Pirates. Magic. Time travel. Female heroes. Sigil has the ingredients of an exciting “genre-defying” book. However, it has felt rushed and underdeveloped since issue one, and this last issue in the story arch is no different.

Samantha Rey faces off against the dread pirate October, something that I didn’t think would happen in four short issues. The cute-but-outcast teenage girl whose life is a hot mess battling against a real villain? Great--that's good comic fun! But how can she already stand toe to toe with him? Even if she barely saves herself in the end with an overpowered device, it's still odd that she's already having this big confrontation.

In short, there was hardly any learning curve—Samantha just figured out how to handle her powers. Frankly, it seems like the author wanted to hurry up and finish the story so it could be done.

However, the artwork in this issue is very good. It's the best thing about the whole series. It makes an otherwise half-baked story interesting.

I want to like Sigil more. The art is great, and the characters have a lot of potential. So, I’m going to hold out for the next installment. If there is one.