Written by Scott Lobdell
Illustrated by Pete Woods
Published by DC Comics
I have been loving that new direction Lobdell had taken us on this title. Jason Todd is now an outlaw and it’s given the title an energy boost I didn’t see coming! I have always liked this title since the Rebirth story started. It’s only gotten better as we have gone along!
The opening of this book has Jason walking out of America and into Mexico. He finds a place to stay as he apparently has business there. Lobdell starts the issue off in a simple yet effective way. The art matches up well as it says a lot without a lot of words bogging it down.
He comes across a older woman with whom he tells her he has come for a reason.
Apparently, he is going to a place called Hierve El Agua. Apparently, nobody goes to that place according to the older woman. At least nobody with a soul. But that’s not going to stop the Red Hood.
As he replies to the woman, “he should be fine.”
e makes his way to the place he’s looking for and it’s a big old prison. Jason goes into this scary place. What is he expecting to find here? It isn’t long until he comes across Wingman. Wingman takes him down and captures him. They talk. And then, Jason gets free. He then explores the prison some more.
He comes across a bunch of experiments. He also comes across a ton of Solomon Grundy’s in a Matrix type of scene. He then digs deeper into the prison. And what he finds at the end of it all is terrifying. It also sets up the next issue wonderfully and I couldn’t believe my eyes!
This is a great story by Lobdell. He works so well with the artist Pete Woods. Woods is great. He makes everything very matter of fact in the artwork and it just is marvelous. He really has come into his own. This is a very good issue in a great series. It may fly under the radar but it shouldn’t. It’s one excellent series indeed.
RATING: A-
