Bedlam #4 Review

In this issue things start wrapping up in the first arc of this series.We start getting answers in regards to just who this new serial killer is going around, as well as the reasons behind it. This is a funny issue as our main character is literally hardly in it at all. This is strange as this may actually be my favourite issue of the series so far behind the mightily 10 / 10 first issue of the series; and Fillmore Press is only in a few panels. Just goes to show how good this series is.

So in this issue we learn more about who the serial killer is, but how did we learn this? Well, this issue was very police procedural; focusing on some of the fringe characters of the series, and Guess what? The effect this had was tremendous. It was thrilling seeing these police officers coming closer and closer to just what was going on, and I felt a sense of achievement for them when they finally narrowed the suspects down. This could have been a really boring issue in the hands of the wrong person, but Nick Spencer really knows how to right any sort of genre it seems. The genre of this book keeps moving around between issues, and even between pages in some cases, but Spencer seems to know exactly what he is doing with it.

The serial killer in question has not really done anything to really make me too interested in him throughout this series, but that all changes in this book. The last couple of pages were shocking to say the least, and I am sure they will be upsetting parents around the world if they saw that their child was reading something like this. Make no mistake whatsoever, this is a mature book and the content of this issue really confirmed that. Once again, this goes to show just how powerful the story telling and art are in this book.

When this arc most probably concludes in the next issue, I really do not have a clue where this series will go. This is not a concern in the slightest, in fact it just makes me even more interested in this series. It now seems like there are endless routes as we are not only interested in just the one character now, but the fringe characters are also worthy of our attention. This is a very exciting time to get involved in this series, and I for one am sure that it is going to lead us in some thrilling directions in the not too distant future.

Rating: 8.5 / 10