I thought this was an amazing book. It's a little hard to get a specific read on the story . . it's the first chapter in a new direction for our favorite hell-spawn. But we get lots and lots of hints as to the changes that'll be coming our way . . or I should say, the way of Al Simmons. If he really is a participating character anymore. At the end of this issue, it appears that he's shed his Earthly shell for good. We also see the return of the Clown this issue. It's good to see Todd back at the helm of this book. It's been in more than capable hands the last few years . . there's been some terrific story-lines, but . . it's just nice to see the creator back at the helm of his own book. And with Wilce Portacio doing the art . . the whole issue looks tremendous. I tried not to get to sucked up into the cover game. I did get the 2 50/50 covers . . Todd's shown above, and Greg Capullo's headless Spawn cover . . but there's like 4 or 5 different covers. I didn't get that far into it. Like I said, this issue, we see lots of hints of things . . story-lines . . evolving into shape, but it's vague enough that Todd doesn't tip his hand to soon about future plans. It's hard to believe that this book has been around for some 16 years now and it's still going this strong. In fact, right now, it may be in the best place it's ever been . . since the very beginning. I can't wait to see more.
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