Writer – David de Vries
Artist – Glenn Lumsden
Colours – David de Vries
Letters – Glenn Lumsden

The final issue of Children of the Puppet Master opens with the slaughter that took place in the previous book. It sees Megan head to the top of the tower where she reanimates a stuffed dog with her dead husband Neil’s essence now trapped within. Surrounded by the puppets Andre Toulon and her father Paul looked after, she now seems to be the successor to the intimate knowledge which they discovered. Be that as it may, author David de Vries then shows her on the run after having sold the hotel, having had enough of the past and looking forward to a new future. As much as she wants it to though, the past has come calling from inside the trunk of her car in the form of Blade, Jester, Pinhead, Torch, Leech Woman and Tunneler. They are not happy to have lost their home, the one place that made them feel safe and so they mean to take their frustrations out on Megan and her friend in a most permanent manner. From this moment on, the book moves at a mile-a-minute, the pacing picking up exponentially from what has happened before, which is a good thing. It lends to the present horror and makes things feel more consequential. There is a bit of a sex scene which came out of nowhere and felt a little out of place but if it were a horror movie, it would have made the film seem lacking. In addition to looking back on the past, when Neil was being his terrible self, the book stays in the present as the puppets hunt the two women down through the house. The book ends with a shocking moment, though and it is fitting for it speaks to the future and the place the various parties would have within it should it have gone a different way. De Vries wraps it all up with a nice, neat bow. This would also mark the end of Eternity playing in the Puppet Master universe, though they would additionally put out a Demonic Toys miniseries. Everything comes to life thanks to Glenn Lumsden who does just as good a job as his counterpart, crafting some fine horror with the diminutive dolls as they look to gain their revenge. While it would have been nice to see the series continue beyond these two issues, it was nice to get them at all and to see the makers of this book wrap up the tale they started long ago in the first volume.

3.5 out of 5