At this point, things are still obtuse and opaque, but as small building blocks begin to accrue, it's easier to trust the story than it ever was before. As if there was ever any doubt in the first place. Read Full Review

While most of the horror in Nameless has had that same, measured mysteriousness, this week's issue is overtly disturbing. One character's eyes and lips are cut off as he's crucified in the midst of a rain of razor blades. Another disturbing panel shows someone's finger nails being graphically ripped from their digits. One panel shows the after-effects of performing dental surgery with barbed wire. All are flashes, small bits of Morrison and Burnham's larger horrific tapestry, all sure to haunt you, like that nasty hangnail, that bothersome cankersore, that one memory you can never quite purge. Read Full Review

As always, it's Chris Burnham's disturbing and gruesome images that really make this chaotic, hard-to-grasp book work so well. Read Full Review

There's no denying the surrealistic mood piece aesthetic of the comic works well, but it's an unsustainable core in the long-term, leaving this an engaging read that fades from memory all too quickly. Read Full Review

The fleshy gore and uncanny ambience of "Nameless" #5 still make it distinctive, but the success of the story as a whole is reduced by its lack of lucid moments and connective tissue. Burnham and Fairbairn's art is effective and there are a lot of interesting ingredients in Morrison's vision, but they aren't coming together to become something more powerful. Read Full Review