Once and Future

Once and Future #30

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It may have taken more than six issues, but Once and Future comes to close dealing the with final betrayal of and the release of Leir into the world in the final stage of which also allows for one character to find the ending to his story. Our story stays with our main characters, letting the Arthurs and various other characters fade in the mist of forgetfulness. 

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Once and Future #29

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The penultimate issue of Once and Future offers a pair of great moments heading into the series’ conclusion, and that doesn’t include Rose surviving the blow from the Green Knight. The first is the tease of what is to come that offers just enough foreshadowing to provide a “holy shit!” kind of realization about the moment which will follow. 

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Once and Future #28

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The end of the year arrives in Once and Future #28. As agreed, Mary resumes the role of Nimue and helps Duncan, Bridgette, and Rose in choosing to bestow Excalibur on the Zombie Arthur (the Arthur that they know best and believe they can most easily manipulate) so that he might thin the herd of the various Arthurs looking to pull the sword from the stone and claim the world as their own. It seems Nimue has come to peace with saving the world over immediate vengeance for her son.

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Once and Future #27

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While the appearance of the sword in the stone moves all the various Arthurs to action, Duncan, Bridgette, and Rose do what they can to keep the would-be kings from claiming a throne until Christmas, Once and Future #27 also turns its sights back on the deformed Galahad and his quest for the Grail. The character has been on the periphery of the comic for quite awhile, but hasn’t been a major player. Here the disheartened warrior gets the encouragement he needs to finish his quest which is achieved but the story doesn’t exactly end in the manner his mother had hoped.

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Once and Future #26

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Moving through Sherwood Forest, Duncan, Bridgette, and Rose survive most of the year and are finally ready to put their plan into action, a plan Duncan and Rose are surprised that Bridgette shares with them. While nearing the precarious precipice of victory, however, other forces continue to work in the world gone mad in another solid issue foreshadowing more trouble for our heroes.

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