This volume is saved by the short story opener. The continuation of the main narrative takes us from the last volume's implausible-but-interesting (Matty becomes fully enmeshed as a citizen of the DMZ, a doer who relinquishes his passive, journalistic objectivity) to the pathetic (Matty spends the whole thing regretting his downfall and "bravely" facing the consequences--which will undoubtedly be conveniently circumvented in the next volume). The DMZ saga reaches its highest dramatic peak in a tale that takes the build-up from several of the previous volumes and explodes in a chilling and deeply effective show of excellent plotting, poignant character growth and beautiful artistic vision.Here we have the “all bets are off” stage of an epic and, true to this ever excellent series, it really works. DMZ is one of the most intense and insightful comic book series I’ve ever read, and with only three volumes to go after this one, I’m now expecting something truly grandiose to wrap things up. I can hardly wait…
What do You think about DMZ, Vol. 9: M.I.A. (2011)?
This series continues to be well-written, provoking and fresh.
—Purps
the whole dmz series is awesome, I'm gonna be sad when it ends
—sara123
Better. Glad Matty is showing remorse.
—juliamcgovern
