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Alert: Potential spoilers for Nostalgia #4 in this review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, here we are at Nostalgia #5 – the grand finale of this miniseries and ComiXology special event. Right off the bat, Nostalgia pays off in multiple ways in-story for the characthttps:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/mgm-plus-drive-in\/schedule\/er and metatextually for our real world and where we might be heading as a country, society and world. (How do I know that? Shout out to some fateful, and eerie, timing – the launch of the Threads social network by Meta baron Zuck and 100 million users as of this writing. How did you manifest that, Hoffman?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Seriously, how beautiful and evocative is this cover?!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This issue launches us right into the action directly after the last issue. Nathan, aka Nautilus, after hacking Craig\u2019s, aka Nostalgia\u2019s, car and protection hoverbot Elena has headed back to Craig\u2019s high-security skyscraper home, studio and transmitter (the Orb and the Opys) in a bid for Nautilus to transmit a message from would-be data and identity freedom fighters, Synod. The key being the world thinks it\u2019s the mega-popular and reclusive Nostalgia returning for a performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Craig dives into action here and he does his best to bring together the band of friends and contacts we\u2019ve come to know throughout the series to stop Nautilus from completing the broadcast. And it\u2019s good he has, because he needs them. As with any mystery and final issue, we\u2019re headed toward several showdowns: between son and father; technology and emotion; and past and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In particular, Lexi\u2019s return is both magnanimous and adroit. Especially under a looming countdown and race for Synod\u2019s message and Nautilus\u2019s show to transmit. Lexi is the friend you want with you in every situation – she\u2019s immediately and equally methodical and with an impressive ability to improvise as she and we learn more about Craig and Nathan and their relationship in-real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Lexi being THE ONE<\/em>, y\u2019all.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without spoiling the twists and reveals and resolutions in the issue, I will say how much I appreciate Hoffman\u2019s writing and plotting of the story over the course of the issues. Whether it\u2019s a comic, television or film series, I\u2019m an \u201cactive\u201d watcher. Part of the fun for me is always trying to sort out what is going to happen based on the information and characterization and actions I\u2019m being presented. In this, Nostalgia always kept me thinking, \u201cwell, what do I think this means and how is it going to affect the characters and where do I think this is going?\u201d between issues. If you\u2019re of a similar mode, Nostalgia doesn\u2019t waste anything that the characters show and tell you. It all adds up and the details along the way matter. (I\u2019m happy I waited to read an issue per week, so I could spend some time pondering the characters and messages and turns of plot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s also a real rhythm and pulse here throughout the issues that reminds me of music (a natural result considering Hoffman\u2019s other career.) And it\u2019s symbiotically reinforced and resonates more so with \u017de\u017eelj\u2019s are and Loughridge\u2019s colors. A fantastic feat for a two dimensional and silent artform. We \u201chear\u201d the conversations and onomatopoeias in comics, but it\u2019s rare you get a flow of word positioning and art that reminds you of the pulse of music, movement and the strobing lights of the club floor in between the gutters. And that experience is all the more interesting when it\u2019s so tied to the plot and our experiences with technology. Bravo, everyone. (I, for one, would love a Nostalgia playlist.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Feel the rhythm, don\u2019t be scared.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ending of Nostalgia answers a theme that popped into my head reading the first issue and I shared in my review<\/a>: \u201cIn our current culture and some people\u2019s obsession with a past that\u2019s somehow pristine, unimpeachable and better than today, it\u2019s a great time to read and delve into Nostalgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In truth, your past builds your future and your future helps you recontextualize your past and a healthy dose of Nostalgia helps pull it all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nostalgia #5 is available digitally on Tue, July 11. It\u2019s the final issue in this five-week ComiXology event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Lyon (he\/him\/his) has been an out and proud superhero and comics fan from the very first time he saw Lynda Carter spin into Wonder Woman in the 1970s. A mild mannered media consumer by day and a pop culture crimefighter by night, Scott has a particular interest in the intersections of LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC and women\u2019s identities in storytelling and the pop culture and speculative fiction media we create and consume. You can find him at @wonderscott<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writer: Scott HoffmanArtist: Danijel \u017de\u017eeljColorist: Lee LoughridgeLetterer: Steve WandsDesigner: Rian HughesEditors: Greg Lockard & Will Dennis If you\u2019re just joining on our trip through Nostalgia, you can read the review for issue 4. Alert: Potential spoilers for Nostalgia #4 in this review. 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