The Clock King has managed to gain control over Emiko and Oliver and she will need to find a way to save everyone in her family, even her mother.
Well, this wasn't particularly terrible but it still continues with some of the same flaws.
Ben Percy brings another chapter focusing on Emiko and her struggle to find her loyalty. I believe there's a decent story hidden here, or two actually since Percy is playing with both at the same time by focusing on the Clock King and a new villain related to Shado. The premise of both are not bad per se and they might have been interesting.
THE PROBLEM once again comes with the execution. For one, Percy completely disregards Jeff Lemire's full of potential reinvention of the Clock King to introduce a new and much more blunt and heavyhanded version (with clock tatoo, devices and everything) which shows how little attention and/or respect he pays to previous stories. Second, the pacing can be jumpy due to the fact that Percy is telling two stories at the same time and for that reason none of them works in a strong manner. Finally, everything from the betrayal of Emiko to the actions of Shado are quickly forgiven and forgotten because you already know how characterization works in this book.
Stephen Byrne remains as the best aspect of this story thanks to his beautiful and cartoony style that conveys great expressions and details.
Other than that, do the same that Percy does to stories and just ignore this one.
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