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[TV] “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” – ‘Who You Really Are’ Review
Reviewed By Eric Switzer. This week on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lady Sif returns on another man hunt, this time for a Kree warrior on an unknown to erase some minds, including Sif’s, with a magic truncheon. ‘Who You Really Are” first seems like a one off episode but it actually deepens the inhuman mythology in a big way and impresses with just the right amount of twisty-turny plotting. You don’t have to say “Lady Sif episode” twice to get my attention, but I was pretty pleased with this episode as a whole.
One thing I’ve always really appreciated about “Shield” is that it doesn’t drag out the inevitable. The status quo generally shifts just before you get fed up with waiting for Coulson to find out about X or the bad guy to do Y, so I’m grateful that Skye’s transformation is out in the open now. If only the same could be said about Mac and Bobbi. I detest their B plot in this and every episode, carefully circling around a big reveal, dropping hints in the worst “Lost”-esque fashion. I’m over it. I was over it from the start. Their reveal
better be catastrophic or bring in a major character. Even if that is the case, I think the way they’ve dragged things out was poorly executed. If this is something that’s meant to be timed with “Avengers 2” I’m going to be frustrated.
The Inhumans mythos is deep and complex and opens so many doors for the MCU. I’m glad they are using the series as a way to introduce these big ideas before the film. This episode took a familiar “violent meta on the run” formula and subverted expectations to tie it back into the season arc in a unique way. This was a big episode and things developed here that are going to impact the future of the MCU, that’s what I love about this connected film universe.
Positives:
-Lady Sif duh
-We have Kree contact!
-May: “Skye, do you wanna talk to us?”
-Didn’t have to wait for Skye’s secret to come out
Negatives:
-Still waiting for Mac and Bobbi’s though…
-That truncheon looked ridiculous
What did you think of Who You Really Are? Are you happy to see Lady Sif make another appearance? What character from the MCU do you want to see next?
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Eric Switzer is an aspiring filmmaker and screenplay writer living in Los Angeles. His work tends to focus on the lighter side of entropy, dystopic futures, and man’s innate struggle with his own mortality. He can be found on twitter @epicswitzer or reached via email at ericswitzerfilm@gmail.com.
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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