by: David Pinckney

Issue 2 of The Light by Nathan Edmondson has hit store shelves, and we will take another walkthrough it as we did with issue one. As before, this will be spoiler free except where indicated. (Issue 1 walkthrough can be found here)

Main Characters:

Coyle and Avery: At this point it's a given that these are the main two characters and will be throughout.

Nameless Woman: Edmondson introduces a new character, one who survives a plane crash and clearly is more then a little disoriented by it. She has no idea where she is and doesn't even know what was happening with the light. No real deep personality was shown, yet the character does, in my opinion, act as a way for the reader to see the event from a different point of view. It enables the reader to see it from the POV of someone who has completely never informed of the situation and the jettisoned into it in the worst possible way.

Plot:

This issue was mainly about escaping. Getting away from the city they are in, in hopes of finding a safe place. Coyle does make an observation about the light. He believes that the light that is connected to a power source (presumably a large power source like an outlet that's powered by a large generator) is what is harming people. We do see evidence of this within this issue (and even in the first issue).

Avery is very adamant about going to find her mother where as Coyle feels that it's too dangerous. This acts as the root of a lot of their arguments until they witness a plane crash. At the site of the crash there is one survivor, a woman in which we don't get her name. Disoriented and stunned by the crash this new character is “rescued” by Coyle and Avery who take her into their car and explain to her what has been happening with the light. Naturally, she is taken back by this information but in effort to try to recuperate from what has happened to her, she tells them that she needs some medication. The three of them then decide to stop at a store to get medication and anything else they need on their trip. As for how it ends, it's a bit of a spoiler but you can read about it in the non-spoiler free part of this article.

Main Events [NOT spoiler free from here on out]:

There are two main events that happen right at the end of the comic. As well as something to wonder.

The Television

Near the end of the comic the new character decides to turn on the television inside the convenience store. This, obviously, creates light in which she is looking into and as the rest of the people in the comic she starts to burn.

The Shooting

Right after she looks at the television and starts burning, two unknown men appear and shoot her on the very last page of the comic. We have no idea who these people are or where they came from, but issue 3 looks like it is set up to be an interesting read.

Something the wonder

Avery has looked into the light several times and nothing has happened to her. As said above, Coyle believes that light that has a power source is causing the effects and Avery has not looked into light generated by a large power source. Though, I wouldn't say that it isn't hard to believe that maybe, just maybe, there is something about Avery that we (and even they) don't know yet. Just something to consider.

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