Severed
By Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft
Art By Attila Futaki
While looking for something new to read in the world of comics that isn’t in the super hero vein as, well, to be quite frank I’ve been getting a bit bored with super hero comics as the writing on a majority of them have been pretty stale and did not really interest me all that much. Not all of them mind you. There are some books out that have been very good and very well written that makes your gray matter do brain exercises. On the advice of @Spaced4SimonPeg I picked up and read Severed by Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft and, well, what a story they did spin out of their very warped imagination.
The story is centered upon Jake Garron who runs away from his home in search of his father. Jake found out he was adopted and is determined to find him. He hitches a ride on a train where he befriends Sam. Sam knows the ropes and helps out Jake who is only 12 years old and very naïve about the real world and dangers of 1916. In Chicago Jake and Sam come in contact with an old man named Alan Fisher who seems too keen to help them find Jakes dad. The problem is Alan Fisher has a dark secret. A secret that will turn out to be a very deadly thing as Alan Fisher isn’t what he seems to be.
