Marc is trying to live with his multiple personalities but once that gets a call from Marlene, he will suddenly realize that some of them don't deserve to be trusted.
Not sure how I feel about this one.
There's nothing really wrong about Max Bemis' writing since it still has the same snappy dialogue and energetic tone that made me like the first issue so much. Plus, the same sense of intrigue continues here with great pacing and shocking surprises.
My problem here is the direction. I always imagined Marc's personalities (Steven and Jake) as being closer to him than anybody else, pretty much like his own brothers, that's how Jeff Lemire portrayed them during his fantastic run and that made their whole relationship much more heartwarming when they had to deal with the more toxic parts from Marc's illness like Khonshu.
Here however, Bemis tries to portray Jake as a complete POS that is constantly putting Marc's life at risk (which contradicts a lot of Lemire's run since Jake always seemed like the most balanced part of Marc) and worst of all, he had an affair with Marc's former lover, Marlene to the point that they even had a daughter together. This is just too much to be honest, going into a completely different direction by disregarding characterization in a poor attempt of seeming "edgy". I could have expected this from Khonshu, but from Jake? Not really.
Also, the big question, does this seem like a rape to Marc? Because he clearly wasn't aware of the events and Jake used his body so this wouldn't only make Jake a POS but also Marlene.
Jacen Burrows is in charge of the pencils and once again is quite good thanks to his expressive and vibrant style that depicts the story perfectly.
Lots of mixed thoughts here but let's see how it continues.
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