Hallucinations, super powers or guilt?
Creative Staff:
Story: Jody Houser
Art: Joe Eisma and Marguerite Sauvage
Colors: Andrew Dalhouse
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
What They Say:
Faith Herbert has lost many allies throughout her life… Her mother. Her father. Even a fellow Renegade. Despite this, Los Angeles’ high-flying hero has always defined herself by more than tragedy. But what happens when Faith must literally confront the ghosts of her past? A mysterious force is wrenching the passed spirits of Faith’s most loved ones back from beyond the grave…and into our world to break her mind and spirit! Can Faith overcome her greatest fear…or will these ghosts soon make her one of their own?
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
This issue starts off with Faith trying on a variety of new outfits that her friend Klara has made for her. None of them really seem like her style, but Faith happens to catch her reflection in the mirror and it’s not what she expects. A ghoulish face peers back at her and freaks her out. She wonders if this a vision, but as she thinks through it, she arrives to her home with her window oddly openly. Faith pins this on her late nights and long days fighting the bad guys.
The next scene is Faith hitting the comic book store. Again oddly, Chris Chriswell, who she had a previous altercation with, is working at the store. He points her to the back of the store where the one-dollar bins are. She is excited to thumb through the comics, but sees a vision of Charlene.
The whole scene is just a dream. She thinks it’s just because she spent time with PSR again that old memories popped back up. She calls it a night and gets up early for a change and goes to work. Her co-worker is surprised she is in so early, but as Faith explains it is a nightmare that caused her to get up early, a discussion ensues about The Walking Dead and horror.
She goes to the bathroom in attempt to wake up, but again sees a ghoulish reflection. This time she’s told, “It’s her fault.” Feeling ill and unsettled, Faith calls it a day and leaves work. On her way home, she feels so uneasy that decides to cover up all the mirrors in her home.
To distract her, she plays a video game, but memories of her old teammates surface again. She keeps playing off all these incidents as stress and covers up the TV screen too. She thinks about going out on patrol, but recognizes she is no condition to do so. She decides to settle for a cup of tea and a book and ends up falling asleep. She’s awoken this time to visions of her parents and others in a zombie-ghost like state. She tells them to go away, that none of this is real. But, they refuse stating they won’t go anywhere until she realizes why they are there.
In Summary:
I still continue to like this serious very much. As always, I liked the small geeky details such as when Faith was wearing an Attak on Titan t-shirt or reading Harry Potter. These little gems are treasures to search for each time I read an issue.
I am intrigued about this story arc. The pacing was different, slower, but did not detract from the story. It was exactly the way it needed to draw out Faith’s feeling and produce interest on behalf of the reader. I’m very much looking forward to see what exactly is going on with these possible hallucinations Faith has been having!
Grade: A
Age Rating: T+
Released By: Valiant Entertainment
Release Date: January 4, 2017
MSRP: $3.99
