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#37 - V
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Verily, victory via vigilantism brings vaunted valor to the villagers of London, those voicing vexation in the villainy of the Prime Minister and his vainglorious vagabonds. Yet, the vox populi is vindicated in the veracity of V's vaccaination from vacuousness, vacilating between a venerated vantage of valediction and versatility in verbiage, a verifiable visionary in vivid violence.

V seemed to be quite beloved as a protagonist of sorts in the fascist state of England, and I think going forward, he will remain front and center in the greater injustices of the world under Darkseid. But for now, V enjoys his theatrics, his dramatics, his ability to engender a certain amount of anger within those with any virtue in their hearts. After all, the man that strikes a match is equally important as the one who uses it to light the flame, and the fires of revolution must be stoked by the party if there is any hope in overthrowing the man who turned the end of the world into an opportunity to take over his control. Fortunately, they have a friend in V, and a that alone turns the dark, dreary complacency of the people of London into a droll and perhaps even mirthful opportunity to introduce a little anarchy into the world. Anarchy - the very epitome of everything Darkseid seeks to destroy.

The opportunity to explore the fascistic tendencies of a 1984 London has proven an excellent bookend to the Story Line - though we haven't had opportunity quite yet to touch on exactly why. Still, the hidden history of Britain goes hand-in-hand with its present day, a warning that was born as a part of a wave of British works during the early Thatcher years, about life in dystopian and authoritarian societies. Its distinctive visuals, themes and complex narration made it a classic, both in film and in comics, and the mask of Guy Fawkes, of course, inspired the early days of anonymous by encouraging anarchical expression. V himself talks always in quotes, parables, references and metaphors - and his mask makes him inscrutable. In that, he is the very definition of Theatrum Mundi - often delivering his lines loudly, dramatically and always from the classics. Yet, he's certainly not a good guy; there is a ruthlessness to V's motivations. He never hesitates to trigger chaos, and his fanaticism in the name of true liberty leaves him viewed as much an evil terrorist as a genius-level freedom fighter.

Yet, there's a clockwork precision to his intricate planning. Such formidable mental resources in the face of a stacked deck leaves him the sort of underdog one can root for - especially against this Thatcherized 1984 Tory London in which he is so deeply rooted. He doesn't fight the Nazis, but there are parallels to V and someone like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who plays a role elsewhere in this campaign. But it is V who ultimately rises to the occasion, his smirking visage the antidote to the common totalitarian - a totalitarian whose vision for an empire has already begun to show its cracks. And that fragmentation is ripe for an explosion that will break the seal of the UK's civilization and allow an even greater tyrant to pour through the defenses, putting a stake into the heart of the most storied civilization on Earth when all is said and done.

#36 is our first round one drop!