I thought this was another great issue. With the progression of the story, you get more of a feeling of what's going on this issue. From what I can gather either Al is actually dead, or . . he's just taken himself out of the picture. Either way I don't think we're going to be seeing him for the foreseeable future. Right now the only one who knows that he's missing, or that the game has changed, is the Clown / Violator. So with Malebolgia dead and Al gone . . . he's ready to up his ante and become one of the major players. The story seems to revolving around this Jim Downing guy. He's been in a coma for who knows how long . . the longest resident at the hospital has been there 4 years, and he was there when they got there . . but he's recently come out and seems to be completely ambulatory. But as much as the hospital staff is amazed by his recovery, there seems to be other people that are just as interested in his condition . . . people in the shadows. It looks like Heaven gets into the picture as an angel comes down to examine the dead spot in the alley. And maybe Hell's in the picture again as somebody . . or something . . attacks the hospital apparently to retrieve Jim. As he comes crashing through the wall . . "It's you that I'm here to take back!" As I said last issue, it's good to have Todd at the helm of his own book once again. Brian Holguin is still helping him with the stories, so the new story-arc, or direction, appears seamless. And what can I say about Whilce Portacio's art? It looks incredible. The way he draws his lines and does his shadows fits in perfectly with this book. Plus he always has the sharp, jagged, scraggly kind of outlines. I think it gives this book it's 'on the edge' type of feel. It's really the perfect marriage of story and art. I thought it was a fantastic issue.
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