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Ruse and Route 666
Date: 2020-07-26 04:52 am (UTC)Media/length:: Comics. Ruse has 26 issues + 3 bonus side issues. Route 666 has 22 issues.
Where to find it:: Amazon has 2 graphic novels for Ruse and one for Route 666. The individual issues are also floating around online, and are fairly easy to find.
Summary:: I've bunched these together because they are both linked to the larger Sigilverse of other CrossGen comics. These particular titles, however, work very well on their own. Knowing what's going on in the rest of the CrossGen universe adds a bit of context but is absolutely unnecessary to enjoy either comic. CrossGen went bankrupt; this doesn't really affect the ending of Ruse but Route 666 ends a bit abruptly.
RUSE: A Victorian detective/adventure comic set on a fictitious planet resembling Victorian Earth. Simon Archard is our Sherlock Holmes and Emma Bishop is his Watson. She is hiding magic powers from him as she tries to learn more about his past. They must solve the puzzle of the Enigmatic Prism, a gem that has a bloody history and a terrible secret.
ROUTE 666: A horror comic set on a planet resembling 1950s Earth. Classic movie monsters are hiding in plain sight. Cassie, the protagonist, has always been able to see dead people. The ghost of her dead grandfather awakens her power to see these monsters too. She kills one in self-defense but everyone else sees only a normal person so it looks like she killed an innocent man. She is now on the run from monsters and the police as she tries to uncover why the monsters are stealing souls.
What do you love about it? :
CrossGen as a whole is deeply rewarding for anyone who reads all the titles to stitch together the larger picture of what is going on, but each title works very well on its own too.
Ruse is full of witty banter and fun adventure. There are loads of awesome characters, not the least of which are Emma and Simon who have an amazing relationship. Their friendship is so rewarding, and I love the found family they have with Simon's network of agents.
For Route 666, I love the age gap relationship between Cassie and Cisco. I'm not usually a horror fan but I was sucked into this comic immediately. I really loved watching Cassie's powers grow throughout the series, and I was invested in the mystery of what the monsters were doing and what was going on.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it? :
Since both titles ended before their time, there are a lot of things that were set up that canon never had a chance to explore and I'd love to see someone tackle them. I'm also looking for tropey ship fic.
Content warning: Route 666 is a horror comic so there's a bit of gore.