The title of this story . . Scab, is, I think, both figurative and literal. Basically, John has this huge scab that's covering his chest. He knows that it's some kind of curdled black-magic, but he doesn't know how or why. And, no matter who he contacts, he can't seem to find anyone that can do anything about it. However, in the beginning of the story, 12 years ago, we see this guy Mal and his wife Mary. They're being rattled by some people calling him a scab because he worked in a union shop when they were on strike. Mary is also pissed that Mal brought this kind of attention to them. However, in the present, when John's trying to figure out what's going on with all of this, we see this same guy walking down the street and he's still talking about that argument with his wife. He goes into a pharmacy for some cream because he has the same type of scab on his chest. So I'm thinking somehow this guy got cursed and it flowed over to John for some reason. Anyways, John also seems to have a new interest now . . Phoebe. They're doing the usual new relationship thing where they're telling each other everything about their past. In John's case . . at least most of it. Anyways, he's pretty honest with her and she doesn't seem to scare off easily. However, when she takes a piece of the scab to the hospital for testing, it ends up attaching itself to her clothes when she leaves. Later when she goes to sleep, it floats off of her clothes and into her ear. Which gives her bad dreams and seemingly a ghost in her apartment. She's doing a little cussing at John now. She seems to be scared and pissed. This is the first issue by our new creative team of Peter Milligan and Giuseppe Camuncoli. It seems that Peter has really sunk his teeth into this series as he already has a whole year of stories planned out. I thought that Andy Diggle did a good job with this series, but . . we may have yet to see the best. I can't wait to see how Peter unfolds the tales in this book. It should be a wild ride.
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