Twists, turns, and more are promised in Danger Street #6, the halfway point of Tom King and Jorge Fornes’ maxiseries. It’s a story that has captured the everyday life of people trying to do their best and right wrongs. It just so happens they live in the DC Comics universe, where Darkseid plots and super assassins take orders from corporate America. In the sixth issue, an amazing godly feat takes place, and the kid gang, the Dingbats, prepare to get their vengeance.
Danger Street #6 opens just as each issue in the series opens, with the Dr. Fate helmet narrating the story’s events. He details each character as fairy tale figures, including knights, dragons, and more. We soon learn Lady Cop is awaiting Barbarian to wake up after he crashed into her with a dead kid in the back seat. Morbid, I know.
The two main subplots of this issue include one of the evil corporate kids learning Manhunter has been sent to kill him. Much of the issue follows him as he tries to get money and seek help, but learns he’s been cut off. Everywhere he turns, no one will help even though 24 hours earlier he could do and kill anyone he wishes.
It’s a waiting game in this issue.
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The second subplot involves Darkseid and Highfather. They learn in this issue Orion failed his mission, and now doomsday looms. The stakes are higher than ever, and Highfather and Darkseid’s actions in this issue hope to buy some time. Pairing the godly acts, King makes an interesting point about small acts being just as tantamount in the grand scheme of things.
The Dingbats also get some time in this issue. They finally have captured the man who killed their friend, but they don’t seem to know he’s super strong or a superhero. They plan to shoot him with a gun, but they aren’t in any rush for some reason. I’m not quite clear what the purpose of these scenes is, especially since they seem to focus on the mundane. That includes being annoyed the friend got grapes instead of burgers and their bickering. It ends up not adding a lot, at least at face value.
Art by Fornes and color artist Dave Stewart continues to be an expert in pace and character acting. There’s an even keel to the events, with characters waiting or taking their time. The most dramatic moment involves one of the Dingbats pointing a gun at Alien, and the intensity of it is captured perfectly. Due to most of the plot of this issue being low-key and relaxed, the art doesn’t get to take big swings, but it’s strong all the same.
After a fast-paced issue, Danger Street #6 slows things down while upping the stakes to doomsday proportions. The focus on the setup as things get set for the final push of the story makes this a little middling, but make no mistake, this series continues to be the most interesting adult take on superheroes in comics today.
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