Well, amidst the disaster that was the end of last week, I did get some comics. There were only two comics from last month, and we'll get to those Friday. I was hoping the second issue of White Lily would be out, but no dice. Today, we'll look at the last issue of a mini-series that concluded in February.
Thomas decides to pick things up after the big fight with the murderer that was ramping up at the end of issue 4. Instead, we get Winston explaining things to an unseen interviewer, who turns out to be the police commissioner. I don't think the mystery really ties together, because even Winston admits he's not sure why the killer felt it was a good idea to drag him back in. The best he can offer is that his assistant pulled it together as part of his big scheme to kill Winston and win the Mayor's heart. Which feels kind of half-assed, but does that speak to Winston's ability as a detective, Floyd's limitations as a criminal mastermind, or Thomas not being that great at writing a mystery?
Beyond that, Raleigh gives Winston one of his hands, and gets a mechanical one for himself. They couldn't build a mechanical hand for Winston based off his existing hand? Like, how differently do skeletons and musculature work for everyone else in this world? But whatever, they have to rush off to the cemetery because Winston can save the Mayor if they hurry. OK, sure, comes out of nowhere, but fine. The mummies as guards against graverobbing was a nice touch.
That's the thing about this series. The parts I like are when Thomas and Ferguson show the unique features of this world. I'm still not clear on whether everyone used to be human like Winston and were changed to these other forms, or if all the other humans are just dead, and these beings emerged from. . . somewhere. If it's the latter, then the world should be different, shouldn't it? They wouldn't just recreate what the now extinct humans did, would they?
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