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    Harrow County #15
    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: August 10th, 2015.
    Written by: Cullen Bunn
    Illustrated by: Tyler Crook
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    Issue #15 starts off with a sequence that shows us how Hester 'took it upon herself to become a god.' When she was kicked out of town she created companions out of mud and blood. There were those, like Odessa, who took issue with this - but there was nothing they could do to stop her. This is what Odessa tells Emmy as they walk through the woods together.

    Emmy's starting to figure things out on her own - she thinks that she's Hester, returned from the grave in a sense. And Odessa tells her that's pretty close to the truth, but that Emmy doesn't have to do things the way that Hester did, but Emmy doesn't really know Odessa or the other members of this 'family' at all. She raises this point, and Odessa tells her of their traditions, how they don't stay together but wander the world individually, in their own way - though they do come from the same place. Once every decade they'll have a conclave, they'll all gather at the house that has always been there, no matter where it might be. And one of the conclaves is happening now, which is where Emmy comes in.

    Odessa tells Emmy about the different members of the family, her brothers and sisters as she puts it, of herself, Levi, Mildred, Willa, Kaine, Corbin and Hester's own tutor, Amaryllis. And then she tells her how Hester coveted Amaryllis' powers, killed her and then ate her to absorb them, claim them for her own, breaking their one core rule for the first time. This is why Hester was banished. Emmy wants to know more about both her past and her present. Odessa and the others will take her in and show her, but there are strings attached…

    This issue does a fine job of bridging Emmy's past with what would very well wind up being her future. There are a lot of questions raised in this issue, the obvious one being is Odessa being truthful about all of this? But there's more - what will happen if Emmy leaves? Are her ties to Hester really as binding as she's being led to believe? Is the reason for Hester's banishment really as nefarious as it's made out to be? There's very likely a lot more to all of this than Bunn's story is letting us in on, at least at this point in time, but it helps to further build the Harrow County mythos in a big way. Crook's art is as great as it's ever been, the scene with Hester and Amaryllis being the big stand out here as it is really well done and frankly, quite disturbing.

    This issue also includes a single page Tales Of Harrow County, the first part of a tale called The Butler, written by Tyler Crook and illustrated by Brian Hurtt and Matt Kindt. All in all, another great issue.








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