Wow! What a fantastic book. JH Williams III really opened up on his art in this one. This issue had more of his 'Promethea' feel to it, than did the last one. So I guess it's just natural that Greg Rucka has given us a Carroll-inspired sociopath here. "The new High Madame . . the new leader . . of the Religion of Crime . . is a lunatic who thinks she's Alice Pleasance Liddell?" It all comes together for Kate when she's questioning Alice and Alice says to her, "I thing you might do something better with the time, than wasting it asking riddles that have no answers." But Kate just wants to know why she's so important to this Religion of Crime. What role does she play, or is destined to play, in their future. However, the interrogation doesn't last long as Alice has a drug-laced razor-blade hidden in her mouth. Which was an odd, sick, kind of scene. Shortly after getting cut, Kate begins to hallucinate. She tries to get away, or at least some distance, in the gardens below the castle, but Alice and her followers are quickly on the hunt. However, it's also not long before the Colonel . . her father (?) . . also realizes that she's in trouble. He comes to Kates aid, guns draws, just as Alice and her minions approach. But . . there's also something growling in the woods . . behind him . .werewolves, maybe, or were-men? We'll have to wait until next issue to find out. Overall I thought it was a fantastic story, and beautifully drawn. In the backup, Renee is trying to find Hector Soliz' daughter. She's come to Varga's house to find out. And he leads her to someone named Chandless. She doesn't make much progress there though as she's taken down shortly after infiltrating his offices. Greg and Cully Hamner bring us this story. I'm glad we're finally starting to get to see some more of the Question. He/she is a fantastic character and I hate that she's been relegated to the sidelines of late. Overall, I thought this was a great issue.
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