This has turned out to be a pretty cool book. Crispus Allen is the Spectre, and he's still hanging around the apartment building where the Slumlord was killed. He thinks he knows who did it, but he doesn't have the whole picture yet. Meanwhile there's a guy going on a rampage killing people. He was part of a test for a new drug to cure Parkinson's. The problem is, he was using recreational drugs on the side. Or, at least that's what the guy from the pharmaceutical company wants everyone to believe. It seems that he rushed the testing on humans, after some not so very good results on animals, and this guy was a borderline test subject at best. You know those ads where they say, " . . . . although rare, you may experience the following side effects . . .", well apparently this guy was one of those rare cases. So whether it's just the drugs, or the story about him using is true, either way he's turned in to a psychotic, schizophrenic, rampaging murderer. Which seems pretty cut and dry to Crispus, but when he tries to pass judgement, the Spectre says " . . . the detective has made me over zealous. You are not within my purview." So they punish the pharmaceutical guy instead. One of the cops ends up taking out the lunatic. Good story by David Lapham and Eric Battle. The back-up, Dr. 13, by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang is pretty cool to. All these characters are in the same place because, they come to find out, they are not needed or don't exist. And this is being mandated by the "Architects". I may be taking a leap here, but I think the "Architects" are really . . . the comic book creators. It's not impossible. And with the hints they're giving us, it seems to make sense. But, we have 3 more issues to go, so we'll have to wait to find out. But, it's a fun story.
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