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...same sense of purpose in the series third installment. It's not that the book doesn't have a lot to say; it just doesn't do it with the same grace & deliberate intention shown throughout its first issues.
Longshot #3 opens with a grim title–"Just Let Me Die"–and introduces...
...Hitch's stunt poses to his life and the man falls from the sky. The director's first concern, naturally, is to continue filming–surely there's cinematic use for the man's injury–as Longshot crashes into the ground just outside the dangerous set pieces.
If fame is corrupting, then it would certainly undermine the purity of Longshot's intention, which another inserted flashback reveals as an implanted mandate for his abilities.
Without luck on his side (or honed skill like Rita's), Longshot is bested by the actual threat that...
...supercharges him doesn't go unnoticed.
The first issue of Longshot introduced the limitations of Longshot's probability altering capacity, which again come into play as Longshot begins to feel his luck slip away ahead of Hitch's "million dollar stunt".
...a friend to what will ultimately be revealed as an even more perverse version of the American entertainment industry.
There's a lot of modern commentary on the ways that fame and exploitation have corrupted and traumatized child stars (A toast to you, Disney!), and Nocenti...
...to the efforts leading lady Kimberly Price forces herself through for the sake of continued relevance–she's no further options but to exploit herself.
It quite the literalization of this theme, Longshot's recall of a forgotten memory sees him fighting for his life, losing...
...of the ferocious band's leader.
Longshot's purity–and maybe even the faith Hester has in him–helps the man accomplish his mission, saving the baby from Gog and the sorceress Spiral.
The joy of success leaves Hester almost euphoric, declaring her love for the world and its...
...true identity, but before Longshot can learn more, the creature disappears.
Eliot's paranoid is probably not the foundation anyone might want their identity built on top of, but their meeting introduces Longshot to the newspaper where he learns of the "petty crime" of a...
...which is worse, remembering the identity you've lost, or not being sure you even had one to begin with?
As Longshot heads to meet Eliot in his reinforced bunker, he runs into an arguably adorable Gremline-esque creature whose thoughts imply greater knowledge of Longshot's...
...the doors of the Ladie's Leather Goods shop, where the non-response he receives from a mannequin nearly sets the man off.
The shops owner offers him the mannequin's trench coat to wear–itself a sign of the subversive gender play and androgyny built into the character–where...