Gideon Falls Vol. 4: The Pentoculus
Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino: creators; Dave Stewart, colors
Image Comics, 2020
The previous volume was full of travels though worlds and times. This one picks up the action in two scenes. In the first, Angie and Father Fred confront the Bishop in big-city Gideon Falls, where the secrets of the Pentoculus Machine are revealed in all their mind-bending glory. Taking a leap of faith, they begin trying to find their way back to the Gideon Falls where they began. In the second, Norton and Clara are trapped in small-town Gideon Falls with a murderous psychopath--with the additional complication that the murderer jumps from body to body. Angie and Fred arrive at the Village at the Center--Angie meets a much older version of herself--just as it is finally about to fall. Entering the machine, they jump to the mall where Norton, Clara and the Ploughmen are confronting the Smiling Man. Catching him by surprise, they blow up the Black Barn with a huge explosive charge. Certainly not a conclusion, but it feels like the ending of the first act.
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