BOOM! Studios released Once & Future #15 this week and this story just gets crazier with every issue. If you haven’t read it yet, you can grab a physical copy from your local comic shop or digital copies are available through various outlets including comiXology (affiliate link). The story is written by Kieron Gillen and the art is by Dan Mora. Tamra Bonvillain provides the colors.
Bridgette and Duncan return to a familiar place to pick up Lancelot’s trail, while Rose comes face to face with another member of the McGuire family she was not expecting to see…
Wow. This issue is nuts. Picking up where the preview left off, we’ll start by covering what happens with Elaine and Rose. While holding Rose at gunpoint, Elaine basically just explains that Bridgette her mother was maybe at least a little problematic and how Elaine has basically gone crazy. She explains that she needed a Galahad and so went looking for the actual Lancelot by having her father drawn her in a tub of boiling water. Yes, that is dangerous. This left her badly burned, but apparently was able to find the real Lancelot and make love to him after tricking him into thinking that Elaine was Guinevere. Rose then refuses to tell Elaine anything. Elaine says that begging or being useless or cowardly would’ve saved Rose’s life and goes to pull the trigger when some military-esque guys show up and shoot up Rose’s apartment only to have a guy from the government named Jason Hempleworth hold a gun to her head. Poor Rose.
Now let’s talk about the other crazy part of the issue, Duncan and Bridgette. The two go back to the old home and find out that Mary did something in the bathtub. They end up in a weird alternate dimension or something where they find a practically naked blue man with fins, an ethereal weapon on his back, and a helmet that reminds me of Dr. Fate. It turns out this is the actual Lancelot that Elaine did the devil’s tango with and he says some stuff in medieval French that I don’t understand, but he seems to be angry and wanting to know where Elaine is. Last we see, he’s ready to draw his weapon and kill the two heroes. WHAT!?
I do want to take a moment to say I appreciate the humor of Once & Future. As Lancelot is about to draw his weapon, Duncan and Bridgette have a small talk about speaking French and Duncan’s taste in cars. It’s a fun little moment that didn’t detract from the moment, but did inject some personality in it. What did you think of Once & Future #15?