We’re almost done with the re-introduction of the Dv8
gang.  It was apparent from the start
that this was what Wood was going to do. 
For the most part, I think he’s done a good job of it.  However, I’ve felt some of the
re-introductions have been stronger than others. 

Here we focus on Sublime and Evo.  It’s interesting that Wood decided to put
these two in an issue together but if he hadn’t, all eight issues of this
series would’ve been taken up by a character. 
As it stands, it seems that only the last issue will focus on all of
them (I realize issue 1 did, but it used Copycat as the main character to do
it).  Fiona Staples’ beautiful cover is a
perfect summary of this issue concerning these two characters.  I don’t remember too much about either
character so it was nice to focus on them a little.  Although, I think ultimately Sublime gets
more of a focus than Evo.

I don’t know why, but some of these issues seem to read
really fast.  It’s true again with this
one.  It’s got a similar structure to the
others in that we see (these are not spoilers) how Sublime got hooked up with
her tribe and Evo too.  We get a nice
showcase and explanation of both of their powers.  And we get some good character moments during
the majority of the issue.  It leads to a
conflict at the end that I was expecting but I will say I’m glad it was not
resolved by the end of the issue. 
Instead, it leads us to a pretty good cliffhanger that I think will help
Sublime and Evo’s story feel like it didn’t all get forced into this issue.

I can’t end this review without talking about Rebekah
Isaac’s art.  She is such a solid
artist.  She’s proven with each issue
that she is not going to shortcut her way through any of this (except for her
issues with The Carrier, we forgive you Rebekah :), for more on what I’m
talking about see our interview with her in Episode 2).  I hardly ever mention any of the other people
on this book but I think colorist Carrie Strachan deserves a big shout out too
for helping bring Rebekah’s art to life. 
I especially love the scenes at night we’ve seen so far.  They’ve got such a cool look to them.

Overall, I like the structure of this story but I’m starting
to get the feeling that we might have benefited from a few more issues to this
series.  Obviously I won’t know for sure
until it’s over but so far, we are definitely focusing on Freestyle next issue
(based on the cover image).  So
regardless, I’m just happy that we’ve got these characters up on the stands
again and that there are taking part in a great story.