My thoughts on Rising Son #3
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agt_spookyLast night I finally had a chance to sit down and read Supernatural: Rising Son #3 and thought I'd share my thoughts with you guys.
Again I want to say how much I'm enjoying this series. It's night and day from Origins and I'm glad Peter Johnson got his act together and started telling a good story that makes me eager for the next issue instead of dreading it.
Anyway, issue three picks up immediately where issue two left off - with the demon trying to take Sam and a huge metal creature trying to crush John, with Dean watching the whole thing.
John yells for Dean to hide in a trench and throws him the journal, telling Dean to read from the page John had marked - an exorcism. Without missing a beat, twelve year old Dean rattles off the Latin flawlessly, while John makes a pentagram (or is it supposed to be a Devil's Trap?) out of chains.
Dean finishes the exorcism and the demon, and the metal creature, are vanquished. Not bad for a 12 year old, eh? This was the first time we'd seen Dean do something like that and it really did leave me in awe. And sadden me as well, that this young kid really is on his way to leaving his childhood permanently behind to become a hunter.
Sam wakes up and John comes up with some lame story as to why they all have to suddenly leave town, because Sam is still too young to know the truth.
I nearly squealed with the next scene, when John calls BOBBY!!! Yes, Bobby is in this issue! With his beard and his baseball hat and everything. :-) I've often wondered what it was that caused the split between John and Bobby, and maybe during the course of this series we'll find out.
Anyway, while John is at the payphone calling Bobby (and wondering to himself why the demon wanted Sam to begin with), Dean was apparently asleep in the Impala and didn't notice that Sam had gotten out of the car. John finds Sam talking to some man in the shadows and calls him back over.
I love this line from John to Sam: "What have I taught you? Never, ever leave your brother's side. You hear me?"
So everyone ends up at Bobby's place and there's an interesting bit of conversation between John and Dean as they pull up:
Dean: "Why don't you just tell us where we're going some time? We're always just showin' up places."
John: "This is Bobby's place. He's a friend of mine."
Dean: "You gonna leave me in the car again?"
John: "Stop. Not in front of your brother, Dean."
We always talk about Sam being the rebellious one, but look at the evidence of Dean being the one to talk back, to question things. It's a theme that continues throughout the rest of this issue, too.
So everyone gets settled at Bobby's, the boys put to bed and John and Bobby talk about what the demon could've wanted from Sam, why Sam's so special. Bobby tells John that he needs to go talk to Silas, who is a soothsayer who can see the past and future.
Dean has snuck out of bed and has heard this whole conversation and tells John that he wants to go with him to see Silas, that this is about Sammy and he wants to be there, too. (God, I love how protective Dean is of Sam) But John says no, that Dean needs to stay at Bobby's.
John goes to see Silas, only to find out the man has been in a coma since November 2nd, the same day Mary died. But when John approaches Silas's hospital bed, the man opens his eyes and comes out of his coma, saying he knows why John is there.
He tells John that Sam is special and John needs to be ready and that Dean ("Your other son, the one like you" - which I found very interesting, as so many people say that SAM and John are the ones like each other) needs to also be ready for what's to come. Before John can ask Silas what all that means, the man falls asleep.
John takes Silas's words to heart, realizing that he needs backup in this life he's living, so he decides to start training Dean. He wakes Dean up and takes him out into the woods (unbeknownst to John and Dean, Sam heard the conversation).
He gives Dean a shotgun, which is hard for Dean to hold, and he even says that the gun's too heavy, but John says he'll get used to it.
They find a huge buck and John tells Dean to shoot, which he does, but completely misses. John yells at Dean to run, to go after it, that he's on his own. You can tell Dean's pissed, not understanding why he's out here doing this, but he obeys his father and goes charging after the buck.
Dean trips over a branch and loses the gun, falling down and tumbling down an incline, landing right in front of the buck.
Now here comes the part that was truly ridiculous, and there always seems to be one thing in each issue that is - all of a sudden a gunshot rings out, buckshot slamming into the buck and killing it.
I, of course, assumed it was John, but no, it's SAM. There's little Sammy, standing as calm as could be, shotgun in hand, smoke coming from the barrel, saying, "Got 'im, Dean. Got 'im."
WHAT?? We've never even seen Sam pick up a weapon and now he's out there killing wild game?? Is this supposed to be more about Sam being "special"?
John and Dean are like, what are you doing here?, and Sam says he wanted to go hunting with them and the man from the shadows, with the black car, offered him a ride outside Bobby's house.
Back at Bobby's, John is talking with Bobby, trying to understand why Sam would go off with a stranger.
Bobby tells John he needs to go see Silas - he's out of the hospital and back home. Silas tells John that he and Sam are somehow connected to his awakening, and maybe to whatever caused him to fall into a coma in the first place. He again tells John that Sam is special and that John needs to understand him. He asks to see Sam and John brings him inside the house, then takes Dean to get lunch.
Silas sits down with Sam and asks Sam what he wants to be when he grows up. Sam says, "What do YOU think I should be?"
Cut to John and Dean eating lunch, and Dean's not saying a word, so John calls him on it.
Here is my FAVORITE part of the whole comic, this conversation:
Dean: "What the hell do you want me to say? Or maybe you'd rather just throw me back into the wilderness alone with a gun?? Couple days ago, seems I was good enough to help you and Sam. We all coulda died but I did what you said. Read from your book and we killed that thing. Together. Ever since, it's all about Sam. You leave me behind. Or you push me into the woods, or tell me to get in the car. Well I don't want to be alone."
John: "Dean, you're NOT alone. You got ME. And your brother. Always. There's some stuff I can't explain yet. But the reason I've done what I've done is that I TRUST you. More than anyone else on this earth. We're in this together now. I need you, Dean."
Wow. Just...wow. In the show we've seen more than once Dean's fear of being alone, but I never knew that it started back when he was so young. And Dean also voiced what I'd been thinking - it's all about Sam, all the time, and it's hurting Dean that he's slowly meaning less to his father.
After this conversation they're back in the Impala, heading back to Silas's house and they pass the mysterious black car, heading in the opposite direction. John is panicked, but Sam is just sitting on the porch when they arrive. John asks where Silas is and Sam says he's inside.
And here's the requisite bloody scene, as John goes inside to see Silas completely ripped apart, blood everywhere, and written on the wall is KILL HIM.
And that's how issue three ends!
So besides Sam suddenly turning into Rambo I give this issue a thumbs up, especially because of Dean. I think the writers are doing a good job with him and I hope that continues.
So...your thoughts? Did you guys like this issue?
Again I want to say how much I'm enjoying this series. It's night and day from Origins and I'm glad Peter Johnson got his act together and started telling a good story that makes me eager for the next issue instead of dreading it.
Anyway, issue three picks up immediately where issue two left off - with the demon trying to take Sam and a huge metal creature trying to crush John, with Dean watching the whole thing.
John yells for Dean to hide in a trench and throws him the journal, telling Dean to read from the page John had marked - an exorcism. Without missing a beat, twelve year old Dean rattles off the Latin flawlessly, while John makes a pentagram (or is it supposed to be a Devil's Trap?) out of chains.
Dean finishes the exorcism and the demon, and the metal creature, are vanquished. Not bad for a 12 year old, eh? This was the first time we'd seen Dean do something like that and it really did leave me in awe. And sadden me as well, that this young kid really is on his way to leaving his childhood permanently behind to become a hunter.
Sam wakes up and John comes up with some lame story as to why they all have to suddenly leave town, because Sam is still too young to know the truth.
I nearly squealed with the next scene, when John calls BOBBY!!! Yes, Bobby is in this issue! With his beard and his baseball hat and everything. :-) I've often wondered what it was that caused the split between John and Bobby, and maybe during the course of this series we'll find out.
Anyway, while John is at the payphone calling Bobby (and wondering to himself why the demon wanted Sam to begin with), Dean was apparently asleep in the Impala and didn't notice that Sam had gotten out of the car. John finds Sam talking to some man in the shadows and calls him back over.
I love this line from John to Sam: "What have I taught you? Never, ever leave your brother's side. You hear me?"
So everyone ends up at Bobby's place and there's an interesting bit of conversation between John and Dean as they pull up:
Dean: "Why don't you just tell us where we're going some time? We're always just showin' up places."
John: "This is Bobby's place. He's a friend of mine."
Dean: "You gonna leave me in the car again?"
John: "Stop. Not in front of your brother, Dean."
We always talk about Sam being the rebellious one, but look at the evidence of Dean being the one to talk back, to question things. It's a theme that continues throughout the rest of this issue, too.
So everyone gets settled at Bobby's, the boys put to bed and John and Bobby talk about what the demon could've wanted from Sam, why Sam's so special. Bobby tells John that he needs to go talk to Silas, who is a soothsayer who can see the past and future.
Dean has snuck out of bed and has heard this whole conversation and tells John that he wants to go with him to see Silas, that this is about Sammy and he wants to be there, too. (God, I love how protective Dean is of Sam) But John says no, that Dean needs to stay at Bobby's.
John goes to see Silas, only to find out the man has been in a coma since November 2nd, the same day Mary died. But when John approaches Silas's hospital bed, the man opens his eyes and comes out of his coma, saying he knows why John is there.
He tells John that Sam is special and John needs to be ready and that Dean ("Your other son, the one like you" - which I found very interesting, as so many people say that SAM and John are the ones like each other) needs to also be ready for what's to come. Before John can ask Silas what all that means, the man falls asleep.
John takes Silas's words to heart, realizing that he needs backup in this life he's living, so he decides to start training Dean. He wakes Dean up and takes him out into the woods (unbeknownst to John and Dean, Sam heard the conversation).
He gives Dean a shotgun, which is hard for Dean to hold, and he even says that the gun's too heavy, but John says he'll get used to it.
They find a huge buck and John tells Dean to shoot, which he does, but completely misses. John yells at Dean to run, to go after it, that he's on his own. You can tell Dean's pissed, not understanding why he's out here doing this, but he obeys his father and goes charging after the buck.
Dean trips over a branch and loses the gun, falling down and tumbling down an incline, landing right in front of the buck.
Now here comes the part that was truly ridiculous, and there always seems to be one thing in each issue that is - all of a sudden a gunshot rings out, buckshot slamming into the buck and killing it.
I, of course, assumed it was John, but no, it's SAM. There's little Sammy, standing as calm as could be, shotgun in hand, smoke coming from the barrel, saying, "Got 'im, Dean. Got 'im."
WHAT?? We've never even seen Sam pick up a weapon and now he's out there killing wild game?? Is this supposed to be more about Sam being "special"?
John and Dean are like, what are you doing here?, and Sam says he wanted to go hunting with them and the man from the shadows, with the black car, offered him a ride outside Bobby's house.
Back at Bobby's, John is talking with Bobby, trying to understand why Sam would go off with a stranger.
Bobby tells John he needs to go see Silas - he's out of the hospital and back home. Silas tells John that he and Sam are somehow connected to his awakening, and maybe to whatever caused him to fall into a coma in the first place. He again tells John that Sam is special and that John needs to understand him. He asks to see Sam and John brings him inside the house, then takes Dean to get lunch.
Silas sits down with Sam and asks Sam what he wants to be when he grows up. Sam says, "What do YOU think I should be?"
Cut to John and Dean eating lunch, and Dean's not saying a word, so John calls him on it.
Here is my FAVORITE part of the whole comic, this conversation:
Dean: "What the hell do you want me to say? Or maybe you'd rather just throw me back into the wilderness alone with a gun?? Couple days ago, seems I was good enough to help you and Sam. We all coulda died but I did what you said. Read from your book and we killed that thing. Together. Ever since, it's all about Sam. You leave me behind. Or you push me into the woods, or tell me to get in the car. Well I don't want to be alone."
John: "Dean, you're NOT alone. You got ME. And your brother. Always. There's some stuff I can't explain yet. But the reason I've done what I've done is that I TRUST you. More than anyone else on this earth. We're in this together now. I need you, Dean."
Wow. Just...wow. In the show we've seen more than once Dean's fear of being alone, but I never knew that it started back when he was so young. And Dean also voiced what I'd been thinking - it's all about Sam, all the time, and it's hurting Dean that he's slowly meaning less to his father.
After this conversation they're back in the Impala, heading back to Silas's house and they pass the mysterious black car, heading in the opposite direction. John is panicked, but Sam is just sitting on the porch when they arrive. John asks where Silas is and Sam says he's inside.
And here's the requisite bloody scene, as John goes inside to see Silas completely ripped apart, blood everywhere, and written on the wall is KILL HIM.
And that's how issue three ends!
So besides Sam suddenly turning into Rambo I give this issue a thumbs up, especially because of Dean. I think the writers are doing a good job with him and I hope that continues.
So...your thoughts? Did you guys like this issue?
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