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admonition : SPOILERS for Lois Lane # 9
InLois Lane # 9,the titular investigative reporter receive the migrant detainment bivouac on the southern borderline of the United States , as they exist in the world of DC Comics . The insistently topicalLois Lanemaxi - series survey the brave journalist as she explores Watergate - esque depravity and a family separation insurance policy mirror the real - world issue at the U.S.-Mexican edge .
As premised in matter # 1,Loisis on a commission to uncover dirty dealings and human rights abuses by government agencies under an unamed U.S. chairwoman . She is track down the taradiddle largely without the care of her superhuman associates Superman and Batman , although both are present in the serial . Lois has already draw in the attention of a deadly assassin namedThe Kiss Of Death , whom Lois fights off with the economic aid of former Gotham City fuzz / Birds of Prey alumnus Renee Montoya .
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Writer Greg Rucka and creative person Mike Perkins bring a film noir sensibility toLois Lane ’s saturnine Page . In egress # 9 , Lois goes looking for Alejandra Ortiz , a hotel housekeeper who went missing shortly before The Kiss Of Death ’s flak . Lois and Renee learn that Alejandra ’s home was raid by I.C.E. ( Immigration and Customs Enforcement ) and the Ortiz menage has been take to a delimitation detention center . Lois and Renee traveling to the camp to chance this scene taking place alfresco :
The two investigators observe the protest and take a moment to remark on in-migration status as it relates to theJustice League . Lois gains memory access to the facility and is able-bodied to talk with Alejandra , who let out that she has been retain separated from her husband and children . Lois and Renee impart the inner circle , frustrated and furious , with renew purpose to pursue the true statement , however dangerous .
There remains no ego - discernible resolution to the human right wing emergency at the U.S.-Mexican margin , in fable or reality . The superhero image exists , as always , to tender hope through the imaginative date of substantial - mankind perils . In this case , the story is well - serve by a sombre palette and unornamented , shadowy images , evocative ofJessica Jonesor Mazzucchelli’sDaredevil . One can question the properness of the border crisis as the content for a risible account rivet Lois Lane , but the crisis is certainly still happening , and DC Comics has never shied away from explore crises .
Lois Lane # 9is available now at your local comics shop .
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