“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster . . . " is the theme of the book as the first story arc comes to a bloody conclusion. We get resolution to the immediate adventure and expansion on the larger mythology of this dark take on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her Watchers.I'm eager for the next arc, though I am hoping the artist retires the annoyingly random two-page spreads that keep tripping me up on reading order. If I have to think about what panel comes nex...

Fast-paced and action-packed, Tynion knows just how to pack a punch. Picking up right where Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2 left off, this wasted no time on introductions which really made me wish I was reading the Deluxe Edition instead because I read Vol. 2 8 months ago and pretty much forgot everyone's names and other finer details.Regardless of that, being thrown headfirst into violent action certainly jolted my memory. All the loose ends from the previous two vols were tied up wit...

Volume 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Volume 2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Volume 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐What an incredible, intense, sad installment to the series. I originally thought this was only going to be a 3-volume series, so I'm extremely happy to find out that there are more issues in the works, even if Something is Killing the Children does wreck me a little bit more every time I revisit this world. Also, Erica Slaughter is such a damn badass and I want to know her.✨ Representation: queer primary character; BIPOC side characters✨ Content warnings...

Finally the answer to the eternal question,Maybe it's just me but this final volume concluding the whole Wisconsin storyline felt maybe a little rushed? It certainly was light on dialogue and heavy on (admittedly nice looking) word free panels showing Erica and co. go toe-to-toe with the remaining Monsters.Is this series going to continue? I know the writer has made big moves to create his own subscription based vehicle for his projects, so I guess it will though maybe in a modified form?PS (vie...

Still terrifying and disturbing, and also still compelling. And I also still need to seek help. Hopefully something will stop killing the poor children at some point.

Just when you think things can't get worse, The Order of St. George arrives in Arrow Peak. Now, Erica has to deal with a bunch of monsters running around town and these murderous yayhoos. We finally get some incite into this shadowy organization Erica is a reluctant part of. This third volume closes out the first arc.

This is more like it.I felt that volume 2 didn't advance the story very much - this is not the case in this volume, I'm pleased to say.Halfway the run of issues I actually got invested into the story again.And Tynion stuck the landing, we have a good ending to this arc.

Actual rating is 4.5 stars.This is the third collection in a series and the others must be read first. We continue from that incredible and shocking ending from the second collection and we see the fallout from it. Once again I am going to rave about one more collection in this series. I have not been let down yet and this series has quickly vaulted up to one of my favorites. Being a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and this being a darker take on that concept it really isn't a big surprise....

This was really epic!The final fight is here and as Erica and James and Bian run for their lives they meet John to give them shelter but the Order of St George has sent Cecilia and her white masks assassins to go after them and clean this mess up. Erica tries to use some magical mumbo jumbo to sweep it all away and then finally she engages the monsters and big stuff goes down with Tommy and the rest of the crew, it gets dark and suspenseful and finally the choice both Erica and Tommy makes chang...

(A-) 81% | Very GoodNotes: Focused on self-sacrifice, it ends alright, few frights, albeit ever plights, more gambits, sleights and flights than fights.

This closed up nicely this arc, i wonder what the next one will bring to the table... Love it ♥️

Compelling art, killer layouts (the action scenes in this volume are the best of the series by a long shot), interesting worldbuilding, and some flickers of sincerity make this a fast and easy read. But it's hard to escape the feeling that the series teeters on being something much more than it is.I've started to think of this series the same way I think about a B-level monster movie, as in there's a lot of good genre-stuff to enjoy, but none of it really sticks. For all of the heavy emotions Ty...

Plan: After enjoying volume 1, buy volumes 2-4 together ... then ... enjoy them independently, spread them out over time.Reality: not so much.Plenty of momentum. Much easier to turn the pages ... and reach for the next volume ... than stop reading, put down the book, leave the next volume for another day, blah, blah, blah.Once I started (with volume 1 ... and yes, this should be read in order ) I couldn't stop.Enjoyed this - the volume and the series.

Vol3 surprised me by actually tying up most of the mythos teased-at in the first two volumes with a satisfying and well-paced finale. Part of what left me feeling less interested after Vol2 was having supposedly finished 2 story arcs with 0 real endings but plenty of vague hints teased at. It’s clear now those are really acts 1 and 2 of a larger arc, and I imagine it will read better in a longer format that includes all 15 issues at once.Of course, there’s still interesting story threads I’d enj...

I was really worried with as much as I enjoyed the first 2 volumes that this one might have trouble wrapping up this story arc. I was greatly relieved when it absolutely landed this one and gave us all kinds of room to go big in the next "chapter" of this story. We got all kinds of closure to this particular story (even if it was brutal at times) and we learn more about The House of Slaughter (even if we still are dying to know more). I give Tynion a lot of credit for how wholly satisfying this

Well, that pretty much wraps up the Archer's Peak story arc in a nice little bow. I'll be honest though. It felt a little off--just a little too easy. I did enjoy the story, but I expected more of a bloodbath, albeit not the monster kind. It was still a great volume, and the art was gorgeous as always, but I think I'll always wonder what could've been. Maybe we will get to revisit this town later on in the series, but in the next volume, we will be traveling to the past instead. I can't wait!

Erica Slaughter thought that the beast of Archer's Peak was gone. But before it died, it managed to give birth, and now its horrific offspring are ready to feed. With the town turning against her and her allies from the House Of Slaughter on a rampage, time is running out for a happy ending. So maybe an unhappy one will have to do.There's a lot more to this book than I ever gave it credit for. I mean, there's layers. Lots of moving parts, and no way to guess how the arc's going to end. There's s...