Escape #6 // Review
Milton Shaw is doing something very, very foolish. He is single-handedly launching an invasion of one of the most secure facilities behind enemy lines. Granted, he makes quite a diversion at the gates of the facility. However, it's not like he's not going to get captured. It's not like he's not going to be in great danger in enemy hands. But then... it's not like he doesn't have a plan either. His adventure continues in Escape #6. Writer Rick Remender continues a WWII-inspired thriller drama with artist/colorist Daniel Acuña. A major plot arc draws to a satisfying close in the latest issue.
Shaw it is probably scared. But if he is, he isn't showing it. They could kill him at any moment. They aren't going to. But they quit. And there's real danger in that. Sure, I has to keep his widths about him as they attempted to provoke him into some kind of aggression. Perhaps it would give them the right excuse to do away with him. Perhaps not. It's an uneasy balance between the two of them. And it's going to come to a very explosive ending. It's difficult to know exactly what's going to be left standing once the smoke clears.
Remender he is working with an old war thriller cliché. It's been done quite a lot over the years. The loan hero is captured by the enemy. He's in the heart of danger. But nevertheless, he has a daily reserve that's going to pull him through. But the experience might just change him on some level. And as often as it's been done, the basic premise that this issue is rooted in never fails to be compelling. The tension inherent and being dangled over the edge of potential death is always really fascinating to watch.
Much of Acuña’s drop this issue lies in a delicate balance between explosive action and tense drama. The artist is a really good job of articulating between the two. And moving the energy from a full-blown explosive violence to calm tension and back again. Is remarkable what he's able to do with such a heavy inks. There isn't a whole lot of detail in the panels. But what is there is directing the eye to engage with the emotional realities of the conflict of us being placed on the page. It's all very impressively well-modulated visually.
Remender and Acuña have dug in for the long haul with respect to this particular story. It's taken. Saw quite a long time to get where he is right now. There's a lot of backstory that's been delivered to the page as well as the main thrust of the current adventure. But the current adventure has been running for kind of a long time given the fact that it's taken six issues to make it to the first big climax. It's pretty remarkable of that. A traumatic thriller of this sort can proceed forward as quickly as it does without rushing through a plot like this in the space of two issues. Very cool.
