I’m still baffled by Udon’s handling of their Darkstalkers X Street Fighter series, Lords of the Makai. Each part is a new #1 issue with a different title, but it’s telling a continuous story of part of Earth (most of Chicago, to be precise, not that it particularly matters) being trapped in the Darkstalkers realm, with the characters from both fighting game series teaming up against the evil forces of Jedah Dohma.

It’s mostly an excuse for big, campy fight scenes, in all honesty. And that’s fine with me; in true Udon style, everything looks gorgeous and the action is worth the price of admission.

It’s hardly deep stuff, but then if you know what you’re signing up for, it’s all good, harmless fun.

It’s a shame that the Street Fighter characters, except for one notable exception, are absent from this issue entirely though. Surely not making use of a big, diverse cast ruins the point of a big scale crossover, right? And it’s not as if many Darkstalkers characters appear here either; it’s a fairly self contained few scenes with very few characters involved.

That said, it is still enjoyable enough, but I do hope that more is made of the crossover potential as we head into the final few issues of the ‘series’. I’m entertained, but can’t help thinking that there could be a bit more to this, despite its charm and excellent production.

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