The penultimate issue of X-Files: Year One’s first arc throws out some new surprises and quasi-answers some questions, but after a promising third issue, this fourth issue lets a lot of the air out of the story once again.

The Wicked + The Divine was the series that sold me on the pitch and then tried pretty hard to lose me on the second issue. The third issue was decent enough, but this fourth issue sticks the landing. What I’m not sure of is this: did it stick the landing because it was slowly building to it, or in spite of getting lost a little bit on the way there.

Otis Frampton’s Oddly Normal has been a delightful fairy tale excursion from the industry-wide grim ‘n gritty that has taken hold. In this world of wacky witchy aunts and accidental spells of banishment and transdimensional sieves, people of all ages will find the things that they loved about The Wizard of Oz and A Wrinkle in Time and dare I say even some Tim Burton-esque creepies, lovingly addressed in a very original story.