Sweet Tooth #28 – Review

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor)

The Story: The final chapter of this late-1800’s story showing a possible origin for the Sweet Tooth universe.

Four Things:

1. Very streamlined story without many answers. – I usually break my reviews up into five bullet points, but the story in this issue isn’t really that complex.  That isn’t a bad thing as it accomplishes what Lemire wants it to accomplish.  At the end of last issue, we saw the reveal of a Sweet Tooth-like baby complete with antlers.  Here we see how everything get’s turned upside down as the “rescue party” decides that the baby is a demon that must die, but the story is really just a straight-forward resolution to that conflict.  There’s not a lot of nuance or layering here.

2. Not many answers. – Maybe my expectations were out of whack, but I was hoping for a little more in terms of answers.  Looking on the bright side, the series has been talking about how the present day protagonists need to get to Alaska, but it’s been vague on WHAT they need to do in Alaska.  At least they have a target now.  Although one does still wonder how in the world they would have known to go to Alaska OR how they’ll find the cave once they get to Alaska (it’s kind of a big place).  It felt like there could have been a little more meat on the bone here and maybe we could’ve gotten some really big answers in this issue.

Dean’s Top Picks

Best From The Past Week: Wolverine #19 – This was just a really funny book. Not so much in a way that detracts from the gruff and grim character of Wolverine, but more in a smart-ass, black-humor kind of way.  I love it.  And it was also great to see a couple of characters like Fat Cobra and Gorilla Man turn up.  Sure, they can’t sustain their own series, but they’re still great supporting characters.  Runner-up: Daredevil #6

Most Anticipated: Avenging Spider-Man #2 – There are a number of enticing offerings on an otherwise light comics week, but I’m probably most looking forward to another dose of Avenging Spider-Man.  Zeb Well’s script in the first issue was fun and funny and Joe Mad hasn’t missed a beat with the art.

Other Picks: I Zombie #20, Sweet Tooth #28, Amazing Spider-Man #675, Hack/Slash #10, X-Club #1, X-Men #22