They kinda knew what they were dealing with, and they still shout demands to the Chimera to surrender before opening fire? Granted, this would be a case of morality over practicality, but still. I guess I’d nitpick the tactics of those police officers. While the Chimera are definitely bad, there is nothing really bad about Basilisk #3 I can say without nitpicking. When the probably suicidal avenger is the closest thing to the good guy/girl here, you know it’s bad. So far, it’s doing a very good job of preparing you for the final battle between them and Hannah. 1 is somewhat conflicted, another is very conflicted, and it culminates in Regan, who is so conflicted that she herself believes that the Chimera all deserve to die, probably including herself. The story really hammers it into you that, yes, 2 of the Chimera are murderous psychopaths who look for any excuse to go on killing sprees and absolutely deserve to die. Speaking of which, the characters are another high point of Basilisk #3. The action scene even showed that bullets do work on the Chimera, as long as you can actually hit them before they can use their powers on you, so that’s a nice plus. It’s actually quite fitting, considering that the Chimera are basically evil X-Men. Somehow, this particular issue manages to top the previous 2 in this regard. If you like your horror story to have lots and lots of blood and gore, you’ve come to the right comic book. If it’s a good horror story you’re looking for, Basilisk #3 continues to deliver. Guess little Erica made it this far, stopped for a rest, and didn’t get up. Guess the worms turns for the Chimera, but will Hannah succeed? We’ll just have to find out in the next issue of Basilisk.
Oh, and as it turns out, Hannah was meant to be one of those survivors. Either way, the Chimera get what they want. Or they spread the message about the attack and terrorize everyone else. The survivor then gets inducted into the Chimera’s cult by the leader of said cult. Turns out, the Chimera always leaves a survivor from each killing spree. Turns out, the murderous Chimera love slaughter so much that they look for excuses to do it.Īll but one, that is. And then the Chimera proceed to slaughter all of the civilians in the building as a “message” to Hannah, despite how nonsensical it is. In any case, soon the Chimera have neutralized almost all of the cops.
Or maybe the helicopter was hovering too low.
Turns out, their powers work through metal walls and glass windows too. Even the cops in a hovering helicopter aren’t safe. Which makes sense, since their powers affect the senses and mind. Turns out, being surrounded by heavily armed cops and SWAT officers results in nothing for the Chimera other than a flesh wound to Jimmy-boy. They give the Chimera an opportunity to surrender, but well, you know what’s going to happen. To their credit, the cops show up loaded for bear. Turns out, someone did recognize them at the diner, and the cops are tracking the Chimera. Funnily enough, they don’t initially set out to kill anyone, although you can tell most of them are itching to. Only, as it turns out, they don’t kill everyone.Ĭue another scene cut in Basilisk #3 where we see the Chimera gather in some kind of souvenir store in the middle of nowhere. The 2 of them discuss the Chimera and how they go on killing sprees everywhere they go, killing everyone around. We see Hannah finally setting up her ambush with Regan in an abandoned resort town. The scene in Basilisk #3 then fast-forwards to the present. Said killing field also includes the body of her young daughter, Erica. Specifically, it shows Hannah returning to town only to find a gruesome killing field. Except this time, it shows the aftermath of their killing spree. Like the previous 2 issues, Basilisk #3 starts us off with a return to Kingsly, where the Chimera first started their rampage. I’d call it a good thing that she was out of town that day, but she might disagree.