Writer – David Lucarelli
Artist – Henry Ponciano
Letters – HDE

When last seen, Abigail Moore was about to witness a suicide and within a mere moment, she realized that she had to do something. Part of it might have been her wanting to be a policewoman more than anything else, though deep down, it was simply because she was a good person who could not in good conscience let a man jump to his death. So it is that she ascends the water tower and convinces the jumper, an actor no less, that he has everything to live for and while he might be blackballed at Utopia Studios, he can go somewhere else and keep his career on track. Things take a measured pace after this as author David Lucarelli and artist Henry Ponciano have Abigail go on a date, hang out with her friend, meet a new potential love interest and more importantly, learn to shoot a gun. Some might think this all sounds a little boring and yet it was quite compelling as Lucarelli meticulously sets things up for whatever it is that comes next and while that too is vague, he makes the reader look forward to reading it. Once again though, the book does end on a cliffhanger with Abigail firing her weapon while on the night shift. Things are dark, quiet and spooky and the littlest noise would make anyone jump, but having just learned to fire her gun and having real bullets to load into it makes her take a couple of shots at whatever or whoever it might be. Ending the book this way just adds to an already solid outing, giving readers exactly what they need to anticipate the next issue. Ponciano is a really fantastic artist and the man makes the story come alive in the best of ways, giving readers a good helping of the dramatic along with a solid dose of suspense to close it all out. New characters are added to this issue as well which should make things interesting going forward depending on how featured they are not to mention Lucarelli digging a bit deeper into Abigail’s persona to make her an even more well-rounded leading woman. At the end of the day, this book entertained and what more could one ask for?

3.5 out of 5