Mason recovers from his beatdown and meets Shay, the queen. Benji rushes Ash to a beekeeper to save her life. The armored guards who were hived into killing each other cause everyone problems, and Noa sets a trap for Shay's worker bees only to make a startling discovery.
The text could come across as a pile of impenetrable concepts that don feel like they engage the visual all that much. Thankfully, every member of the creative team on this book seems to be doing a really good job of finding their own hook and niche to grasp and climb into. The Hive has a deliciously sweet gravity that makes it all worth the effort of diving into even if it sometimes seems more or less impenetrable at times. Read Full Review
The sophomore chapter of the bio-crime noir saga builds up some key character moments. Liebermans writing dabbles into the long build of Shays moves. Henderson and Azpiazu capture the dark nature of dirty business with the art. Sit back and buckle in. This is a long build with a huge payoff coming. Read Full Review
I'm not saying I really liked it that much, but it kind of made more sense than issue 1. I think I already ordered issue 3 from my shop so I'm kind of stuck. If it's anything like these first two I think I'm out.