Cerebus meets the Regency Elf in this issue. He also finds out that the Prime Minister of Iest wants him to pay back the ransom paid for him. Cerebus visits the arrested McGrew Brothers and they say there was never any ransom money. Cerebus is confused by this and the Elf has been claiming the Iest Prime Minister is up to something. Cerebus unsuccessfully tries to blackmail one of the local merchants. At the end of the issue Cerebus tells the Elf that he needs to figure out how to get the money to pay this back.
This is a really good character development issue for Cerebus. He's playing this game where he's appearing to those around him as being a little mentally unbalanced and later explains to the Elf that he learned that from Lord Julius. It's very interesting to see Cerebus start to see the value in the things Julius told him instead of just seeing him as an idiot. Cerebus is obviously a quick study as he's picking up the politics of the region pretty well.
The scene with the McGrew's in this issue was great. They wouldn't answer his questions so Cerebus beat them with a stick in a rather Bugs Bunny fashion and they were suddenly very agreeable. I loved that scene and it's a great example of how good the sense of humor in this book can be at times.
From a plot stand point, I think this is the most interesting the book has ever been. There are some nice plot threads developing with Cerebus trying to figure out what happened with the ransom and how he can also pay it back. This issue really makes me want to pick up issue 30 and see where it all went. In fact, I'll probably start reading it as soon as I'm done posting this.
Until next time!
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