Sirens Gate #2 Review!

The supernatural mystery continues with Sirens Gate #2 by Shannon Maer! The cover of Sirens Gate by Maer, has the woman in the black hood and outfit, glowing red eye, and her hand extended to send out out an electrical blast. The first issue had Commander Rein zapped by the mysterious woman in a hood. She enters a lab on her wheelchair.  In looking at her character and the cover, they look the same, a clone or dimensional counterpart? The scientist in lab coat is monitoring a blue energy contained in a device. She explains that she will lose her rank at the end of the day. The scientist explains that the energy is a look into “another world”, the Sirens Gate? He says it is unstable and Rein hears something from it! She withdraws the protective seal and reaches out for the energy. 

In a splash page, the energy crackles sending red lightning up her arm! Her eyes aglow, Rein rises and says, “The time for man has come.” In a double page splash, the possessed Rein sends out flames to burn the scientist!  We return to the Cat Club with white-haired Tara outside of the pink-lit door. She is targeted by a sniper. Across the opposite roof, the sniper, Kaelen, is reporting has a target. He is given the order to shoot, but has said she doesn’t show “supernatural abilities.” Kaelen hesitates and given the direct order when he sees another person approaching her.  He is recalled back to base, but hears that the base contact is surprised by Rein and screams. Tara sees the man from the club and Ms. Rose’s mansion, he calls himself Michael, there to protect her. The painted artwork here looks without defined lines, a bit blurry.  

Michael calls Ms. Rose a witch and says she’s human. They walk to Coven Comics and Michael hint that he is older than she thinks. They enter the store in a splash page seeing the female worker in a pink skirt reaching for a dragon statue, there is a large painting of another dragon breathing fire. She mentions that she could “feel” Michael from a mile away. The worker slips on the chair used to reach the top of the bookshelf. She falls, but Michael catches her wondering if she fell on purpose.  Her attention turns to Tara who seems to have a unique energy. Michael introduces Maya and says that she has “gifts.” Maya takes Tara’s hands.  Maya knows that Tara had died and wants to know more. Tara tells about her memory of hiking to a river and then hearing music. We see her memory, Tara in a red skirt, somewhere in a forest. Tara says that Death was calling her. Shannon Maer adds an almost familiar, but strange, supernatural element to Tara's story. Sirens Gate #2 deepens the mystery of Tara and her supernatural connections!      

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