“Roche Limit: Clandestiny” #2 ups the ante with an action packed issue. Our heroes begin to face off against some truly insidious creatures and encounter some unexpected help. While last issue flirted with the potential dangers of Dispater’s wasteland they are on full display here. No one is safe and disaster lays in wait around every corner. Something sinister is brewing and it threatens to consume them all.
WRITTEN BY: Michael Moreci
ART BY: Kyle Charles
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PRICE: $3.50
RELEASE: June 10, 2015
The issue kicks off with one of the raddest involuntary lobotomies I’ve ever seen. It also cements the black beasts as a force not to be fucked with. That’s right, entirely black beasts, exactly like the ones from the epilogue of Roche Limit #5. It’s unclear if these are the exact same ones from the epilogue or if they’re possibly descendants from those beasts.
They may not even be ‘beasts’, in fact I’d say it’s a safe bet to say that they’re much more than any animal. Coupled with another new development in this issue they feel almost supernatural, which is intriguing for a Sci-Fi book. Interestingly they can be hurt by conventional weaponry to some degree. Additionally we learn they’re not afraid of fire but still avoid it because it’d burn them, indicating that there’s a certain degree of intelligence. The mysteries just keep piling up in an exceptionally exciting way making every tidbit of info thrilling.
My only problem with this issue comes from a mildly confusing art choice. Sasha and Kim look far too alike, the first few times I read the flashback scene I thought it was Sasha’s flashback. Their hair and faces look almost identical, yes there are subtle differences but they’re not noticeable enough. Clandestiny’s cast of characters is decently sized and to be honest I don’t have everyone’s names down yet so when they look alike it’s befuddling.
Roche Limit’s second series continues to impress just as much as the original. The mysteries and intrigue grow leaps and bounds each issue, always leaving you salivating for more. Minor issues aside this book’s presentation stellar in every regard.