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“Part 03: Lost In The Dark”
St. Louis Cemetery, near the old French Quarter of New Orleans—Agatha Harkness and Zoe Laveau stand inside the Laveau family crypt. The queasiness from the professor’s teleportation spell still churns in Zoe’s stomach, but the excitement of returning somewhere familiar quickly distracts her. Why did Professor Harkness bring her here when she knows the crypt is forbidden? Agatha wastes little time explaining. Her attention immediately turns toward an ancient Laveau family heirloom known as the Black Mirror. Could this dusty old relic somehow play a role in stopping the coming apocalypse? Before Zoe can get any answers, an unfriendly ghost materializes before the two women—and it wears a very familiar face.
Somewhere along the edge of the Dark Dimension—not Earth and definitely not on the same plane of existence—Wolverine, Magik, Blade, Nico Minoru, and Spirit Rider slowly recover their senses. Where in the hell are they? The last thing anyone remembers is fighting Doombots inside the halls of Strange Academy. Now the Midnight Suns find themselves stranded in one of the worst places imaginable. Earth could be burning to the ground right now, and there isn’t a damn thing they can do about it.
Dark Tower
With few options available, the team sets out toward a mysterious dark tower looming in the distance. Blade has a good feeling about their destination, although the place gives off a distinctly vampy vibe. What could possibly go wrong? This is the Dark Dimension, after all. If something looks like Dracula’s summer home, chances are good that knocking on the front door isn’t the smartest idea.
What is the history between the Black Mirror and Agatha Harkness? Who is the mysterious sorcerer hanging by his appendages? Does Logan finally get to stab someone made of flesh and blood? Collect the series to find out!
Review
The Midnight Suns finally begin to gel as a team in issue three. Team Agatha and Zoe? Not so much. We also get some interesting backstory involving Agatha Harkness during her younger years. Can you even imagine Agatha as a youth? Me either.
I’m still unfamiliar with some of Marvel’s younger supernatural characters, but that hasn’t stopped me from enjoying the series. In fact, putting Wolverine and Blade alongside characters like Magik, Nico Minoru, and Spirit Rider gives me a chance to learn more about them without feeling like I’m reading a Marvel encyclopedia. By the third issue, their personalities are beginning to play off one another, making the Midnight Suns feel less like a random collection of heroes and more like an actual team.
Meanwhile, the demon Valtorr appears capable of controlling far more than mists and shadows. Whatever is coming looks considerably worse than what Agatha originally let on. Luckily, Blade is on the scene—and when the Dark Dimension starts giving off a vampy feeling, who better to have around?
Midnight Suns #3 deserves four out of five stars. Now go collect!