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March hasn’t even passed, but I’m already comfortable in predicting that the seventh installment of air, “The Picture of Zayn Al Harrani” will make many year-end lists as one of the best single issues of 2009. G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker have delivered a fantastical, lyrical story that answers a lot of questions about Blythe’s mysterious love interest, Zayn.
The
story picks up from last issue’s cliffhanger: Blythe has somehow been
transported through time and space into the body of a young boy, the
10-year-old Zayn; meanwhile her compatriots aboard the mysterious
flying machine are in danger of crashing into the ocean without
Blythe’s hyperpract powers to fuel the engine. “The Picture of Zayn Al
Harrani” spins out both these threads in an elegant fashion, weaving a
tale that is equal parts moving and suspenseful.
Spoilers, as always, after the jump:
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