Despite featuring some trademark, awkward elements that were a hallmark of early 90s comics, The Protectors continues to develop in some really interesting ways in this third issue.

The lengths that the government are prepared to go to ensure their super team are taken care of, for example, means that there’s a really interesting, grey area to the morality here.

I could do without the casual sexism of The Witch’s character; she’s pretty poorly written. The new Night Mask, son of the original, is continuing to be one of the most interesting characters, and certainly one of the most well characterised too.

It feels as if the series is, despite a few problems, finding its feet and tackling some intriguingly handled matters along the way. I’m also getting used to the very 90s art style; though I’m still not a big fan of how the comic looks, it’s not too egregious any more.

So, we’re heading pretty quickly towards a landmark issue and something that made The Protectors infamous; though, given how weak the first issue was I was dreading reading up to fifth issue, I’m now actually looking forward to getting that far with this somewhat forgotten, underrated superhero series.