Well . . we're getting closer and closer to the end. And it looks like Suzanne Padilla, the reporter, is going to get what she wants . . to bring down Mayor Hundred, and to bring about the invasion of Earth. Very lofty and noble ideals. Right? Anyways, Suzanne was changed much in the way the Mayor was when she came across the white box that Bradbury was supposed to take care of. But not to fault him, Suzanne did follow him to Atlantic City. Anyways, with her . . it gave her the ability to control people, with her voice. Much in the way that the Mayor controls machines. In a flashback we see that while pursuing a child abductor back in 2001, the mayor built what he thought was a stun gun. It came to him in a dream. At the time . . 'Whatever I dream, I build.' It turned out to be a trigger to open a portal to another dimension. The Mayor never actually saw into that dimension, but the person he aimed it at did. And he was terrified. So now Suzanne is looking for that gun . . or 'opener', as she calls it. But the Mayor doesn't even remember it, let alone know where it's at. So she drops him in the East River. Meanwhile, Kremlin has come to warn Martha, the Mayor's mom, that she may be in danger. She says she feels safe though because he son gave her something to protect herself with. It turns out to be the 'opener'. Oh yeah, and there's a little bit in there also where the Mayor is arguing with his assistant about pro-life choices. He wants the city to fund a 'day-after' pill to curb the tidal-wave of abortions that happen here yearly. Brian K Vaughn is a brilliant writer. It's about time that we got down to what the purpose of the Mayors 'gift' actually was . . why it was given to him, and how it works and is related to that other guy who can control animals, and Suzanne's 'gift'. But I also like the way the Brian writes political commentary into his stories without them sounding all preachy, or party biased. It's really going to be a sad day when we reach the final issue of this book. This is one of those books that gets your head racing. There aren't to many of those left. Anyways, he and Tony Harris have just done a terrific job here . . right from issue #1. I'll have to keep an eye out for whatever new project they take on. I can't imagine that they'd be idle for to long. This was a good issue . . and a great cover.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Ex Machina #46 - WildStorm
Well . . we're getting closer and closer to the end. And it looks like Suzanne Padilla, the reporter, is going to get what she wants . . to bring down Mayor Hundred, and to bring about the invasion of Earth. Very lofty and noble ideals. Right? Anyways, Suzanne was changed much in the way the Mayor was when she came across the white box that Bradbury was supposed to take care of. But not to fault him, Suzanne did follow him to Atlantic City. Anyways, with her . . it gave her the ability to control people, with her voice. Much in the way that the Mayor controls machines. In a flashback we see that while pursuing a child abductor back in 2001, the mayor built what he thought was a stun gun. It came to him in a dream. At the time . . 'Whatever I dream, I build.' It turned out to be a trigger to open a portal to another dimension. The Mayor never actually saw into that dimension, but the person he aimed it at did. And he was terrified. So now Suzanne is looking for that gun . . or 'opener', as she calls it. But the Mayor doesn't even remember it, let alone know where it's at. So she drops him in the East River. Meanwhile, Kremlin has come to warn Martha, the Mayor's mom, that she may be in danger. She says she feels safe though because he son gave her something to protect herself with. It turns out to be the 'opener'. Oh yeah, and there's a little bit in there also where the Mayor is arguing with his assistant about pro-life choices. He wants the city to fund a 'day-after' pill to curb the tidal-wave of abortions that happen here yearly. Brian K Vaughn is a brilliant writer. It's about time that we got down to what the purpose of the Mayors 'gift' actually was . . why it was given to him, and how it works and is related to that other guy who can control animals, and Suzanne's 'gift'. But I also like the way the Brian writes political commentary into his stories without them sounding all preachy, or party biased. It's really going to be a sad day when we reach the final issue of this book. This is one of those books that gets your head racing. There aren't to many of those left. Anyways, he and Tony Harris have just done a terrific job here . . right from issue #1. I'll have to keep an eye out for whatever new project they take on. I can't imagine that they'd be idle for to long. This was a good issue . . and a great cover.
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