Calum Petrie reviews Deus Ex Universe: Children’s Crusade #4…
As riots ignite across the continent, Titus King incites further hostility by taking his hate speech to the Glasshutte, while in Prague, Jensen learns the real reason behind the demegogue’s affront.
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As we return to Children’s Crusade for issue #4 we are thrown straight into the car crash at the end of issue #3 – quite literally a car crash. Adam Jensen in the previous issue was about to move the rescued girl into protective custody, only for a well planted bomb to throw all plans into the air.
The penultimate issue opens with the aftermath of the car bomb and suspicion cast upon Adam Jensen’s own Interpol team. Adam is sent home to recover and rest while the team investigate the crime scene. The tension in the street between the growing organic and augmented human situation is the main fuel for the fire within this issue. Though while Adam is recuperating from his attack, he is back to being solo and able to go about his own secret mission to locate and infiltrate the Illuminati.
The issue focuses more on Adam’s mission rather than retrieving the kidnapped girl, though with the political climate reaching a boiling point our protagonist knows that everything is connected somehow. The loose strings of the story elements are now weaving rapidly into one large rope that Adam will follow into the last issue and hopefully shine some more light on the discoveries towards the issues end.
There is not a lot to be said about character development within the issue unless you count a humorous comment Adam makes and places him very out of character. Though the issue leaves a set up for the final instalment of the series it did not leave me fulfilled like previous issues, but rather more interested to see where the story progresses to in #5.
Rating 6/10
Calum Petrie – Follow me on Twitter – @Cetrie
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Originally published June 2, 2016. Updated November 10, 2019.
