DMZ #65
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Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI
Cover by JOHN PAUL LEON
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
Well, Brian Wood was certainly telling the truth when he spoke about DMZ earlier in the week. This issue makes it very clear this is the beginning of the end, while also tying up some very important storylines in deed. The final push by the government forces into NYC is brought to a close less by military force and more by shadowy backroom deals and strategic employment of dangerous information. It comes down to the trial of Parco Delgado and what Matty decides to do with the truth about the exploded nuclear bomb.
In the end he saves Delgado's life and even manages to bring about an end to the war. But he partcipates in a major cover-up, he conceals the truth about something monumental and compromises his ideals along with it. To get there he has a terse, yet stunningly written, reunion with Zee before bringing the wartime aspect of this epic story to a shattering close. The hallmarks of this excellent series are all present and correct, the vehement anger at the standards in modern geopolitics alongside the uncompromising adoration of the greatest city in the world. There's seven issues left, thank god, for him to sew it all up and set these compelling characters on the path to hopefully rebuild.
Burchielli's a genius as ever. I'm not sure if his art's a little sparser, a little less detailed, but it's so very effective. It fits Woods always economical script like a glove, capturing the huge canvas alongside those quiet character moments brilliantly.
What Wood and Burchielli move onto next, I have no idea, but I hope fervently that they consider doing it together and that it's even half as good as this. Superb.
Art: 5 - Excellent
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