This issue came across as a mystery, 'whodunit', kind of tale. Although this is the girls' book . . the main character of this story was definitely Edward Nigma. His erratic behaviour of late seems to a personality disorder of some kind. I don't want to say schizophrenia, but it's almost like he's been doing the right thing . . operating on the right side of the law, for too long. His psyche, or conscious doesn't operate that way. And it's starting to fight back. You know how you get those crazy thoughts that pop into your head every now and then, but . . you'll never act on them, so . . you don't worry about it. Well the line between blowing them off without acting on them is becoming more and more obscure for Edward. Anyways, the girls come to him because someone seems to be trying to frame them. They've dropped a dead girl's body right into their laps . . literally. And she's got all the markings that it was these girls that killed her. The way the story is set up, the girls are basically telling Edward the story in reverse. They start out with the dead girl being dropped into their 'house' . . having to hide it because of the way she died, and then coming to Edward to help them figure it out. It's an interesting tale. It's set up just the way a woman would tell the story. They keep telling him all this stuff that he doesn't really want to know . . or doesn't convey the details of the story. So he keeps having to get them back on track. Anyways, long story short . . after Edward goes to the 'hideout' and gets a feel for the situation and the details . . it becomes apparent that they are indeed being set up. And . . it's an old friend from their line of work . . Doctor Aesop. Now, hopefully . . next issue we'll find out what he's up to, and why. I thought it was an interesting issue. Paul Dini put together a nice story. Even though it was mostly about Edward trying to figure out these events, the girls' personalities all came through in their story-telling. And I'm liking Guillem March's pencils more and more with every issue. I don't know how long this book will last. But . . hopefully for a little while. It's a good outlet for these characters whom we don't get to see that often.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Gotham City Sirens #9 - DC
This issue came across as a mystery, 'whodunit', kind of tale. Although this is the girls' book . . the main character of this story was definitely Edward Nigma. His erratic behaviour of late seems to a personality disorder of some kind. I don't want to say schizophrenia, but it's almost like he's been doing the right thing . . operating on the right side of the law, for too long. His psyche, or conscious doesn't operate that way. And it's starting to fight back. You know how you get those crazy thoughts that pop into your head every now and then, but . . you'll never act on them, so . . you don't worry about it. Well the line between blowing them off without acting on them is becoming more and more obscure for Edward. Anyways, the girls come to him because someone seems to be trying to frame them. They've dropped a dead girl's body right into their laps . . literally. And she's got all the markings that it was these girls that killed her. The way the story is set up, the girls are basically telling Edward the story in reverse. They start out with the dead girl being dropped into their 'house' . . having to hide it because of the way she died, and then coming to Edward to help them figure it out. It's an interesting tale. It's set up just the way a woman would tell the story. They keep telling him all this stuff that he doesn't really want to know . . or doesn't convey the details of the story. So he keeps having to get them back on track. Anyways, long story short . . after Edward goes to the 'hideout' and gets a feel for the situation and the details . . it becomes apparent that they are indeed being set up. And . . it's an old friend from their line of work . . Doctor Aesop. Now, hopefully . . next issue we'll find out what he's up to, and why. I thought it was an interesting issue. Paul Dini put together a nice story. Even though it was mostly about Edward trying to figure out these events, the girls' personalities all came through in their story-telling. And I'm liking Guillem March's pencils more and more with every issue. I don't know how long this book will last. But . . hopefully for a little while. It's a good outlet for these characters whom we don't get to see that often.
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