Writer – David Lucarelli
Artist – Henry Ponciano
Letters – HDE

In this final issue by David Lucarelli and Henry Ponciano, Abigail and Daniel have found their friend Betty, drowned by those who look to remove the head of Utopia Studios in a permanent manner and are on their way to the police. Along the way though, they manage to piece together everything they have learned and realize that Mr. Coldwell is going to be killed at the studio’s grand opening. So it is that Abigail heads back to the studio in the hopes that she can stop the killing while Daniel heads over to the police station with a body in the back of the car, the both of them hoping that luck is on their side. Most of this issue is spent in a race against the clock, simply because Abigail has no idea how much time she has left before the actual hit takes place on her boss. She can guess and she does turn out to be right, but things get a little tight a couple of times throughout her long chase and yet thankfully, she manages to pull out a win. Suffice it to say, this book has a happy ending, in more ways than one. Lucarelli does a great job with the story as he wraps things up, everything getting a bow and a well-deserved one. Making this just a little more special, Lucarelli takes the reader a little further than the natural conclusion to the story, following Abigail and Daniel into the future as they make their lives together. Readers see them get married, get jobs, make a home and grow old and even more importantly, see Abigail finally become the policewoman she always wanted to be. As for Ponciano, his artwork is as clean and crisp as ever and the man brought it home in grand fashion, this issue giving him a little more to work with given all the action that takes place. Altogether, this was a fairly solid series and a good read. There might not have been as much action and adventure as one would have liked, but it was not that kind of a book. The pacing, the plot and everything in between worked well and made for an easy, pleasant reading experience. While it would leave off with an air of finality, making readers wonder if they would ever see Abigail again, they would get that chance as Lucarelli and Ponciano would be back with a second volume to further chronicle Abigail’s life and times, once again tied to Utopia Studios.

4 out of 5