The Woods, Issue #25 begins the third and final year. The Woods was originally scheduled to go 24 issues, but the creators graciously decided to go to 36 issues instead. I'm going to talk about what's been going on with this comic over the past 24 issues, so if you've only read 8 issues, don't get angry if I spoil Issue #9. Two years earlier, Bay Point High School disappeared off the Earth, appearing on an alien moon. It was the largest of many such disappearances throughout history. The students and teachers built a new life on this moon, but there have been problems: the Hordes, local predators, local drugs, and now... a ghost, it appears. Issue #25 opens up in Milwaukee, on Earth. Dr. Jacobs, Karen's dentist mother, rejects government theories of a gas explosion that destroyed the school.
This is a very fun title for reasons I've covered in my various reviews of the first 24 issues. The Woods, Vol. 1, containing Issue #1 through Issue #4 is out of print on Amazon.com right now, but you can buy the first 20-something issues in digital format for $1.99 each on ComiXology.com (recent issues are at the list price of $3.99). With Universal Cable Productions opting this series for television, The Woods is going to be more popular than ever, should the television series get made. Sorry to be a Debby Downer, but I've heard so many comics and books set to become major movies and major TV shows. Just the fact that the series was optioned a year ago means that James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas are getting paid, which I'm all for.
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