Magog #7 - DC

Ok, so the working theory out there is . . at least as it's presented by Axel, Magog's right hand man . . his theory is that David's powers weren't so much a gift from Gog as they were his intertwining with another entity, Magog. Essentially, he doesn't believe that he was actually given powers, but rather 'posessed' by another entity. Their merging, and Magog's natural gifts, are what gave David his powers. But if that's true, then he has to ask himself how much of his actions are actually his own, and how much are influenced by Magog? Axel suggests that he goes to Dr Fate for help, or a suggestion. But obviously he doesn't want to involve the JSA. Or even let them know what he thinks may be going on. So instead he contact Zatanna. But only after he goes to visit his own mother, the 'battle-ax', in the nursing home. He expects her to laugh at him and tell him that he's being stupid, but . . instead she calmly thinks about it and say that these events may be the reason she hasn't recognized her own son in recent months. This really gets his head racing, and wanting some kind of answer. Anyways, Zatanna uses her powers to check for some form of possession, but . . she comes up with nothing. But Axel has an answer for that also. When he was merged with Magog he may have been changed down to his core. In reality, David Reid may no longer exist. It may just be a phantom personality that his subconscious is trying to hang on to. The alternative is . . he's no longer human. We also see that his mother from Albion is trying to sow some seeds of discord between the person she sees as Magog and his human friend, Lauren. And . . there's some kind of mystery going on in Demetri Kansas. It started with people becoming posessed by their computers and cell phones and such. But now . . now everybody is dead. And it looks like this town is the beachhead to an alien invasion. All we know so far is that they work for Planeteer Command, and one of their commanding officers, Colonel Tomorrow, is from Earth. I'm enjoying this series and this character . . so far. My only complaint is that he's so successfully alienated himself from practically everyone. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me when he'd be able to accomplish so much more with the JSA's help. I did enjoy Keith Giffen's portrayal of the interaction between him and Zatanna. It's about time that he actually talked to someone, without trying to start a fight first. I guess that means he's maturing. And of course I already told you that I'm a fan of Howard Porter's art. I'll still with this one for a while. As long as they make some kind of progress. I'm not particularly fond of the 'shoot first and ask questions later' shtick. To me . . it gets old, real fast.