Once he’s shot up again, it’s time for more beautiful cityscapes as Santos/Mister X returns to the rooftops, only to get caught by Arnold’s men. Moreover, we get to see first-hand the secret to his ability to stalk the city and never sleep: An injectable called Insomnalin.

It’s a shocking moment for me, having not read a lot of Mister X stories, to have his girlfriend casually refer to him as “Santos” in these pages, as I didn’t recall him having a name. Nothing seems amiss when they get inside, so he ignores her concerns in favor of a videotape of celebrity autopsies, while Mister X returns home as well. Gilbert and Jaime don’t scrimp on the beautiful cityscapes nor on the lovely women, but as Arnold and Patrice return home, she sees a strange man inside his apartment, one who seems to have huge, sunken black eyes. Renting a convertible, Arnold takes to the skies, allowing the Hernandez brothers to give us some clever exposition delivery. It’s a simple tale, made more complicated when she expresses interest in renting a flyer and buzzing the city. We begin in the upper reaches of the city of nightmares, Radiant City, as Arnold tries to impress a girl. While probing other people’s secrets, he must protect his own…

His past shrouded in mystery, he makes his meager living as a private investigator. Stranded in this Somnopoils is the mysterious Mister X. It is a place as corrupt as the decadent upper class that rules it and the human parasites that prey on them. It’s citizens are afflicted with sleep disorders, opium addiction, and a surfeit of perversions. Previously in Mister X: Radiant City was built to be the dream city, a vast and beautiful metropolis, designed to fulfill the grandest aesthetic and architectural ideals, it now moulders in dilapidation. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Mister X #1 awaits!

When a creation goes awry, it’s up to the architect to repair its flaws.

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