When Sylas was gifted with the power to siphon other people's pain from them and take it on himself, he never could have imagined that he was the latest in a line stretching back to the dawn of civilization or that his dark mentor Antonio has been killing those with the power for millennia. Trapped by Antonio, Sylas must go on a trippy mental journey to save himself from a fate worse than death and show that it's possible to live a hopeful life no matter how dark the world gets.
Syphon #3 provided a beautiful and riveting conclusion to Sylas' battle with Antonio and his own psyche. Read Full Review
It's certainly a story to admire the art, but I wish the comic itself gave its characters time to breath and let the story come to them. Read Full Review
The third and final issue of the first volume of this series in many ways feels more like a beginning than an ending. Sylas has come into his own, though he still has many questions about his powers.
Antonio, though it seems he may be off the playing field for now, seems far from defeated. While Livia reconciling with Sylas seems to be about as happy an ending as we can hope for since in Sylas own words, "He may just be bailing water out of a sinking ship".
That might be the best thing about this series. It's inherent relevance to the darkness and light in all of us. The way that is reflected in the world right now seems more apparent than ever, with war, divisiveness, poverty and homelessness at a high, there seems to more
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