Monstress #10 Review

Writer: Marjorie Liu / Artist: Sana Takeda / Image Comics Shout out to Maika for starting to get a handle on “insurance” in this world. A person, er– thing’s word is not bond and she knows it and she makes good on it. She is having less fucks to give as seen in the panels where she starts to warn some unlucky pursuers. Plot wise, we learned more and more about Maika especially in these last few issues. The bigger picture in mind has expanded to where more of her mother’s influence has been found in Maika’s travels and more evidence of what she’s left behind for her daughter to collect. End game: Moriko was betrayed and murdered so ideally we’d want our girl to trend softly but—I’m not stupid. I know she’s headstrong and too far into this mess to tip toe now. Monstrum is quiet. Quieter. Can only its host recover more of her past and not it? What is truly blocking its past life when it was a God? These memories? Monstrum plays backfiddle to its host most of this issue and while it’s not something I’m too concerned about (WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT’S HUNGRY)—I’m troubled by what its relation is to the other creature we see in a vision or memory. And… of course, whatever God killer we have on our hands now that may or may not still be around?

There’s a few scenes throughout this book where you are going to clutch your pearls. Your mama’s pearls. Her mama’s pearls. There are some creepy, creepy creatures in this issue. Creepy enough for my own version of the scream song inspir…