Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea
The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10
Jeff Lemire, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen
Image Comics
Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi
****+ (Good/Great)
DESCRIPTION: When the robot dog Bandit returned after ten years away - ten years in which Mother's dark sorcery rose to fill the gap left when the great Descender robots effectively destroyed most technology in the galaxy - it triggered a chain of events that could lead to liberation... or the last destruction of hope against Mother's totalitarian rule. Young Mila and Bandit have escaped Mother's minions (for now) with the reluctant help of ex-captain Telsa, but her father Andy has been captured, destined for the vampire feeding pits. Meanwhile, a problem with the mystic Coven draws Mother away... and into the jaws of a trap sprung by the one person in the galaxy more dangerous and depraved than herself.
REVIEW: As I've come to expect from this series, the second volume of Ascender starts fast and keeps the momentum going, even through flashbacks that fill in histories of key characters. Despite herself, Telsa becomes drawn into the heart of galactic problems again, while young Mila tries to cope with the loss of her father by throwing all her effort into moving ahead and none into processing or mourning. Meanwhile, Andy refuses to give up - even when he sees what Mother's magic has done to someone he once loved. Mother gets some backstory as she must confront her past and the truth about her rise to power... just as that power is threatened. Some familiar faces return, not always in welcome roles, and the rebels prove they've still got fight in them no matter the odds. More of the new magic-dominated galaxy is explored, with some cracks in Mother's seemingly-all-powerful grip revealed. The artwork and storyline remain imaginative, drawing me forward in eager anticipation of the next installment.
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