Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray: writers
Jamal Igle: pencils
Rich Perrota: inks
The Solicitation
Lucien can rescue Chanti from the clutches of the Isopods, but can he save his relationship with her? More important, can he save her family from the evil Director, who wants to destroy everything for his art?
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The Story
The sad thing about being the Ray and fighting at night is that you only have so much light to draw your power from, and when the big bad shows up, you are going to take your knocks.
I like how the Ray is handled by the local authorities in this comic. When he rescues Chanti, which you know would happen, police and an ambulance are on the scene waiting. The emergency crew treats Ray just like anyone else, he is supposed to step away so the paramedics can do their job, and the cop has no problems threatening arrest if he doesn't step back. I liked that moment. To me it feels as if the people know how to handle superheroes and its a part of their job now.
Chanti's parents meet up with the Ray in the hospital. After the stunt he pulled on them in the previous issue, they aren't big fans of his. That director guy, the big villain of the piece, shows up and tells Ray that he ruined his shot and he needs the Ray to fight again. The Ray tries to say that he isn't the Ray, so the director motivates him by giving Chanti's dad a heart attack. Ray reveals his true self, just as the director guy gets a snazzy Tron inspired costume. Off they fight!
We get a big battle between the two that shows us that the director has a certain control over reality. This is in opposition to Ray's ability to control light. The director conjures up some Transformer looking things and they beat Ray to a pulp. I'm pretty sure this is a red herring, since I thought that the Ray was a beam of light right now.
We then move to our cliffhanger. Chanti is holding a gun at the director's head telling him that he killed her father and Ray and now he's next. End of another great issue.
The Art
I'm enjoying it. Everything just seems to click and make sense for me art wise. I especially loved the last scene where Chanti is holding the gun. Most artist would contort her figure to such a warped reality degree and expose more boob, but the stance and everything is just perfect. It just looks good.
The Cover
One of those more thematic covers. This doesn't happen in the issue, and they could have gone a different route. in a weird way, this cover mimics a bit of the Green Lantern New Guardians cover, but really toned down the light aspect of it.
Grades
Words: 10/10 - let's get ready for the final issue!
Pictures: 10/10
Recommend: Highly. This is a spot on comic for me right now, just lots of fun.
Buy Next Issue: Its the last one. This issue shows 'Issue 3 of 4' on it instead of last issue's '2 of 6.' I am almost sad, but I am glad we got this comic.
Previous Issues
The Ray #2
The Ray #1
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