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Summary: Another 5-Star Story
Review: Collecting issues #7 - #12 of the on-going series Crux book 2 is even better than book 1. One of the reasons I've grown to love this series so much is that each character has a distinct personality and that aspect comes across very well. The scene where the Atlantean group reveal one of their story-telling rituals was a great touch by Waid, et. al. Not only did it reveal something of the culture of Atlantis but gives added clues to each character's personality and the way they view their current situation - fighting for their survival against a foe they can neither understand nor communicate with. The question of what happened to species homo sapiens, while answered somewhat is only partially so. Those that are answered lead to yet more mysteries. Moral and ethical questions are also raised. If you could go back in time would you try to avert a disaster if you could? Would you still do so knowing that while you might save some people it would mean a much greater number would suffer and possibly die in the future that would not have done so before? These are only some of the dilemmas confronting the Atlanteans. And it is very interesting to see that the mysterious stranger is not the over-arching god-like being book 1 at first implies. Even he is surprised when some things do not turn out quite as he planned. Crux is a scifi/fantasy fan's tale and highly recommended - particularly for people who enjoy character-driven stories. I also recommend Crossgen's other trade Negation v. 1 to learn more about the antagonists the Atlanteans struggle against (not to mention Negation has one of THE coolest, most charismatic Bad Guys ever seen in any comic series - Charon, the God-Emperor of the Negation Universe).
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