a cult.
But the legions of Hell don't take kindly to this, and they send demonic agents to murder the schlub-turned-god before he gains too much power.
* For fans of The Sixth Gun, Harrow County, and Locke & Key.
Plot
The comic begins with Stanley in a meeting that although it appears to be of some kind of addiction, he without any filter reveals everything that he has done, all the killings in which he has been involved.
Stanley is ignored and mistreated by everyone around him, her girlfriend Fiona cheats on him, although he loves her so much that he forgives her, in his work he is constantly humiliated.
But one day at his work after a series of attacks, teasing and humiliation, something happens, Zed wakes up, takes Stanley's body and unleashes his anger and supernatural powers.
Zed is Zedirex The Tormenter, a demon who loves to hurt and torment to death. After Zed takes control, Stanley must deal with the guilt of doing all of this against his will.
Desperate Stanley looks for a kind of voodoo shaman to perform an exorcism on him, but something strange happens, the demon comes to our world and his powers are transferred to Stanley who now controls them. The meeting place at the beginning is his intent. to create a cult of his person.
This comic has a brilliant premise, its narrative is magnificent that it has a perfect rhythm.
It serves as a great support to the story, with a texture that changes according to the narrative time in which the story unfolds. It successfully shows the pain, fear, frustration and emotion that Stanley experiences
Rating
Dark Horse Comics
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