Sci-fi authors always want to judge humanitys crimes. Theyre not alone, of course. (Its a big population. Every one of us hates the aggregate population for different reasons. Theres a lot to hate about us. Its fun.) The weird preoccupation with judgment of the species DOES find a reasonably unique space in Phillips tale, which casts an interesting light into the nature of Diana and the guilt she carries for all that she is unable to do. If Phillips focusses on THAT for the rest of the series, it could land with a satisfying conclusion in a couple of months.  Read Full Review

I realize that that is a matter of taste, but honestly, the art here looks phoned in, poorly considered, and just flat in every sense of the word. It pulls everything else down with it leaving the whole issue just a mediocre at best meh. Read Full Review

I generally enjoyed the issue. Its not entirely clear whats going on but thats kinda the point. What DOES happen is pretty nice to look at though. I love Hawthornes art style and how he draws Diana. Very heroic, classic feeling but also modern.

The ending scene is actually pretty interesting of a morality play. Im excited to see where they go with this. Its a simple issue but it does its job.

I liked this up until the part with Silver Swan, I just can't buy the victim narrative Phillips is selling for her.