Ennis brings together his two plot threads–Hughie and Annie–at the beginning of the issue. It’s funny how Ennis can write a more sympathetic Christian nincompoop than anyone else.
He’s also able to sell their meeting as honest and necessary. It feels right, since the two are just bouncing the same ideas off each other. It’s a nice scene.
The rest of the issue is the takedown of the Teenage Kix (an annoying teen superhero group, presumably Ennis’s analog of one of DC’s “tougher” Teen Titan books). It’s very amusing, though the best moment in the issue is still the Female petting the dog.
The cliffhanger, featuring the Kix going after the Boys, is the first great cliffhanger in the series, simply because one would wait any amount of time for whatever’s going to come because it’s clear Ennis and Robertson are going to nail it.
Loads of fun.
CREDITS
Cherry, Part Three; writer, Garth Ennis; artist, Darick Robertson; colorist, Tony Avina; letterer, Greg Thompson; editors, Kristy Quinn and Ben Abernathy; publisher, Wildstorm.
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