The Crow Skinning the Wolves #3
James O’Barr
Jim Terry
In issue three of Skinning the Wolves The Crow confronts The
Commandant and the scenes between the two are wholly satisfying. With The Crow the reader has established that
The Crow cannot be killed, and in this the audience is looking not for a simple
revenge killing, but an experience of retribution and revelation. In this Skinning the Wolves #3 delivers.
As The Crow assaults The Commandant the pair converses. During these scenes the audience is treated
to flashbacks as The Commandant remembers who The Crow was. This is an issue of revelation and mediation,
that delivers on both fronts. This was a product of great dialogue between the two.
The artwork is again strong, with a distinct style that
works to tell a story, and never distract from it. While this book is less moody visually, it
works not to distract the reader from the interaction between The Crow and The Commandant.
By keeping each man nameless it also lets their battle of
wills extend beyond the two specific men into something larger and more
universal. If your just picking up this
book without reading the other two, you will probably be disappointed. The Crow Skinning of the Wolves is a book
that rewards the reader with rich complete story telling, and while the script
is not overly complicated from the perspective of narrative, this is an issue
of emotional revelation that was well earned over the previous two issues.
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