Okay. Fumanchu was totally right. Izzy is a totally lousy bum of a father, spouse, and friend. Not only is he now taking drugs and on the verge of cheating on his wife, but he also let Bishop down big time, and neglected to shoot the disgusting wormy kid who is murdering folks right and left.

I am happy to say that the story actually moved in this issue. The last episode was like standing still for 10 minutes – pointless, (at least as far as I can tell, I don’t usually stand still for ten minutes, never really, so maybe I should try it first, then knock it.) In this issue the not so dynamic duo of Bishop and Izzy are heading down into the tunnels along with a social-working and massively annoying lady. They are going to fetch the large number of tunnel people who are willing to return to the surface in hopes of a better life where their families will not be shot, but will be discriminated against, split apart, and generally taken advantage of, and shot.

The other, obviously less intelligent tunnel-mutants have decided to choose the path of peace and quiet and are therefore moving deeper underground, where they will no doubt have a friendly society based on proper appreciation of one another and their respective differences. The suckers.

Meanwhile, Bishop and Izzy meet up with their old pal Nemesio, who, in case you’ve forgotten, is the mad-prophet-painter. He has done some halfway decent work on the walls and ceilings of the tunnels which are obviously not his best work, and therefore dismissed as below-auction quality prophecies. I mean, when the wealthy want to see the future, they really want to see it, you know.

Nemesio is in pursuit of his pursuer, the cuddly and loveable moleworm, Winston Hobbs. Winston Hobbs, a surprisingly normal name considering that the character it stands for is the demented grossathon of murder who Izzy neglected to kill at the beginning of this issue. Nemesio leads Bishop and Izzy to the fun factory that is Winston Hobbs’ lair of smiles. And here it ends.

One little note to the Honorable David Hine: I was really pleased with this issue, but it and the one before it could have been a single issue. You must speed up the story line. You aren’t even going to read this are you? Well forget it then. But, I will make a Nemesio style prediction: if your next story arc moves this slowly, you will be sorry because Marvel is going to kill the series like all the rest.

-Peblee