![]() Mysterious Cold War bureaucracies, grotesque sci-fi fiends, and a strong female protagonist ($10 says she busts out some fly one-liners in a sweat-soaked grey tank top in the next five issues) all allude to some vintage cinema homage to works like The Abyss and The Thing. Instead of revisiting the Roaring Twenties or Great Depression dioramas that tend to occupy his narratives - including his exceptional 2006 short story collection, Voodoo Heart - The Wake feels ripped straight from the Reagan Era, if only by osmosis. Much like he did in American Vampire and Severed, writer Scott Snyder dives deep into the nostalgia well (and the Arctic Ocean) to drum up a yarn brimming with escapism and otherworldly threats. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wake may be the best ‘80s creature feature that never was. ![]()
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