Tone and Profile of The Series
Like Sandy Jimenez’s other long-running series, Shit House Poet; Marley Davidson moves in and out of time, story to story. Issues begin with a particular year stamped on the first page as opposed to an actual title, with subsequent issues taking place years later without editorial segue or explanation. While foremost an action-adventure series, the stories’ setting in the South Bronx introduces realities and social issues more common in crime stories. The series is also noted for its adherence to the classical “faith-based” characterizations of monster legends and a clear aversion to any Science Fiction angles on monster mythology. According to the endnotes in the first issue, Jimenez felt “…the inbuilt religious aspects of this fictional universe were a reaction on my part to the increasing Sci-Fi influences in the horror genre.”
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