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Released by: Dark Horse Comics
Released on: April 02, 2014
The mystery deepens as this series continues but without much explanation as Dante and Veil finally get a chance to slow down.
More questions than answers but at least there's an antagonist to focus on now, this issue basically keeps up the pace set by the first issue so that's well and good. Greg Rucka's dialog is a bit simplistic but, then again, so are some of the characters. But, overall, his story is still engaging and aided greatly by the spooky artwork from Toni Fejzula.
On their escape, Dante gets a couple more chances to view some of Veil's mysterious powers, like moving a massive dumpster out of their way or turn a rapist cop into basically a paper copy of himself. He's as overwhelmed as Veil herself is, who keeps repeating her question, “Who am I?†to him. But as soon as she starts feeling some strange pain inside her, she blames everyone around her, making a scene and drawing the attention of the police…
Meanwhile, a hipster-wizard named Cormac is finishing some pentagram-based spell for some mob types, one named Mr. Scarborough. There are five corpses to match the five points of the symbol but nothing seems to have happened. The mob figures he's taken them all for a ride and seek to get some kind of return on their investment. But Cormac takes some essence of something culled from this ritual and is able to make his would-be assassin melt into a pile of goo. Cormac is able to leave the scene, taking a rat along the way, mirroring a similar scene earlier, where Veil also took a rat companion with her during her escape. It's clear there's some bond to something darker between them here and Cormac is on the hunt.
