![]() There is, naturally, a plot to the book besides the alternate universe doubles meeting each other. ![]() Even though Wendy and The Middleman have a parent/child relationship, it's very different when it's actually Wendy's dad, and seeing this other version of Wendy get her dad back opens up some old wounds for Comic Wendy. He also clearly loves his Wendy, and tries to build a rapport with TV Wendy. Exactly where he has been is very Middleman, a classic sci-fi trope that is kept fresh by exactly how it is used. He is still a Middleman, still this sort of jack of all trades superhero kind of guy, but doesn't affect the stiffness The Middleman we're used to. Peter Wallace "Wally" Watson is a great addition to the cast. ![]() The Middleman never shied away from giving the hero an emotional side that many classic tv manly men don't have, so it's interesting to see Comic Wendy interrogate TV Middleman and see exactly how he reacts. It's also interesting to see how the TV Middleman reacts, as we learn a bit more of what he knows or has known about Wendy's dad, and exactly how he feels about Wendy. But when the stuff hits the fan, both Wendys deal with the return of their deceased father (even if he isn't the actual father of one of them) and both go through what feels like many of the stages of grieving, only in an odd reversal. While Comic Wendy is dealing with her returned father, TV Wendy and Lacey Thornfield, her roommate, are getting ready for Art Crawl, where their moms will get to see the art they create. Parents and children are the emotional core of the book. ![]() Only the comic series ended with the death of the Middleman, and so comic Wendy is travelling with her new boss: her dad, Wally Watson, who both Wendy's believed was dead. In this case, it's the versions of Wendy Watson from the TV universe meeting her comic book counterpart. The plot revolves around a classic comic book trope, characters from different realities meeting. There are so many things about this graphic novel that are great, I don't even know where to start. I wrote a recommendation for The Middleman before, and did a little post about the crowd funding to get a new volume out. I contributed to the IndieGoGo for it, and on Monday, the fifth Middleman graphic novel (sixth if you count a collection of shorts of Middlemen through the ages) arrived on my doorstep, The Pan Universal Parental Reconciliation. ![]()
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