Aside from a daring underwater sort-of-rescue, this issue is a bit slow. I muse fairly often on idea of seriality, and how that either helps or hinders a story. In this case, the space between issues seems a bit of a hindrance. Though we do have the little cliffhanger at the end, just enough enticement to bring the reader back next month, I think these first two issues would have worked much more effectively as a double-sized issue. Kurt travels to Limbo to see Amanda Sefton (who is routinely described in secondary sources as his "lover/foster sister," which is a little off-putting) when he suspects that there might be something magical involved in the killings. There's a nice moment where Kurt displays his ignorance of magical knowledge as he asks if the killings might be magical or...perhaps the occult. Sefton says she doesn't know what he's talking about. Much of the magical theory I've read holds to the idea that the force itself is not good or bad, just the use to which it's put. That is, the magician is the one who decides morally how the force is going to be used. Which sound a lot like I'm talking about Star Wars now.
Despite its slowness, I'm really loving this series. The mixture of Robertson's semi-stylized art and Aguirre-Sacasa's talent for dialogue and narrative is really quite fantastic. It's a pity it only lasted 12 issues, but I will definitely be tracking down more of RA-S's work. He's a pretty fantastic writer.
To be continued.
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