Strnad moves things along with unexpected haste this issue. I suppose he feels the need for a big finale and uses this issue to set it up. It’s a good issue, continuing–with less showmanship–the grandeur of the previous issue, but there’s something missing.
The tragic romance, which turns out to be more like tragic lusting for the protagonist, gets some closure here. Only none of it makes any sense, since the object of the protagonist’s affections is all of a sudden competent to some degree. Previously she was portrayed as a scatterbrained at best.
A month passes (or three weeks, I can’t remember) between the previous issue and this one, so she might have just gotten better. But Strnad never explains. He doesn’t have to explain, it just would have been nice if he had.
It’s a good issue, with some unexpected developments, but it’s constrictive, not expansive.
CREDITS
Writer, Jan Strnad; artist, Richard Corben; letterer, Nate Piekos; editors, Daniel Chabon and Scott Allie; publisher, Dark Horse Comics.
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