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    Heroes Comic: Pieces of Me
    Tuesday, 11 March 2008
    Heroes Comic #76 Review
    In this week's issue of the Heroes Graphic novel, the list of new characters introduced by the series continues to steadily grow as we're introduced to a man named Ryan Covington who has a reoccuring dream of his own death.

    As if that wasn't bad enough, in his most recent dream he gets a visit from everybody's favorite little plot device: Sanjog "McGuffin" Iyer.

    The dream itself is drowning in so much symbolism that it could take weeks and weeks and armies of psychologists to fully interpret and define what each symbol means. Unfortunately, we don't have that kind of time and quite frankly they'd probably all link it so some subconscious Oedipal urge anyway, so I'm going to take a crack at it and - using the infinite resources of the internet - decipher the meaning behind Ryan's dream.

    Instead of going through the entire issue page-by-page, I've assembled the most obvious of the symbols together in the following slideshow:

    Please click on the images to view them in a lightbox (some of the descriptions run long):



    Ryan's death is a biggie. It can mean pent up guilt for the death of a loved one, it can be the subconscious trying to bring someone to terms with dying, or it can mean the end of a former period in life. In this case, it could even mean all three.

    Taken all at once, I have a feeling that the big secret here is going to be the identity of the dead lover. We never see her face, only her eyes and... other parts. I'm inclined to think that Ryan has powers, hence the visit from Sanjog in the first place, and that they somehow played a part in her death, something that Ryan feels guilty about and has since hidden his abilities. I think the dream is preparing him for the end of his previous life, and the beginning of a new one as his powers begin to manifest again - or as his powers are needed once again.

    But what are his powers? The clover he wears could symbolize the ability to time-travel like Hiro (past, present, and future), the disembodied voice could represent telepathic powers like Matt, the fight with the mirror could mean he has a Nikki-like doppleganger, the falling could represent the ability to fly like Nathan, his death at the end could mean he's a healer like Claire, and the appearance of all the symbols together could mean he could have all of them, like Peter. Or is it all just symbolic, and he has no powers whatsoever?

    Is this the last we'll see of Ryan Covington? Possibly. This week's issue ended with a definite "The End", so at the very least this arc ends here. However, with all of the recent introductions in the comic series, I can't help but wonder if this is the new and improved "Evolutions".

    Heroes: Evolutions was supposed to be a series of one-hour episodes to be played between seasons that would introduce new characters and be created and directed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. The problems with the WGA Strike, and other financial issues forced the series to shut down before even a single episode could be completed. Has it found a new life here in the comic series? It's possible that based on fan appreciation and acceptance, some of these new characters could someday find a place on the television show, much like Hana Gittleman's cameo  in the first season. If true, I'm looking at these issues in a whole new light.


    You can download the PDF of this issue from the main Heroes site (www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels ) or read it online with their flash viewer HERE .

    Personally, I don't like either and prefer to read it in .cbr format using a freeware program called CDisplay (downloadable here ).

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    Comments (1)
    Ryan Covington wrote...
    If you are still interested in the beginings of this character go look on my dream submission at activatingevolution.org in the dream study section in the feburary 2008 site.

    Ryan
    || September 01, 2008

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