It’s over, it’s all over. “Translucid” #6 has comes to a close and it’s been a damn good ride. This is a supremely solid and wholly satisfying conclusion to a mini series that’s always been a cut above. The finale’s not big on concrete answers, but really this was never about answers.
It’s always been a character study of the connection between a hero and his villain, an unspoken bond. While archenemies, they also all too often become each other’s only true friend. The only person who truly sees the hero for who they are, are their villains.
WRITTEN BY: Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
ART BY: Daniel Bayliss
PUBLISHER: BOOM! Studios
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: September 17, 2014
Reviewed By Torbin Chimners
Upon my initial read I was actually disappointed by how it all ended, but that’s because I was being an idiot. Looking for answers to trivial things and not taking in the grand philosophical machinations at work. I was looking for answers to questions like who The Horse really was; the real answer is it doesn’t matter. He’s whatever he needs to be.
I gave it a second read without worrying about solid answers and enjoyed it for the tale is was spinning. Going into it with the mindset I was blown apart at the seams. They’ve been telling this story since the very first issue, there’s really no other way it could have gone down and god dammit is it superb.
I’ve heard “Translucid” described as the ultimate Batman/Joker, hero/villain story that DC/Marvel wouldn’t and couldn’t ever make. You could make that comparison, but it’d be selling it incredibly short. It’s so much more than that; it’s entirely its own thing. Standing tall and strong on it’s own two legs. No-ones looked at or focused so heavily on the unspoken bond a hero and villain share in the same way as “Translucid.”
I’ve always felt like “Translucid” was operating at an intellectual level above myself. It’s an incredibly smart book that conducts itself on a grand operatic scale at times and at other times slows down to sublime moments of self-reflection. It’s been refreshing to the core, with a seriously psychologically damaged hero, and a villain who at times seems more capable than the hero. I couldn’t be sadder to see it go but I also couldn’t be happier with the ride we’ve shared.
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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