Fatale #14 keeps up the current formula of providing done-in-one chapters focused on different points in history. This issue returns to a somewhat more familiar setting, though, as Ed Brubaker shifts back to Josephine and her exploits in WWII-era Europe. This issue is a mix of the new and familiar. Brubaker again weaves a tale of a hapless male hero rescuing Jo from her supernatural captors whiles he lament the curse of her immortality. But Brubaker also sprinkles in some flashback material that follows Jo as she travels the continent and learns more about her true nature. The plot feels somewhat more relevant to the book's ongoing threads than in the previous couple issues, but in some ways feels a little too familiar and formulaic at this point.
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