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By A Thread #3
By A Thread #3
Jo and his friends have followed the stranger to the alleged coordinates. But instead of refuge, what they find is something far worse than they ever could have imagined. Don't miss this huge turning point in the series! Part of the Comixology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on Comixology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to Comixology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via Comixology and Kindle.
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 30, 2024
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February 3, 2024
Great story continues on but the volume is just a bit short in content.
January 31, 2024
I wish I remembered more about my parents. As time goes on, the details fade. Time is like the shroud, I guess. Eating away. One thing I do remember about my mother, though, was that she loved guessing endings. She could figure out the ending of any movie we were watching. Not just the twist, but the twist after the twist. I remember turning to her on our old couch and asking her how she knew, and she'd wave a hand at the screen and say, "simple, jo-jo, you just follow the threads."
To my mother, stories were just threads weaving in and out of each other to form something bigger, something with meaning. If you knew how to follow each one, see where it was going, you could figure out the bigger design from just a few patterns. Maybe it came from a life studying water, the flow and rhythm. But five minutes in, I’d ask, "does this one have a happy ending mom?"
And she'd know
Once again Comixology have teamed up with Scott Snyder to produce a new original series. I couldn't resist giving it a go having enjoyed Clear (Comixology Originals) #1, Night of the Ghoul (comiXology Originals) #1, Canary (Comixology Originals) #1, and We Have Demons (comiXology Originals) #1. The twist this time is that the story is also written by his son, Jack.
The story is set 15 years after the spread of the deadly infection that has blighted the Earth. The shroud devoured everything in its wake leaving humanity to survive in makeshift towers built atop of diamond foundations, the only substance known to resist the darkness wave.
In one such group of towers, known as 'kits' we meet our protagonists. Barely surviving, the community has to pay a 'protection' fee to a local menace, Charon, who tells of terrors beyond the settlement, creatures born within the shroud, which he alone can keep at bay.
When Charon unexpectedly attacks the settlement, everyone is confused as the tithe has been paid. However, Charon is after something altogether different. He seeks a traveller with a secret. Unbenounced, the traveller has found their kit and is found collapsed at the base of one of the needles.
When recovered the mysterious stranger tells of a natural formation of 'black diamond' and a sanctuary for all those who can get there. Intrigued, the gang set off with their new 'friend' in tow.
They will discover there is a lot more to the shroud than they currently known and will face unprecedented terrors!
This continues to thrill. I look forward to reading the rest of the series as they come out. 5 stars.
To my mother, stories were just threads weaving in and out of each other to form something bigger, something with meaning. If you knew how to follow each one, see where it was going, you could figure out the bigger design from just a few patterns. Maybe it came from a life studying water, the flow and rhythm. But five minutes in, I’d ask, "does this one have a happy ending mom?"
And she'd know
Once again Comixology have teamed up with Scott Snyder to produce a new original series. I couldn't resist giving it a go having enjoyed Clear (Comixology Originals) #1, Night of the Ghoul (comiXology Originals) #1, Canary (Comixology Originals) #1, and We Have Demons (comiXology Originals) #1. The twist this time is that the story is also written by his son, Jack.
The story is set 15 years after the spread of the deadly infection that has blighted the Earth. The shroud devoured everything in its wake leaving humanity to survive in makeshift towers built atop of diamond foundations, the only substance known to resist the darkness wave.
In one such group of towers, known as 'kits' we meet our protagonists. Barely surviving, the community has to pay a 'protection' fee to a local menace, Charon, who tells of terrors beyond the settlement, creatures born within the shroud, which he alone can keep at bay.
When Charon unexpectedly attacks the settlement, everyone is confused as the tithe has been paid. However, Charon is after something altogether different. He seeks a traveller with a secret. Unbenounced, the traveller has found their kit and is found collapsed at the base of one of the needles.
When recovered the mysterious stranger tells of a natural formation of 'black diamond' and a sanctuary for all those who can get there. Intrigued, the gang set off with their new 'friend' in tow.
They will discover there is a lot more to the shroud than they currently known and will face unprecedented terrors!
This continues to thrill. I look forward to reading the rest of the series as they come out. 5 stars.
January 30, 2024
Picks up the thread again
It feels like an eternity between issues 2 & 3! I thought I will have to read the first two issues again to brush up on what had happened, but that wasn't necessary.
I still don't know where this story is going, but the artwork is fun and this issue is all about movies, and endings. And the film geek that I am - I really enjoyed this issue. Plus, it ends on a weird unexpected cliffhanger.
It feels like an eternity between issues 2 & 3! I thought I will have to read the first two issues again to brush up on what had happened, but that wasn't necessary.
I still don't know where this story is going, but the artwork is fun and this issue is all about movies, and endings. And the film geek that I am - I really enjoyed this issue. Plus, it ends on a weird unexpected cliffhanger.
May 21, 2025
SPOILERS!!!
Really enjoyed this issue. I am coming to terms with imagining the world overtaken by this "shroud" and living in these really small places(needles) across the world. I am still having a hard time imagining the travel by threads. Just ziplining across the plains to get to the unknown.
Side note:
I wanna punch Rowan in the FACE!!!!
Really enjoyed this issue. I am coming to terms with imagining the world overtaken by this "shroud" and living in these really small places(needles) across the world. I am still having a hard time imagining the travel by threads. Just ziplining across the plains to get to the unknown.
Side note:
I wanna punch Rowan in the FACE!!!!
January 30, 2025
Excellent but way too short!
I continue to love the story, the world and the graphics. The cover of this issue is by the way my favorite so far. My only frustration is that it’s too short. Great cliffhanger at the end. Rushing to issue #4
I continue to love the story, the world and the graphics. The cover of this issue is by the way my favorite so far. My only frustration is that it’s too short. Great cliffhanger at the end. Rushing to issue #4
August 6, 2025
The adventure continues as the friends progress in their exploration of the world and ends in another cliffhanger.
The art is good and the story has become robust. Eager to go through to the next one
The art is good and the story has become robust. Eager to go through to the next one
October 19, 2024
So good!
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