The Empty Man: Recurrence
Cullen Bunn, writer; Jesús Hervás, illustrator; Niko Guardia, colorist
Boom! Studios, 2019
The original The Empty Man series revealed enough about the Empty Man phenomenon to be self-contained. So where does a sequel go? It goes deeper into the way Empty Man cults work, which includes actions they take without admitting their true purpose. And how people infected with the disease try to cope. Those threads come together in the story of Melissa Kerry. Her husband and daughter both know that something is not right, and two outside groups have noticed as well. One claims to be with the FBI--she used to be, and we have seen her before--and the other is mysterious. When the cult comes to collect Melissa they do it in force, wreaking havoc and death on the neighborhood. As the family escapes they see a creature from the Empty Man world appear in our world. More of the creatures appear at the conclusion, signaling something big, perhaps the end of humanity. It's more than a big reveal, and it's hard to see where the story can go from here. But there is another series.
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