Ethan's birthday is rife with portent. If Fruitcake Mullins is to be believed, the tone of the series has dramatically shifted. Ethan has asserted some control over the force, stepping into a story much bigger than his own. The difficulty now lies in the fact that the second series only runs 7 issues, and Mr. Gerber has since passed away. Hopefully he gets a chance to tell Ethan's story in a relatively satisfying manner, though not nearly so satisfying as a longer run might have been.
I begin to wonder if Hard Time might be playing with some of the ideas that Gerber and his writing partner Mary Skrenes (who co-wrote this series too) had with regard to Omega the Unknown. There's an interesting parallel to be called between Omega and James-Michael, and Ethan and the Red Force. Both young men are mature for their age, precocious, and sense a strange affinity for a semi-voiceless super-powered force. Could it be that in Omega, James-Michael may have come to realize that he was controlling Omega? Or perhaps Omega and James-Michael's stories would have reached back into ancient Earth history, and shown them to be products of an ancient technological culture? Given Ms. Skrenes' involvement, I don't think it's that big a leap. Now I'll have to go back and read Omega and see if there's any indicators.
Taking a short break from Hard Time, just a few days, and then back to Ethan's story.
More to follow.
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