Last week dragged like an anchor, even worse than I suspected it would, coming off two vacation-shortened weeks. At least this week had a holiday in the middle of it, but now I've got a public meeting tomorrow. Will I, for once, resist the urge to try and offer information I think is helpful and just keep my mouth shut? We'll see!
It's the start of the assault on the Unburied, with flashbacks to how the different characters tried to prepare. Cass wanted to learn to heal, but won't let go of her past, so it's a no-go. Jade Tiger gets picked at by the shape-shifter in the crew about how he doesn't measure up to Cass. Nyssa and Angel Breaker discuss why they're bothering with this at all, which seems to boil down to Nyssa' daddy issues. She wants to accomplish what he didn't, as the forgotten daughter. Well, I can get behind spite as a motive.
They infiltrate easily enough, and then Cassandra gets distracted by some play about the history of the valley, which reveals that it wasn't just Ra's who attacked these people, Nyssa was involved, too. I'm shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked. More shocked Batgirl didn't recognize a lie or some dissembling when Nyssa was telling her little tale in the previous issue.
Then Batgirl starts having a panic attack when the play reenacts Shiva's death, but hey! Here's Kalden the Unseen as special guest! Rather than talk, or deal with emotions, Batgirl can just take revenge! Revenge: The source of, and solution to, all life's problems.
The guy summoning the ghosts is not a preexisting character I should have recognized. He's the strictly the guy that was a firefighter present at the Wrecker's rampage. Feeling the costumed types never notice the little people like him or the Wrecker's victims, he studied magic and did all this as a "voice to the powerless" thing. Which did involve putting together a costume of his own and giving himself the name "Executor," but he rationalizes that by arguing it's the only way to get them to notice him.
Does he want them to notice him, though? Is fighting Moon Knight and Scarlet Scarab really helping his scheme to take revenge? Assuming that's all it is any longer. He mentions it's hard to learn magic because even if you find texts, they were written by crazy people, as he reasons all magic users are a little insane. Which means he is now at least a little insane.
Don't love the costume, what I can see of it anyway. There's a dark robe with a hood and a rope belt. Sort of a big skull facemask, a little like one of Taskmaster's, but the jaw is uncovered. I'm not sure if it's feathers or living shadows around the fringes. Honestly, the whole thing is so dark, it just kind of becomes a blob of darkness. Black outer garments over grey shirt and pants. The fire ax is as his enchanted weapon or mystical focus is a nice touch. Nods to his fireman work, but also towards an executioner.
He sets the ghosts of all the people Marc and Layla killed in their merc days on them, and goes after the Wrecker, who is getting yelled at by Reese. Which is probably not a smart move on her part. I think "Guy who fights Thor," trumps "vampire." But Executor arrives, and his plan was - to let all the angry ghosts possess the Wrecker. That doesn't seem likely to produce any results but more dead regular folks.
Which I guess will make this a case of him stewing in his own anger and pain and ultimately using these spirits rather than helping them or providing any peace or working to prevent there being more dead people. Like Marc initially using all his skills as a mercenary, where now he tries to help people. Maybe the Wrecker shouldn't be one of those people, but that'll be a lesson to grow on.
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