Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Saladin Ahmed Artwork: Dave Acosta, Jay Leisten Colours: Walter Pereyra Release Date: 23rd August 2023 Far more focused on Muhammad Cho’s traumatic captivity by the mysterious Terrors than it is depicting a direct confrontation between the man’s crew and the deadly phantasmagorical nightmares, Saladin Ahmed’s penmanship still manages to imbue this comic with a pulse-pounding sense of pace. In fact, only the most indifferent of readers won’t find their heart rate skyrocketing once Representative Ronali declares a mass evacuation and her defenceless people are forced to flee their ramshackle houses from a horde of multi-tentacled, gestalt entities. Likewise, Ahmed also appears able to permeate a decidedly dark flashback sequence showing the grisly death of Cho’s mother with some truly disconcerting sounds. Of course, the noise of the credit hounds’ metal claws scrapping against the walls of the twelve-year old’s failing home-turned-fooderie can only be implied through the text. But so convincing is the stark terror on the faces of the small building’s occupants that the high-pitched screeching of the robot canines’ attack clearly resonates within the audience’s ears; “Ma always had trouble making her payments. I pulled lots of little kid hustles to help…” Regrettably, such [...]