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FINAL ISSUE
Secrets are revealed and new mysteries emerge as Derek uncovers his mother's killer and the origins of his powers in this, the final chapter of his story, for now.
RATED T
Sideways has been a mostly wonderful comic from start to finish. Read Full Review
More than anything, issue #13 plays more like a prologue to greater events than a finale. Rocafort and DiDio do a lot of foreshadowing about Derek's future. With the truth behind how he got his powers revealed, the arrival of his birth mother and his connection to the dark multiverse, DC can't be done with Sideways. A lot of this ending hints towards the future. After a bit of reflection, I'd say that Sideways has had a successful entry into the DC Universe. Read Full Review
"Sideways" #13 is a well-paced, emotional finale that finally delivers on the full potential of the series. Read Full Review
Rocafort's art is amazing. Everything looked great. I just wish that the story rose to the same level as the art. Read Full Review
Dan Didio and Kenneth Rocafort'sSideways ends with a satisfying conclusion that leaves the door open for return engagements to the character. Read Full Review
Sideways #13 brings the story of this young new hero to a close, for now. It honestly could have been better. This was a story that I remember at the very start saying held so much potential for the connection to Dark Nights: Metal and a power you don't see too often taken advantage of in the DC Universe. Yet here we are with a story that should have gone farther than where it ended, and offer more than it left in question. I stuck through with this to the end because hope was all that you could hold on to. This wasn't all a bad journey, but it could have become so much more. Read Full Review
The series is finally over, and I'm glad. It hurt to see such potential squandered on a monthly basis. The art was amazing and the various threads established in this issue gave me a little chuckle. The final page is certainly interesting but I'm very sure that we're never going to see this brought up again. Read Full Review
It feels like the creators didn't have the time to plan this as a legitimate last issue, leaving many things unresolved and ending on a dark and disturbing note. The art is quite nice, though. Read Full Review
Well, this is it, the end of Sideways (or is it…). Well, I am sad to not read him once a month, I really hope we see him again. Maybe with someone, he seems like he could be a character you could excel on when pairing him up. Maybe with Blue Beetle, Duke, or if he has a dark side have him be an outlaw. The art really has been one of my favorite things in this series! If you don't want to pick it up for the store, maybe pick it up for the art. It's just sad that we never really got to know who Derek is, just a one-dimensional character. Read Full Review
Sideways is ending with Sideways #13, an odd number that gives it one issue more than the typical twelve. It needed much more to make sense of the hash that this series has become. It juggles countless plots and tries to rush them to a conclusion, but few of them land. Read Full Review
With the proposition of Sideways returning, as teased by the cliffhanger ending, this series has suffered every clich imaginable with these last few issues as it makes its way toward deaths door. Without any greater responsibility to go along with his great power, this Spider-Man pastiche remains unrealized and ultimately unimportant as he is indefinitely shelved. All the potential in the world couldnt save this character if the creators dont actually seem to care. Read Full Review
Sideways started out as a totally forgettable character in a totally forgettable series. By the end of the run, it turned into my favorite "New Age of Heroes" title based on the overall progression of the series lead, his villains, and the development of his supporting cast.
We learn the truth behind the murder of Derek's mother. Derek also meets his biological mother for the first time. Most of the other lingering plotlines are resolved and it's hard not to see the series resolution as a happy one if not premature. I'm pretty sure there are elements of the issue that were rewritten.
The comic introduces a stinger that I won't spoil but the way it's introduced and resolved doesn't quite match up with the opening and more
Killer's reveal aside, I thought the issue was a rather nice send off. Until he pops back in somewhere else anyway.
Sets itself up for a continuation, I just hope the series gets it. I rather liked Sideways as a series and hope it has something in the future.
I can’t tell you a single page that I liked! Where to start? The dialogue was just godly awful! The bit about his mom was just too cringe to read. When found out who killed his mom and why felt like a fuck you to the fans. Was stupid and reason felt like it came from a five year old!
Thank god it's over.
Fu*ck this comic
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