The plot thickens, and then simmers.

In a world where our Earth is closely connected to another that is bizarre, foreign, and more alien than any worlds that are actually in our universe, connected by a fading temporal curtain, a place called Viridian that only a few on Earth know about including the President of the USA and anyone with one of those little white communicator thingies in their ear, one would expect things to be a little strange. Well, the Twilight Experiments does not disappoint. However, if one wanted some answers or some explanations of the strangeness, that person would be sorely disgruntled, but the mystery of The Twilight Experiments gives it a lot of its appeal that keeps me shelling our four bucks a month. That’s a high price considering the amount of burritos that said dollars could purchase. Still, this comic will leave you far more satisfied far less chubby than any bean flavored grease-roll.

Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray have created a story about a chance meeting between two people with mysterious powers at the memorial of Serenity, a superhero that once saved the world from a sinister enemy known as The Righteous. The plot is mysterious and intriguing and so well written that I’m surprised it has not received more hype. The art by Juan Santacruz is a bit simplistic at first glance, but it is also expertly arranged and communicates its point and purpose easily. In fact, in many ways it is better than a lot of art that has more raw talent but much less finesse.

In issue #3 we discover a major conflict between the two main characters. Michael, who posses strange dark seeming powers, is the son of Serenity, while Rene, who can fly and posses some unknown powers as well, had a sister who died during one of Serenity’s battles with The Righteous. Still it seems that the plot is pointing towards the two of them working together to stop a newly returned The Righteous, and somehow fix the temporal curtain before it collapses causing a black hole. (Which an alien dude says will cause severe natural disasters on Earth, but I seem to remember Einstein saying that a black hole would crush us all but out of existence.) Anyway, it’ll be bad.

I had high hopes for this series, and I still do. And so far, it has not let me down. I think this one is worthwhile for anyone to check out, if not just because it has a main character that is a healthy girl that is also fully dressed. (Not that I mind a scanty heroine. I’m just saying that this comic is a rarity.) But hey, she doesn’t have a superhero outfit yet, so keep your fingers crossed.

-Fumanchu