The Silver Coin #1 may be enjoyed simply. It is a horror story built on the classic trope of “be careful what you wish for” told from beginning to end by two of the most accomplished creators working in comics today, artist Michael Walsh and writer Chip Zdarsky. There’s more to it than that—the series was co-created by others, including Kelly Thompson, Jeff Lemire, and Ed Brisson, and future issues will tell more self-contained stories featuring the same eponymous, cursed object. However, there’s no need for readers to obsess over continuity or connections or creator changes here. You can simply pick up the issue, read it, enjoy it, and continue. That’s exceedingly rare in direct market comics today and it left me far more excited to pick up The Silver Coin #2 than any cliffhanger could have.