Wesley Dodds is resurrected and ready to jump back into adventure to help save the DC Universe in Knight Terrors #2. This Dawn of DC event shows some DC love by going deep into its roots to bring heroes of all kinds forward. Getting Deadman and Sandman together to stop this new villain is a strange team-up that will leave you wanting more, but are they enough to save the day?
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I appreciate how Joshua Williamson has been opening the issues so far with a Deadman prologue, as seen in our preview. Williamson has crafted a fun and sarcastic voice for Deadman, and I hope after this event, Williamson finds a way to keep Deadman in his stable of characters. The scene changes, but the comedy continues as we return to the present with a reanimated Sandman meeting a Deadman-possessed Batman, and the two have a witty banter. It is excellent how Williamson can take a simple question from Deadman, “You’ve met Batman?” and turn it into a call-out of all the craziness these heroes see in their daily lives and what they are. Their banter reminded me of a vibe from the movie The Nice Guys.
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This issue drives the plot forward by laying the pieces and characters into place and sprinkling in some clues along the way. The case that Sandman was on and went wrong to help bring about the Nightmare Stone comes to us as a flashback. The flashback is the only part of the issue that shows off some superheroics, so the art team of Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, and Caspar Wijngaard take advantage of the offering. Knight Terrors as a main series is four issues with a set of bookends, but this issue is where it might have been better to fold it into another issue and give us a jam-packed issue that has more content instead of a weaker issue that plots along.
An introduction to the Sleepless Knights is an enjoyable part of the comic, as this villain team looks ferocious. The Knights come off as a force that swarms to tear everything up, and the darkness hides how their strength presents itself. I like how the gimmick takes the story to a horror movie level where the characters are in total darkness, and the jump scare will be waiting for you, but in the comic pages, it is a lot of black and red with a scare payout that doesn’t quite hit that intense shock. Overall, the chapter is more fun banter with clues sprinkled in, but it does leave the issue feeling half-full.
Knight Terrors #2 continues the story and gives funny banter between Deadman and Sandman while sprinkling in some clues, but it reads like a quick issue. It is enlightening to get some backstory on the Nightmare Stone and Insomnia with a tease of the Sleepless Knights, but some more action would’ve sealed the deal on this issue.
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