Reviews
"In comics it's hard sometimes to get authenticity -- where are you going to find a real superhero with superpowers? -- but a recent release in the burgeoning biker genre has done that. Lucifer's Sword MC rides on the success of FX's Sons of Anarchy (both in television and the BOOM! Studios' licensed comic), but offers a more raw, and less glitzy, look at the "one percenters." An intriguing story... " - ComicBookResources.com, "Anything has the potential for being turned into compelling comics. Here's another example: "Lucifer's Sword MC: Life and Death in an Outlaw Motorcycle Club," published by Motorbooks. This graphic novel is a fictionalized account of the sort of action that Phil Cross has witnessed as a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club since 1969. I love the gritty straight-forward approach to this book. You're placed right into the action." - ComicsGrinder.com, "It's rare to find an original story with any hint of authenticity. Lucifer's Sword, written by Hell's Angel and ex-Gypsy Joker Phil Cross, carries that credibility to the last page. Bloody, sexy, and swiftly told, it demands to be read in a single sitting. Ron Sutton's illustrations are visually arresting, their stark contrast and gritty ink-shaded texture lending an appropriate mood to the South Bay settings.... an excellent gift option for the local outlaw in your life." - City Bike, "Easily the most unique book ever released about the motorcycle club culture. The ending of Lucifer's Sword MC does leave you teetering on the edge of a cliffhanger; giving you the feeling that there may be more turbulent tales of "Gypsy Jack," "Frenchy" and the rest of the LSMC rolling down the road someday soon. Let's hope so!" - Thunder Press, "Phil Cross takes his decades of experience with biker gangs and turns it into a graphic novel that allows readers to take a peek a what it's really like. Lucifer's Sword MC certainly doesn't pull any punches when it comes to gritty realism. Though the story is set in the 1960's, it is a very modern tale of drugs, sex, and fighting to the death. You won't find any sugar coating in the story telling here, and as such readers can expect raw language, nudity, and violence, although they certainly aren't the main focus of the story. Rather, it's a tale of brothers, sticking together through it all. It often comes across a little bit melodramatic and even a little cheesy, but overall it does give readers a sense of both the cameradarie and violence inherit in a life on the fringes." - GamesFiends.com
