Once and Future

Once and Future #20

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Stuck in the Otherworld, Duncan, Rose, Bridgette and the survivors from the retirement community travel to Grail Castle. Although far from safe, it does have the advantage of providing sanctuary from Zombie Arthur who always finds the location just out of reach. The layover provides a moment of respite for the heroes, and for Duncan and his Gran to talk, before Rose (who is the new Gawain) enlists their help to save her parents in Bath setting up next issue’s new monster who has a particular way of dealing with men.

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Once and Future #19

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Once and Future #19 comic reviewFairies are bastards. Seriously, you do not want to fuck with these things in the Once and Future universe, as our heroes learn.

Things in the British Isles have gone to hell. With magic and monsters revealed, Duncan, Rose, and Bridgette fight for their lives. Merlin and Zombie Arthur begin their move. And, in a clever twist that allows events to continue spiraling out of control, the outside world has no clue about what madness has been unleashed. No matter how bad things get, no help is coming and our heroes are trapped in the world of their making.

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Once and Future #18

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Once and Future #18 comic reviewRiding a dragon, Duncan, Rose, Bridgette, and the Shadow Secretary race to prevent the Holy Grail from falling into the hands of Merlin and Zombie Arthur. While successful, Nimue (or whatever she’s referring to herself now) inserting herself back into the story to save her son has much larger implications that she could ever imagined.

While celebrating their victory, our heroes discover that the government has leaked the truth about magic and the hidden otherworld to the public. The knowledge not only puts the Grail back into Arthur’s hands (giving him exactly what he’s been after all this time) but also plunges the world into the hellscape our heroes just fought their way out of it. Yes, government bureaucrats have destroyed the world.

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Once and Future #16

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Once and Future #16 comic reviewThings get event more tumultuous for our heroes as Merlin and Zombie Arthur continue their plans. Trapped in the Otherworld, Duncan and Bridgette have to deal with a crazed Lancelot as well as the sudden experience of a dragon (you have to love a comic that can just throw in a dragon at the last minute and it not seem out of place).

Things aren’t going to get any easier for the pair with the arrival of Galahad and Elaine whose appearance, and identity, confuses Lancelot (he’s not the only one).

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Once and Future #15

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Once and Future #15 comic reviewWhile Duncan and Bridgette travel to Avon in search of answers to what latest craziness Mary has unleashed, Rose gets an unexpected visit from Duncan’s mother who attempts to convince his son’s girlfriend to change sides (at the point of a gun). Once and Future #15 shakes things up a bit by allowing half of the story to be told from Mary’s point of view (although her holding a gun on Rose, and constantly threatening her life, doesn’t do a lot to help with any possible reasonableness of her argument).

Despite her craziness, there is a rationale behind Mary’s actions, and a peek into her childhood does help explain just how she got such a warped sense of the world (and why Lancelot is now walking around in this world). Following Rose standing up to the Green Knight in the last issue, here she shows resolve as well as bravery earning the respect of an enemy.

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