Must be Tuesday in the Labyrinth: “Gargoyles” (Vol. 3) #2

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Story: Greg Weisman

Art: George Kambadais

Cover Artist for my copy: Lesley “Leirix” Li

Release Date (Physical): January 25, 2022

The first issue of this newest era of Gargoyles was not, I thought, a success, with little to remind me of why I loved these characters in the first place and even less to convince potential new readers why they should.  Were I of a mind to be generous, I’d argue that its flaws were a result of having to introduce too many characters too quickly—never mind that there’s no reason why the book had to—which leaves space for following books to do better once that task is done. Is that the case, though?

Technically, yes.

With the task of reintroducing the main cast now done, Gargoyles now has time to actually begin developing the two stories it had hinted at.  Unfortunately, the first and more immediate of the two, the one about Derek Maza and Maggie the Cat’s offspring and Thailog’s interest in said offspring, continues to be the least interesting of the two, a rather baffling introductory arc, and a solid illustration of my problems with Greg Weisman as a writer.