Descender gets all stories on track in the present, at least for the three we get here, as Orbital Mechanics gets its arc underway. It's definitely a lot of fun though it did leave me wishing for more dialogue and exposition since there's a lot of dialogue-free material here. That said, it's a definite treat to get some beautiful Dustin Nguyen artwork in this way as we see just how well he conveys the story without words. Between the designs, the roughness of it, and the color work, this continues to be a great looking book that makes me want a whole lot more of it. I don't think the series suffered under the Singularities arc for me but I suspect for many that this issue is a "return to form" for it. Read Full Review

Rather than focus on one particular tale, Lemire instead opts to jump-start three at once, using a triple-screen structure to update a slew of stalled plotlines. And yet, even with the wider focus there's still the sense that very little actually happens, the end page lacking in impact when considering the drawn out path it took to get there. Read Full Review