In this issue, our heroes have a hostage: a robed cultist who doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to talk. So it’s up to the party of adventurers to try tracking the other cultists, and of course this leads them into even bigger trouble than the goblins they’ve been up against.

This third issue feels a bit like it’s treading water; after the final panel of issue 2 revealing who’s behind the evil plot, we instead don’t move all that much closer to our characters finding them at all. There are at least a few interesting character beats here and there, and another big fight scene, but it’s not a hugely gripping tale now that certain elements of the central mystery have been revealed, and swiftly shunted aside.

The artwork is a bit murky and lacks clarity in the action scenes somewhat; it’s nothing new, but you’d think that the artist, Andrew Huerta, would have settled into a bit more of a visually clear style by now. Alas, that’s not the case.

Do things improve as the series progresses? I’ll let you know as I get through the next batch of issues!

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