{"id":1841,"date":"2010-07-20T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:59:53","slug":"house-of-mystery-the-beauty-of-decay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1841","title":{"rendered":"House of Mystery Vol 4: The Beauty of Decay"},"content":{"rendered":"

House of Mystery<\/a>: <\/a><\/em>The Beauty of Decay (2010) Matthew Sturges, Luca Rossi, Werther Dell’Edera, Jose Marzain Jr<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fig and friends are now stuck in The City in the Space Between, and no one can come up with a way out. Stories are still told–stories told and histories remembered where we learn a little more about those in the house.<\/p>\n

And Cain’s wants to get his house back–to hell (quite literally) with anyone who gets in his way.<\/p>\n

The volume also contains a set of linked stories involving a mask, John Constantine, Merv Pumpkinhead and Madame Xanadu. I didn’t actually have a problem with those vignettes, it’s just that they appeared after the conclusion of the story arc for this book, which was… confusing. <\/p>\n

Although the story arc of Fig and those trapped in the house is interesting, I still think I prefer the stories shared by those who come into the house–the random, unrelated stories.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Vertigo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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