Gideon Falls Vol. 3: Stations of the Cross
Jeff Lemire, writer; Andrea Sorrentino, art; Dave Stewart, colors
Image Comics, 2019
This installment centers around Father Burke. He had already become deeply involved in the mystery of Gideon Falls, but now he appears to be central to the story. It opens with him in the barn, with the One Who Smiles in the Dark (the red eyes and smiley face we have seen before). The priest follows his quarry, and immediately finds himself in alternate worlds. He first finds himself in a Wild West version of Gideon Falls, then a 19th century town. At this point he starts to make a map to keep track of the worlds he has travelled to (he labels the second "Frontier," and the third "Steam"). Then there is a world where religion is outlawed, and one where he is called "Bishop" by the people there, who claim he asked them to wait for him, in "the village near the center." He meets an older version of Dr. Xu, and sees a machine he does not recognize, but had built. Long-missing Danny is back home (grown to adulthood), but thinks he is Norton Sinclair. And when he visits his father in the hospital his father becomes the new doorway for the dark spirit from the Black Barn. Still confusing, but the shape of the narrative is starting to really take shape.
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