Writer: Rick Remender
Artist & Colorist: Daniel Acuña
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Cover Artists: Daniel Acuña & Ryan Sook
Production Artist: Erika Schnatz
Editor: Gabe Dinger
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 26, 2025
Like other members of his crew, Flynn argued to abort bombing the Titan Cannon. But Milton believed the strike would end the war. So, even though he couldn’t destroy the superweapon without inflicting significant collateral damage, Milton dropped ‘Ol Sockeye’s bombs anyway. Milton has fled Narenian soldiers since he abandoned his ailing plane. How long can he remain at large? And how does Milton feel about his actions? Let’s leap into Escape #4 and see!
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Story
Exhausted, bleeding, and his knee giving him gyp, Milton broke into a shop and hid in the basement. He awakens in a bed. Across the room, a child sits and reads. Milton’s first thought is to complete his mission. Perhaps, if Flynn has survived his injuries and the parachute landing, Milton can reunite with his friend. Maybe they can even destroy the Titan Cannon and find a way home. But as Milton searches for his satchel with the maps and explosives, he frightens the boy.
In Escape #4, the boy isn’t the only one frightened. Milton never wanted to go to war. But when Ruth became pregnant, Milton knew he had to safeguard his wife and unborn child. His longing for home and his missing friend played through his mind while he slept. Now, as Milton awakens, memories feel like reality, while his present resembles a nightmare.
Rick Remender continues the dialogue Milton began with Flynn and his late crew before he made his fateful decision. Only this time, Milton can’t dismiss the enemy soldiers by turning magazine photos into caricatures. Instead, he comes face-to-face with Narenians. His enemy’s arguments threaten to undermine Milton’s justification for going to war. And his forgiving spirit shakes Milton’s assurance of the rightness of his actions in Escape #4.
Art
A red, blue, and gold flag hangs from the porch of Milton’s home. Flynn awaits him amid the swooping elegance of his red convertible. As Milton hesitates on the front steps, Ruth stands behind him, adorned in a blue maternity dress. Her face and hair take on a reddish hue as Milton realizes what he is giving up. Lush greenery surrounds the homes with spacious yards as Flynn drives him off to war.
Compared with the suburban paradise he left behind, Daniel Acuña fills Milton’s present with darkness in Escape #4. He awakens in a room with cracked plaster, boarded-up windows, and laundry hanging across the room. Yellow-white light pierces the gray and green gloom. Paintings adorn the living room walls, while a metal bowl on the floor contains the red proof of its occupant’s ministrations. Brown wooden floors, a radio, and a grandfather clock link the make-do domesticity with Milton’s fur. But a glance outside reveals a busy gray street, adorned with red accents, hints of blue, and purple-white flags.
Rus Wooton fills ivory dialogue balloons and beige narrative boxes with narrow black uppercase letters. Words grow bold for intonation, and arrows zigzag between speakers and balloons. Sound effects attend Narenian hospitality, while giant red punctuation marks in a gray balloon accompany Milton’s attempt to mend fences. Thanks to Image Comics and Giant Generator for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
When Milton takes refuge in a shop cellar, a family helps him recover. Milton is confused and unwilling to admit that his leaders duped him with rhetoric. But while Milton refuses to budge from his preconceptions, the Narenian who risks his life to help him echoes the views of Milton’s late crew in Escape #4.