Morning Glories #7

Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Joe Eisma

Now that the first story arc is out of the way, Spencer's taking a little more time to delve into his lesser-developed characters and their pasts.  From the beginning, this series has kept reminding me of the TV show Lost, and this issue is a perfect illustration of why.

The focus is on Zoe, as she pretends to be angry with Riley for not telling her what was going on a couple of issues back, and storms out to wander the halls of the school.  She discovers a cheerleading team, and makes a new friend.  Of course, this is Morning Glories, so there is more going on than what we see on the surface.  Throughout her story, we see some flashbacks to her days as a cheerleader at her previous school, and her friendship with a girl who was being abused by one of the teachers.  Also, there is some stuff showing her early childhood in India which is a little difficult to process with the information we have so far.  So basically, this issue was like any of the character-based Lost episodes.

I enjoy the way that Spencer is slowly portioning out hints and clues as to the purpose of Morning Glory Academy, but I am having a hard time accepting that so many students would just passively allow all that is going on to happen.  I know that teenagers are highly adaptive, but there is a false note ringing quietly in the background that is starting to bother me.  I hope this is addressed soon.