Number of the Beast #3 - Wildstorm

Our suspicions are confirmed . . this story, or rather the facility that the government, I think, is keeping all these meta-humans in, is somehow keeping all the psyches linked to they create a fantasy world. That way they stay calm and relaxed and don't think about questioning there predicament. Hell, they don't even know they're in a predicament. But, all of that changed, when they added the last 2 people to the mix. The one that looked like he had been put through a salad blender? That was The High. We don't really get to much information about him personally, but he seems like the Superman of the era. Which, apparently, from what I understand, is the 40's? Anyways, in the last issue Dr. Sin was starting to question their existence and what was really going on. The appearance here of The High has just served to further cement those doubts in his mind. The people controlling all of this, from the outside, can watch what's going on. They see it almost like a movie, or TV show. They've seen what The High has done to this artificial reality, but . . they're not sure how to fix it. They think about taking Dr. Sin out of the equation, but . . " . . the heroes might miss him. The whole first act is based on a random generator of Sin's various mega-weapons. Change the world to much and they'll stop believing it. Just hit Reset." That may have worked in the past, but I think this time . . they're to far gone for that. The other new participant is Eidolon. Apparently he's part of some group called the Changers. Eidolon also seems to be acutely aware of their surrounding and predicament. Both Eidolon and The High have tried to leave town, but every time they do, the end up looping back to the same place they started. And somehow, when the 2 of them interact, they kind of pixelate and can then see their actual surroundings. I like the story that Scott Beatty is presenting here. It just . . I don't know why . . but it bothers me that it seems so much like the Matrix. Obviously these are the heroes, that, if left unchecked, are going to cause the end of the world. But, I think it's kind of neat to see how we're going to get there. I also like Chris Sprouse's art. I haven't seen to much of him since the end of America's Best Comics. Overall, I like the series. I just . . have this thing. But we'll see.