HALLOWEEN: NIGHT DANCE #4
Felix Vasquez Jr.

 

Anyone still complaining about “Halloween: Night Dance” will be more than pleased to see how the story comes together in an utterly disturbing finale which not only demonstrates Tim Seeley’s talent creating art so beautiful but so demented, but Hutchinson manages to bring together much of the mythos of the Halloween series by alluding to films like H20, and even hearkening back to the childhood of Myers before he killed his sister that night. The connection of Lisa to Michael is drawn to a startling close as we finally see what his fascination with her is, and where much of the clues finally come to a conclusion with a stand off that’s pretty much pure Michael Myers as we know and love him as. This final issue of the mini series finds Lisa and the final survivor traveling to Myers’ hide out to find out why he wants her, and the discovery is nothing short of grisly and insane. The set up Myers provides is not just to taunt the remaining individuals attempting to strike at his home base, but for the little boy who wants his family within his control and will go through any lengths to get it.
 

I will say though that the finale did seem quite rushed with Hutchinson seeming insistent on closing it within twenty eight pages; Just the same, there’s never enough build-up to the bigger twists that occur, and Hutchinson almost gives away the whole hand on the first page. Nevertheless, “Night Dance” is an admirably simplistic narrative when all is said and done, and that's not a bad thing. It’s really just Myers’ book with his confronting a figure from the past that he’s relentlessly obsessed with, his strategic destruction of every element of her life, and his endless mission to keep his family together. Why he wants to ruin her life is left with great ambiguity, even after the final startling panel reveals much about his motives and the simplicity of Michael’s mind that will ensure many years of innocent individuals being torn to shreds by this consistently cunning monster. I wanted some justice after Zombie, and damn it, Devil's Due gave it to me with great writing by Hutchinson and excellent art by Seeley. Read it!
 

 

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