new ways to die
as a compliment previous issues backstory and setup, Part 1 starts off with a 6 page/7 minutes prior flashback. we get a sense of where on the grounds (and tucked away in the mansion) everyone are situated before being interrupted..erm, or abducted. with everyone shackled and disposed to interrogation in Limbo, we thankfully catch up to a band of students that escaped those clutches - only to be on the outskirts of certain doom. theres some great displays(Skottie Young) of power sets, we dont often have the chance to see individually.. but they obviously take some hits from ghoulish denizens. enter Darkchild/not Magik per-say. and exit one of the students in Belasco's treacherous care. its more setup, but its in context of the present at least. its a walking tour of what calamities the poor kids are siege'd with. it looks great and reads well too. the monsters/hoard of demons are probably the breakout stars though.
