Chris Lemmerman's Reviews > Clean Room, Vol. 3: Waiting for the Stars to Fall

I worry about Gail Simone. I really do.

These six issues bring the Clean Room story to a close (for now?) as the Entities make their final move, and Astrid has to call in all the help she can get to save the world from these super-creepy psychos. All the chickens that Simone has laid out across the series come home to roost, and we get a semi-explanation as to why these creatures are the way they are. The ending wraps things up a little too quickly, but I think that's probably because of a lack of space rather than Simone not having a proper ending in mind.

I thought losing Jon Davis-Hunt to The Wild Storm would hurt this series, but Walter Geovani's pencils are equally as creepy, and there's almost no difference between his interpretations of the characters compared to Davis-Hunt's. Having Quinton Winter continue colouring the book also helps with consistency, so Clean Room barely skips a beat there. The guest art by Sanya Anwar is also lovely, not too different from Davis-Hunt and Geovani, but with her own personal style that gives the vignette issue its own distinct flavour.

Clean Room is creepy as all hell, and I love it. If you're reading Outcast over at Image, this is that story, done properly. Read this instead. But maybe read it with the light on.