I'll be honest, I didn't expect a lot out of this book going in. As someone only familiar with the trappings of Jericho, it was surprisingly easy to get what was going on in this story. The first page recap gave you an in-point, and strong character work did the rest. Artwise, it's a very solid book, with the characters that need to be recognizable being such without devolving into distracting photo reference. If I had a complaint about the issue (other than the long and apparently monetarily derived pause between earlier issues of the series and the second half) it's that our ending here is a clear cliffhanger for more events to come. In a normal comic series, I'd be troubled by that, but in this case I think it's appropriate for the material and true to the source. Rumors fly about a film or television continuation of this story, but it's good to see a comic book that is clearly aimed at a segment of the market who is crying out for more material featuring their characters. Jericho S Read Full Review
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