Publisher: Vertigo Comics Writer: Si Spurrier Artist: Rachael Stott Colours: Felippe Sobreiro Release Date: 31st January 2018 It seems fitting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Vertigo not just by looking back, but by looking forward also. It’s easy to get stuck in their impressive back catalogue, but let’s not forget that it’s still going strong. It’s also easy to think that its shtick of edgy, dark, funny comic for “mature” readers has been superseded into irrelevance by a post-Indie, post-Image generation. Motherlands is here to prove you wrong. Now let’s be clear: this is not some metaphysical, metatextual mind-melter. It’s a romp through reality, a fun, irreverent and occasionally rude chase through a multiverse of modified humans, bounty hunters and infinite possibilities. And, to be honest, that’s exactly what Vertigo needs, reminding us that it doesn’t have to be earnest or intellectual – it can be just damn enjoyable grown-up comics. Mildred (yes, Mildred) is the daughter of the greatest Retriever – bounty hunter/media personality – of all time; her mother would use her wit, weaponry and womanly assets to take out the Multiverse’s most wanted, all the time to camera. But Daddy left and took her brother (willingly), [...]