In our review of Corpse Knight #3, Foy is poisoned, but some nuns offer to help her and her father.
Corpse Knight #3
Writer: Michael Chaves
Art and Main Cover: Matthew Roberts
Variant Covers: Lorenzo De Felici, Partha Pratim Sarkar, Tonči Zonjić, Nimit Malavia, Baldemar Rivas
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: May 27, 2026
This review contains spoilers
As Corpse Knight #3 begins, it’s clear that Gabriel is suspicious of Foy’s father. For instance, he questions where all that blood came from (Foy tells him “wolves”), or what kind of wolves use arrows. But he makes dinner for them, before pointing out that those arrows were his grandfather’s. He tries to attack his father/grandfather’s killer, and Foy tries to interfere…but the poison kicks in and she falls ill as Gabriel rushes off.
Her father immediately, despite being a member of the undead, goes right into Protective Dad mode and rushes to find help for his girl. They get to an apothecary, and he has a medicine for the poison…but then he notices Papa’s skin, claims that the Black Plague has returned, and that plan falls through.
On the road, they come upon a pair of nuns whose wagon has gotten into a wreck. The nuns are relieved to see a huge, strong-looking guy come along and ask for his help, offering to also help Foy.
Later on, Foy’s having a fever dream involving her mother having also recently revived. But there’s also a spellbook there with her that she claims was part of their family for years. Foy awakes, fully recovered, at the convent.
One of the nuns knew what it was like to lose a child, hence being so willing to help, and another gives them a solid lead on where to find Joan. But above all else, they’re warned to be careful. Papa’s Warden armor hearkens back to the past, where King Charles had started an order of witch hunters that’d have made a lot of enemies…
Gabriel may not have been in the story long, but in that short time, he’s been established as being pretty quick on the uptake. Seriously, it didn’t take him long at all to put two and two together about the, for all he knew, unhinged murderer and his young partner. He didn’t know that it the killing was in self-defense, but he did realize pretty quickly that that blood all over him belonged to people he knew. He didn’t know if Foy was in on it all or just an innocent victim, and so…poison.
Well, Foy’s father might not have been interested in hurting him before, but there’s no guarantee of that now if he ever finds this kid again. Because if there’s one thing that’s certain about, it’s that even after death, this man will go to any lengths to protect his little girl. And if someone shows that they mean absolutely no harm at all to her, then nobody gets hurt (like everything with the nuns).
Also, just sort of nice to see something work out for them on their quest. The setting’s undoubtedly a bleak one, set during a time of war during the 1400s, and the title character is essentially a zombie. But then we get this glimmer of hope where Foy’s cured and nobody’s freaking out over her undead father. They get a lead on where Joan might be found.
I’m very curious about Foy’s fever dream, of course. That book looked quite a bit like the same one she saw in that shack where she met Gabriel. Did it turn up there due to trauma connected to the guy that poisoned her in the first place? Or was there actually something to the mention of it having always been in their family?
Were some of Foy’s somewhat recent ancestors victims of the Wardens, I wonder? The Warden armor, being connected to a group of witch hunters that only occasionally got a real witch (but more often than not, targeted innocent people) does explain why 9 out of every 10 people tend to attack him on sight.
I’m enjoying the artwork for Corpse Knight #3, as well. The panel where Foy’s feeling the effects of the poison takes on a sudden acid green overtone, thus driving that sudden sickness home. And in a short time, we see Gabriel go through a few emotions: concern, anger, realization… When he’s off to do some hunting after noticing the arrows, his body language is that of vengeful determination.
Final Thoughts
Corpse Knight #3 brings a bit more hope into the narrative without changing the tone entirely, and I’m eager to see where we go with #4. The script and artwork both are doing a hell of a job in telling this story.
