I'm still having a little bit of a hard time getting into this book. And I'm not thrilled with the art. But, this issue pretty much wraps up the first storyline about Adam searching for the killer of his girlfriend. There are also some good messages in here. Adam finds out that Mel has been using him all along to get to the killer. Well, he's not after that killer per se, but rather the religious group that he represents. Once Adam figures this out, all he has to do is find Mel and he'll find the killer. But it's kind of an empty victory. He realizes that he can't kill someone, and that he's never going to be able to convert him. So he comes in with the upper hand, but ends up laying underneath him ready to be flayed. But then Mel comes in and shoots him. Adam is kind of relieved and sorrowed at the same time. Which is where the other message comes in, because when Adam first got there, he and the killer had a heated debate about their beliefs. And, where I see the real problem, and the same can be said about the different religions in our world, is that both sides feel that they're right. And both sides feel that god has instructed them on what to do. And both sides feel that what they're doing is for the greater good not only of their people, but of the world. But, what I don't think both sides are getting is that they're serving the same god. Different names. But essentially the same god. So anyways, this book kind of reflects whats going on in the world now. In a way scaled down version, but still the same. And this is the first one of the 9 that has really given me something to think about.
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