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This was ok. I didn’t know this was a spin off of Something Is Killing the Children so this whole world and setting was new to me. I think the idea of a society of monster hunters is cool but didn’t really enjoy the whole train rescue children to be hunters and separate them by mask type for some reason. The whole Aaron and Jace relationship was good but I didn’t love it. Overall, this was just an ok graphic for me but the illustration and color palette was very nice.

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

studaslop's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

After loving SiKtC, I really wanted to enjoy this. For the most part I did, except that I found the incessant time jumps made it such a slog to get through. I’m still getting used to the style of paneling, so trying to keep track of each timeline while also trying to parse which panel comes when really dampened my enjoyment. I also would have preferred to slow the pacing, especially the development of Jace and Aaron’s relationship. The art is great as always, and I enjoyed all of the new characters. I’m also a sucker for lore, so I was very pleased to get more (though I’m curious/suspicious of the House’s apparent role in the colonization of the Americas). I do want to continue with this spin-off, but I’m definitely less enthusiastic.

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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lesbianbarista's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

:( man why do you have to give a dead character, that I know is dead, a sad backstory AND make him gay. Now he's gay, a good person, has a cute boyfriend, and DEAD.

It makes me sad. Just sad. All the sad.

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4.0

Where I work, there is a rabid following for Tynion's [b:Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1|52757827|Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1|James Tynion IV|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639219071l/52757827._SY75_.jpg|73727115], and when this book was announced all of the subscribers ordered multiple copies of the first issue, but by issue three, most of them had dropped it. I was worried that this meant there was a dip in quality to the stories. It turns out the old white guys who read SiKtC might be homophobic.

This is a solid entry in the SiKtC mythology, as we get a story about Aaron Slaughter and how his queer relationship as a kid might completely change the future of monster hunting. It's told in easy-to-follow flashback style with comparable art to the main series. The layouts are even more fancy (but not too fancy) than the main series but I never had a problem telling how the artist intended me to read the pages.

I'm eager to see how this plays into the larger story, and hope there are more detours like this to expand the universe. If you like horror comics, specifically SiKtC and you aren't completely disarmed by main characters being queer, I highly recommend this.

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