Another solid issue of DMZ’s current Blood in the Game arc which deals
with an upcoming election and “People’s Candidate” Parco Delgado. More
so than other arcs this one has thus far shown Matty coming into his
own which has been a pleasure to read. It’s hard to find bad things to
say about this book, so I guess all I can really say is that I hope
this arc doesn’t signal the end for this particular storyline because
there are so many things that Wood can examine here not to mention the
fact that it would be nice to still be reading this storyline as it
gets closer to November and our own Presidential election. Another
round of one-shots would be great to look in depth at how the end of
this arc impacts specific characters especially if it brings about the
kind of change to the world of the DMZ that it looks like it is going
to. It has been great watching Matty grow throughout these last four
issues, but I’d like to see more from other characters particularly
those like Zee who are more closely tied to the DMZ than our favorite
reporter. It is understandable that Wood can’t cram all those things
into this arc, but I hope they get dealt with eventually.