CrossWind #3 Review

Writer: Gail Simone / Artist: Cat Staggs / Image Comics Here we are in the 3rd issue of a 6-issue-arc, and let me tell you, it is deeply satisfying. Like as satisfying as watching Nazis get punched in the face, satisfying. If this is the middle, then the climax will be amazing. But we knew that. Getting right to the review… The issue opens up with Juniper (in Cason) terrified as the FBI shows up.

Juniper spends this first half of the issue observing as the madness unfolds. Siggy killed that guy (that’s what they call him — that guy) and now the FBI is here to investigate. Cruz of course is in favor of killing the Feds. Siggy has no opinion other than the fact that it isn’t his fault. Juniper manages to talk the situation down, at least until Cruz abandons them to save his skin. That guy is a piece of work and I can’t wait till Juniper spends her first kill on him. Sorry, Cruz’s messy death is on my wishlist. That’s one of the best things about this comic, it has me maintaining a list of people I want to see punished with religious precision. The Cason half of the comic starts at the top of that punishment list, as he hunts down the two bullies who stole step-son Kelly’s red bike.

Yeah, Cason is brutal to the extreme. But he has a core of justice that he exhibits as he terrifies the bullies — or maybe it isn’t justice. It is hard to say what drives him at this point. Is he just doing what he would do? Defending his “masculinity” or teaching Kelly how to “man up”? Why does …