Huck: Big Bad World #5

The issue is filled with intense action sequences, emotional character moments, and a pervasive sense of impending doom. It sets the stage for a climactic showdown, leaving readers on the edge of their seats as the series races toward its conclusion. Read Full Review

Albuquerque delivers stunning imagery throughout the issue. From the character moments to the blistering action, every page had something to capture the eye of the reader. Read Full Review

HUCK: BIG BAD WORLD #5 is a pressure cooker of an issue: relentless, stylish, and loud. If you like your heroics bloody and your superpowers laced with paranoia, this one delivers a knuckle sandwich in each panel. Something is always blowing up, but the fallout is never just physical. Millar and Albuquerque insist on carving scars into every survivor. If the next issue keeps this up, readers might need their own force fields just to make it through Read Full Review

Big Bad World 5 was the penultimate chapter of this arc. Millar has certainly raised the emotional stakes of the series with the darker shift in these last two issues. Millar has pulled out great endings in bleak story arcs before so there's no reason to dread the worst, but for Huck and his readers' sake, hopefully there might be some good in this Bad World when the story is completed. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Oct 01, 2025

Plot The story takes place 5 years before the events of BIG GAME, where the Brotherhood of Assassins had founded LUCAS TRUST, an organization led by Mrs. Winter and the mysterious Mr. Malik. Their goal was to hunt down everyone who received superpowers from the mysterious witch; they called themselves the WITCH FINDERS. The comic shows how Lucas Trust murders all the superpowered beings that Huck contacted before finding Sofia; they also killed Dr. Harper and Anna. Huck and Zoe are about to be killed by snipers when suddenly the bullets are stopped by a mysterious force field. Huck stops the attackers, but when helicopters arrive, they explode mysteriously...it seems that this is being caused by the baby Zoe is carrying in her womb . This penultimate chapter leaves us with the mystery of the Witch unresolved and teases an epic final battle. Art Rafael Albuquerque returns to this series with his signature style, full of textures that convey Huck's strength and tenderness. His layouts and character poses are spectacular; it is undoubtedly his best work to date. Dave McCaig's color palette offers a cinematic feel, using sepia tones for the flashbacks and a blue palette to depict sadness. Summary A shocking plot twist where Huck and Zoe must face a large-scale threat alone. Penultimate chapter more