Thursday, 7 November 2024

Numbers 87 and 88- Something is Killing the Children Vols 6&7- Tynion et al

And a couple of cheat reads- my return to this continuing series.

Erica Slaughter continues her one woman mission to fight monsters whilst her old agency chases her down.

The story is what carries this through, even if it does feel a bit like Buffy with an evil watcher's council.  Erica is a really good kick-ass character and I felt genuinely sorry for her by the end of this story arc.

The artwork fluctuates between really sloppy looking and really very good indeed.  there are some panels with the monsters that are truly disturbing, but then in other panels it looks like the artist was running out of time so anything would do.

There's one full page panel in particular where there's a great detailed drawing of one of the characters, full musculature, nice detail, but the blood on her hands is just the same uniform red and really doesn't match the rest of the image.

So a mixed bag. Read for the story.  If you like the art better than me, you'll enjoy more than I did.

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