Writer: Stuart Moore
Artists: Frederico Zumel(p), James Taylor(i), Mike Garcia(c)
Publisher: Penny-Farthing
A mesmerizing science fiction story, Para benefits also from an engaging cast of characters, smart dialogue and artwork of the proportionate kind. Though Pablo Villabos has departed the book. Mr. Zumel makes a painless replacement to maintain a visual consistency and quality.
When last we left Sara, Dr. Z, Agent Snachez and Dr. Andersen they were trapped in a Super-Collider housing a dark secret. In this issue we discover the master manipulators behind the secret, and yet again it depends on the facts we already know as well as far out yet accurate science teachings melded with ease to dialogue and plot. Every thing fits snuggly in this puzzle. Everything makes sense, and all of it is conveyed with conviction and comprehension.
Mr. Moore really has researched this tale to its fullest, and rather than merely reiterate dry exposition, he creates a plausible crisis juxtaposed with a creative medical metaphor. This better describes the dangers and the improbability of events.
The artwork by Zumel, Taylor and Garcia investigates another level of technique. For this chapter, contrasting the realism of the cast and the surroundings, the creative team brings existential special effects in horrific symbolism that wouldn't be out of place in a Brian Yuzna Lovecraft film.
If the reader sets aside the high but understandable concepts, she will still find a diverse cast that are now stuck with the same problem. How they extricate themselves from this situation depends once again on the winning female protagonist Sara who gave up science for personal reasons but not the ability to think.
Para continues to surprise and delight, and though we appear to be nearing the end of the tale. It does not seem to be running out of steam any time soon.
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