Hotwire: Deep Cut #3

by Steve Pugh

This is a good week for comics that are incredibly late (it's been 3 and a half months since we last saw Alice) and that I enjoy a lot.  This issue wraps up the Deep Cut story, and is, once again, very well written and stunningly painted.

Deep Cut has had Alice find herself in a lot of conflict with Bear Claw, an independent contractor that has been put in charge of managing bluelight (electro-magnetic ghostly manifestations).  Both groups have been chasing an experimental exo-skeleton housing the soul, or bluelight energy, of a deceased soldier, who has been trying to prove his heroism, and save a recently killed pregnant woman.

Pugh really gets the character of Alice (the cover credits Warren Ellis, but he only came up with the original concept), and makes her a very compelling character.  Matching this with his fantastic art, this is one of the best comics on the stands.  I hope that we'll see a third Hotwire story at some point.  If you haven't checked out this series, you owe it to yourself to find a copy.