Plastic: Death & Dolls Vol. 1

Plastic: Death & Dolls #1-5

by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard (illustrator)

EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER IS BACK! The quirky and plastic-obsessed serial killer Edwyn, from 2017's critically acclaimed dark-comedy, horror series PLASTIC, returns. In PLASTIC: DEATH & DOLLS, we get to see how Edwyn came to his first kill at 10 years old and how that set him on a blood-soaked path of decapitations, sporks, and dolls on his way to finding the one true love of his life...a sex doll named Virginia.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2025

Reviews

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a love/hate relationship with Doug Wagner's writing.. I find his work to be trite and too obvious at times, but I also can't stop reading it.

So here's more of what you'd expect from Wagner and Hillyard, with quite an intricate origin story for serial killer guy. Not the best in the series, but fun.

(Picked up a review copy through Edelweiss)

[Valéria. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was as much funny as the first book, and basically everything that duo Wagner/Hillyard brought to us. Plastic, Plush, Vinyl, everything I can think of was entertaining, emotional, and full of beautiful violence and gore, that did not feel disgusting or pushed. Loved every page of it.

[Bryan Ford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lived up to the original

[LaNesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the graphics and the prequel's backstory.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully Wacky. Would read volume #3 if it comes out.

[Kristin Katsuye · Rating 4 out of 5]

A serial killer that goes after the bad guys. Sign me up.
I actually liked this one better than the first original volume. I would read more of this.

[Eliud · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the opening pages, Wagner constructs a world that’s dazzlingly artificial yet secretly throbbing with life. The “dolls” in the story aren’t just plastic—they’re metaphors for the versions of ourselves we present to fit in, dazzling and hollow. Every twist in the plot doesn’t just surprise, it unsettles, forcing us to question what’s genuine in a world obsessed with perfection. “If the head is ruined, the soul is lost forever”—this refrain echoes through both the story and the reader’s mind, blurring the boundary between surface and substance, body and spirit.

[Dean · Rating 1 out of 5]

A big drop off from the first volume.it wasn't very good. Colouring is a drop off, but that was the last of the discrepancies.
I didn't know it was a prequel until the end. I went through issue one again and it didn't have anything stating it was earlier than the first series.

[Einsteinonabudget · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was fire, I dont condone what he does but his mama for sure fucked him up. Took me a whole 2 issues to realise Cassidy is the man. Maybe im just stupid but some things were not explained or maybe went right over my head 😛

[Justin Biondo · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an origin, was not something I knew I needed

[crisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

i just really love edwyn's story yk

[Lindsay Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edwyn (and Virginia) origin story.

[Leo · Rating 5 out of 5]

No sé cómo lo hacen estos cómics, pero cada vez consigo querer más a Edwyn. Y eso tiene muchísimo mérito teniendo en cuenta que estamos hablando de un as*esino en serie completamente desquiciado enamorado de una muñeca hinchable. Pero claro, llega este segundo tomo y decide enseñarte de dónde viene toda esa locura. Y ahí ya me remató.

Aquí vemos mucho más de su infancia, de cómo se fue construyendo esa cabeza rota que conocemos en la historia principal. No intenta justificarlo ni convertirlo en “pobrecito Edwyn”, pero sí te enseña las piezas que faltaban para entender por qué es como es en el presente. Porque debajo de toda la san*gre, las bolsas de plástico y las decapitac*iones absurdas, hay un personaje muchísimo más triste y humano de lo que parece a simple vista.

Lo que más me gusta de esta historia sigue siendo ese equilibrio imposible entre lo grotesco y lo emocional. Hay escenas que son una absoluta barbaridad, de esas que lees pensando “pero qué demonios estoy viendo”, y al mismo tiempo consigues conectar con Edwyn de una forma rarísima. Te ríes, te incomodas y cinco páginas después te da hasta pena el desgraciado.

Muchas cosas de Edwyn cobran otro sentido cuando ves al niño que fue, las carencias que arrastra y la manera tan torcida que tiene de entender el afecto. Sigue estando fatal de la cabeza, obviamente, pero ahora entiendes mejor de dónde sale todo ese desastre emocional andante.

Y sí, yo ya estaba bastante dentro del club de fans de mi Edwyn antes de leer esto, pero ahora peor todavía. Porque cuando un personaje tan roto consigue darte ternura en medio de semejante carnaval de violencia y locura, sabes que algo se ha hecho muy bien.

[Mee Too · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this series would be better if the main character had a bit more of a moral compass. i mean hes killing people who pick their noses and dont eat their fruit cups. Thats a bit much by any standard considering the world is full of wife beater and child abusers.

2.6

[Luta · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay in comparison to the first one but still a fun lil read

[Raven · Rating 3 out of 5]

lol the way I finished this after finishing the other one is funny, I just needed answers and I got them and now I’m wondering what the fuck is going to happen after that ending

[Kayla Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always a wild ride with this author and this series. Who knew sporks could cause so much damage?

Content: blood and gore, murder, domestic violence, decapitation

[Amethyst · Rating 3 out of 5]

I preferred the other story but I think it was nice to get some background on his childhood.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Utterly bonkers but completely fitting prequel to the original Plastic series

[Nora · Rating 3 out of 5]

OMG how brutal 🫣 Though I liked the fact that you can get to understand why the killer does this and his story (at least it’s not random 🥸).

[David Goodwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

As brutal as it is interesting.