With “Shutter” #5 mysteries are unraveling and the greater workings of the plot become unshrouded. Bookending flashbacks give us a smidge more insight into Kate’s father while caking on another thick layer of intrigue to her life. A lesser book could become convoluted and unintelligible, but the incredible creative team have thus far done an excellent job of keeping it all coherent.
WRITTEN BY: Joe Keatinge
ART BY: Leila De Duca
PUBLISHER: Image
PRICE: $3.50
RELEASE: August 13, 2014
Reviewed By: Torbin Chimners
A towering Cathedral, soaked in rain as lighting cracks throughout the midnight sky: TEN YEARS AGO. That’s “Shutter” #5’s opening page, I’m honestly not sure if there’s any way to be more ominous. Well ending a flashback with “some things are better left unknown” is also a definite contender. Foreboding aside, the flashbacks offer up some high octane action. Showcasing some truly impressive skills from Kate.
So far she’s been mostly reactionary to the world around her and it’s wonderful to see that she can indeed handle herself. That theme runs throughout the whole issue, it’s all about Kate taking control of her own life. She doesn’t take anybody’s shit this month. She forces everybody else to take a hike and spends the remainder of the issue genuinely bonding with her newly discovered brother, Chris.
The manner in which the two estranged siblings connect for the first time feels natural and grounded, unlike most things in this world. Kate’s walkthrough of an old film projector is a definite standout, its super-duper awesome and actually informative.
The more I saw Chris this issue the more it got me thinking. He is the splitting image of his ‘Father.’ He’s essentially a mini version of his Dad, even sharing the exact same name. Lining up the dates of some specific things I won’t spoil here makes me think him and his Father are one and the same. Or potentially some form of reincarnation? There’s something fishy going on and less eagle eyed readers could miss out on it.
More than anything this issue is the real beginning of Kate’s adventure. She’s taken charge of her own destiny, no more being strung along by others to serve their own ends. She’s seeking answers for herself, under her own initiative. I thought I was excited for this issue but now I know that’s nothing in comparison to my elation for “Shutter” #6. It seems like this happens with every issue and may it never end.
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Torbin Chimners AKA Torin Chambers is a rad dude from the nineties who does film stuff or something. Thomas the Tank Engine is his favorite transformer. Find him on Twitter@Vulgar_Rhombus