by Jeff LemireThis is one of the best issues of Sweet Tooth yet, as Dr. Singh hypnotizes Gus so that he and the other people at the Preserve can try to figure out the mystery of his birth and upbringing. Gus is the oldest of the Hybrid children, and it has been discovered that his birth (or creation) predated, and possibly caused, the plague that has all but wiped out mankind.
Gus wants nothing more than to go home, and is therefore a willing candidate for hypnosis. While 'under', he sees his cabin in the woods, and we get to learn a few things about his father and his upbringing that were not even hinted at beforehand.
The hypnosis scenes are visually stunning, as Lemire has Gus and Singh walk across a representation of Gus's head. I love the way they crawl into his ear as a visual metaphor for getting into his mind. This is such a cool title, and as some of Vertigo's other non-conventional titles like Air and the Unknown Soldier face cancellation, I hope that this book is safe until Lemire has finished telling his story.
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