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    Harrow County #20
    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: January 25th, 2017.
    Written by: Cullen Bunn
    Illustrated by: Tyler Crook
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    The men that came in from out of town to hunt the monster known to roam the woods have been done away with quickly by that which they came to do away with. Their hounds, however, have been spared. The beast tells the dogs to go, to 'find'im' and off they run through the woods looking for the one member of the hunting party that wasn't killed - Emmy's friend Luke.

    Luke, bleeding from his stomach, lies against a tree. He hears the dogs coming his way and mutters to himself, only to be put upon by some rabbit like creatures that come out of the woods only to mock him. When the beast arrives, he tells the creatures to be gone, but they don't oblige. Instead, they almost seem like they are there to protect him. The creatures and the beast fight a bloody fight and in the fray Luke tries to crawl back into the woods to hide.

    Emmy shows up and insists that they all stop. The beast, Malachi really, tells her that the boy came to hunt him, to kill him - that he owes him for that. And he's right in a way. Emmy heals Luke's wounds and Malachi tells her to leave with him and to ensure he never comes back. He also keeps the hounds, they're creatures of the woods now. As Emmy helps Luke out of the woods, Malachi howls back at her, insisting she find out who sent them, how they found out about him. She ignores him.

    They find Emmy's pa on the outskirts, waiting with his truck. As he drives them away, Luke tells Emmy that it was his uncle, Ross, who found out about the beast, about the monsters that lived in the woods. In hindsight, Luke notes, they shouldn't have listened to him - after all, the stories sounded like crazy talk. After all, he heard about the beast from a talking doll he found out in the woods while hunting one day. No one else ever heard the doll talk but Ross did, every night. He even named it - Kammi. Emmy heads back into the woods to make things right…

    No one really believed Kammi was gone for good, did they? Nope! The surprise isn't that Kammi's back so much as it is how her return is worked into the story. We haven't really got to the 'why' part yet but those who have been with this series for a while now should have complete faith in Bunn's storytelling abilities to know that we'll get there when we need to get there. It's interesting to see Emmy become more assertive and aggressive here, using her powers in ways that she hasn't before even if she is understandably reluctant to do so. It's also interesting to see her stand up to Malachi. There's a lot going on in this issue, events here are sure to have some pretty serious ramifications in the next few issues.

    Tyler Crook's artwork has been stunning since the first issue and it's still stunning now, twenty-issues later. His illustrations are beautiful and horrifying at the same time, infusing Bunn's writing with some quaint country charm but never skimping on the horror or the suspense elements that are clearly so integral to making this series as riveting a read as it is.








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