Joel gives a eulogy at the funeral of Chris, his best friend. After the funeral, Joel talks to Chris’s father, who left when his son was a kid. The two men end up bonding, with Joel opening up and telling his friend’s father about one of his secret desires. Meanwhile, the Ice Cream Man is up to his usual tricks, but he may be about to encounter someone who’s well equipped to put him in his place…

This issue feels incredibly bleak, with numerous characters who have, or are about to, throw their lives away. It’s a serious meditation on grief, regret and missed opportunities that ends in a particularly creepy way, though a small sliver of light pokes through, with the debut of a character who it seems will be very important going forward.

An interlude featuring the story’s deceased character takes us on a bizarre, nightmarish detour, with Martín Morazzo once more doing a stellar job with the artwork. W. Maxwell Prince’s script features a few sequences that offer clever stylistic touches, with Chris O’Halloran’s colouring adding further thematic flavor to the proceedings.

After a third issue which felt like it didn’t say much of interest or consequence, Ice Cream Man #4 doesn’t just tell a great horror story, but also feels like it’s seeding the future of the series, with several elements that feel as if they’re going to be very important going forward.

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