

His complexity of balancing what happened prior in Canary is a very big point of his character. Once he gets to Canary and starts interacting with Edwards and Warren, Holt starts lowering his guards and connecting on a more personal level than we’ve seen thus far. The sequence with Holt and Tell truly translate into a battle of good and evil that fits in perfectly to this story. The flashback sequence during the Mayor’s retelling of Holt’ novel moments connects to readers extremely well. Snyder delves more into what composes Azrael William Holt without slowing down too much of the overall story. What is her connection to this case? Readers will find out that answer plus have some great discussions after a final page sets the pace for the next issue perfectly. Readers get to meet some of the town’s most noteworthy characters, but none stand out more than Mabel Warren. However, that takes a step back when Holt and Edwards arrive at “The Gem of The Utah Hills”, Canary.

Readers get more insight to what really happened in the Canary mine that plays a big part of the story going on within these pages. Upon their arrival at the Canary depot, the pair is treated with some hospitality form Mayor Gem, who gives off a very unique energy pertaining to the case at hand. The theory centers around the Canary Mine. Once the flashback is over, Holt is en route to meet Edison Edwards (or Ed-Ed), a rock doctor who might have a theory connecting all these crimes. This issue picks up where readers see more of the initial encounter between Holt and Tell. Holt reluctantly goes but readers see a flashback sequence where Holt sought out to arrest Hyrum Tell, a killer who’s encounter with Holt has left the lawman rattled when “Canary” is brought up. Holt takes a lead to track down a contact with a possible theory, all roads lead towards a haunting place: Canary. After bringing him in, Holt finds out more bizarre circumstances where “normal” people are committing these deadly attacks. Holt finds out there might be more to this killing than meets the eye. With a short time left before retiring, he investigates a brutal murder of a school teacher by a seemingly "innocent” boy. The story of Marshall Holt thus far has been very captivating.
