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Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist: Inaki Miranda
Colorist: Eva de la Cruz
Letterer: Josh Reed
Cover: Guillem March & Rain Beredo
Cover Price: $2.99
On Sale Date: March 14, 2018
**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**
Here we are at the end of the Ragman miniseries! At the conclusion of the last issue, Ragman died
when he sacrificed his power to a terrible demon. So what do you think this
issue will entail? I imagine the series’ characters having a wrap party and discussing
their feelings about Ragman. Why not take a look at my review of Ragman #6 and see if that’s true!
Explain
It!
Common advice suggests that you should not make deals
with a demon. But when the opportunity presents itself, what are the other options?
Very rarely do one of Satan’s minions suggest a “Let’s Make a Deal” style
arrangement; no, more likely it’s the choice between having your innards
incessantly poked with red-hot implements for all eternity or watching your
best friend’s little sister succumb to terminal cancer. It’s not normally going
to be a “win-win” situation, or even a “win-lose.” It’s going to be the choice
between something horrible, or something also horrible about which you will
somehow feel worse.
This isn’t quite the deal proffered Rory last issue,
who agreed to submit to the demon Whatzisname if he let all the innocent people
of Whereversburg go free. Free as in “not possessed.” This, against the
combined advice of Sir Justin the Shining Knight, Etrigan the Demon, and the souls
of the rest of Rory’s Marines squad that inhabit his body and don’t ever stop
talking for a minute. Well, Rory gave up his rags and soul to demon
Whatzisname, and wouldn’t you know it? The hoary emissary of the Great Deceiver
himself didn’t follow through on his side of the bargain. Oh well, that’s that,
I suppose. Rory has passed beyond the veil, so I guess earth is this demon’s or
whatever.
And then, it’s not! With the help of his constantly
yammering soul buddies and the Care Bear stares of Shining Knight and Etrigan,
he zaps back to life and takes out the bad demons, saving everyone in the
process. Even Frank’s kid, who was supposed to be some kind of a vital
component to this thing, but turned out to be a piss-poor attempt to play on
our sympathies. In the end, all’s well that ends well, and by that I mean that
Rory still copes with crippling PTSD and fights crime and satans at night
wearing the funky bandages of some thousand years-old mummy. Cue the Full House closing theme.
So this series was a lot of expanded bullshit, huh?
There are two issues in this six-issue series that could have been dropped
entirely—three, maybe. I would also have liked to see more interaction between
Ragman and Etrigan early on, instead of that “training” happening conveniently
off-panel. Rory having lost his eyes to that one demon’s acid spray appears to
be a non-factor now, and the nature of his powers, or the abilities of the “cloak”
that constitutes the Ragman costume are never explained. This is story that could
have been two issues in a Ragman
ongoing, that will likely never happen if you keep serving up rip-off crap
like this one.
Bits and
Pieces:
Ragman fails to save the day! And then he stops failing. This comic, however, is both a loss in engaging story and decompressed cash grab. I can't imagine anyone being hyped for this one.
4/10
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