They’re Not Like Us #6 Review

Writer: Eric Stephenson / Artist: Simon Gane / Image Comics Issue number six of Image Comic’s They’re Not Like Us looks to be a critical turning point for the series. Depending on its future, this could be viewed as one of those landmarks readers will look back on and think, “That’s when _____ happened.” After a six-issue build-up, questions are answered, realizations are made and moments of truth occur. In the more recent issues, we’ve seen Syd push back against the hostile and self-righteous culture of The Voice and his group of embittered psychics that use their powers to get back at an oppressive society, but are also trapped in their own way.

Finally, after being pushed over the edge when things no longer resemble a reality she wants anything to do with, Syd makes a stand for herself. In the heat of the moment, she asks all of the burning questions and says all of the things that the reader has wanted to. [Note: We also learn her real name.] At the end of it all, the group divides among the respective sides of the new line drawn in the sand on the coast of morality, which the group has been walking along the edge of anyway. In the end, The Voice decides to move on and burn down the house, which has been the series’ most central location. Up until now, the house has been one of the book’s most interesting things, not to take away from the characters and their compelling backstories. But it’s also not difficult to see how it could’ve become a crutch moving forward. Instea…