Angel and Faith #7

As a reminder: ALL REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Publication Date: February 29, 2012

Format: FC, 40 pages

Price: $2.99

UPC: 7 61568 18152 4

So if you missed the first issue of this arc, go read Angel and Faith #6, because it was a doozy. Drusilla is back, and she’s no longer crazy. Not sure how that’s gonna work out, I really liked her crazy, but let’s dive in.

Dru was once beautiful, innocent, unspoiled, and Angelus couldn’t leave her that way. He tortured her, took everything from her, drove her to madness, then made her immortal. But that’s all in the past, because the vampire before him, isn’t the one he remembers. And quite frankly I liked the old Dru better.

Her little pet Lorophage sucked out all her trauma, and she seems to have turned over a leaf. But it all seems a little suspect. She plans to walk down her “father’s” path, and help the helpless. The people around her who’ve all been helped by the Lorophage aren’t crazy like the ones that Faith and Angel encountered. Angel still tries to dispatch the demon, but it’s a lot harder to kill than Angel would have liked, Faith drags him out. And Dru holds no ill will towards him for all he’s done to her, or for trying to kill her pet.

This time Faith gets a shock of her own, coming face to face with her Father. He’s a changed man too, or so he says, there seems to be a lot of that going round right now. But unlike Dru, Faith wants nothing to do with her father, and she’s unwilling to take family advice from Angel, but his words hit her core.

Dru catches up to Angel, lost in the past. She refuses to force her help upon him, but with a clear mind, her vision is clearer as well, and she sees the danger in what Angel is doing. Pulling Giles into himself will lead to disaster, and he’s on the edge of a cliff of madness. He thinks he has Angelus contained, but he’s always close to the surface, adding another voice inside his head will loosen his control, and he can’t afford that, but he doesn’t have many other choices either.

Faith is finally getting everything that she wanted, but happiness is fleeting, and Faith is about to be crushed.

Another great piece of storytelling. The action story is picking up again, and the developments unfolding are a little shocking but very addicting. Whedon fans should be devouring this series, because it is fantastic.

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