“Nothing Will Stop Us,” by Ray Fawkes, with art by Juan Ferreyra. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.
The opening page of each issue in
this series contains four long panels that provide a thematic statement of
sorts for the issue. It’s hard to construct a better summary of the concept of
this series than the words that begin issue #10:
“In a city of horror, I (Jim
Corrigan) swore to protect the innocent. When I failed, he (the Spectre) swore
to avenge them.”
This issue picks up in the
aftermath of last issue’s appearance of the Spectre in the small holding room
where Corrigan was being interrogated by Internal Affairs. Detective Lisa Drake
tries to calm him, before helping him make his escape.
Meanwhile, Dr. Tarr’s story continues,
and we see him dealing with his feelings after Sister Justine’s death. In a
creepy scene, he discovers that a sainthood cult is growing near where she
died. She has been appearing to neighborhood kids, who have built a shrine to “The
Nun of the Narrows.”
While evading re-capture (in a wonderfully-drawn
chase scene), Corrigan and Drake discuss who exactly is in control of the
Spectre. Corrigan also tells Drake his origin story. He also convinces her that
despite their careers being in shambles at this point, that the thing from the
swamp that they’ve dealt with in prior issues, is still out there. As the end
of the series approaches, the Midnight Shift still has work to do.
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