Amelia Cole takes most of the spotlight in this month’s issue of Amelia Cole and the Hidden War, leaving the Omega Company fighting their “hidden war” mostly in the shadows–although it seems as though the two stories will start to bounce off one another soon.In an action-driven issue that saw Amelia Cole hit a few different settings around the (newly-christened) city of Otysburg, we start with a bomb and move toward the war–and along the way, ComicBook.com spoke with writers D.J. Kirkbride and Adam P. Knave (and artist Nick Brokenshire, our special guest) about the story, the future…and the handful of cool pop-culture references Brokenshire built into his pages.The conversation ahead is very spoilery, though, so go buy the book first, and read along with us if you haven’t read it already. Everything will make a lot more sense.ComicBook.com: I’m a little surprised, at the outset, that Amelia isn’t slightly more skeptical just of the practice of going after non-mages in particular. It seems almost like she’s reinforcing discrimination or something.DJK: Amelia is all about helping anyone out, so while that means she won’t favor mages over non-mages, it doesn’t mean she won’t stop a non-mage who is doing wrong. She basically splits people up between good and bad, not mage and non.APK: You also have to remember that she works for the magic side of things, so she can become skeptical along the lines of “there are non-magic cops too, why would they bring me in?” It, intially, doesn’t seem to fit.ComicBook.com: Would learning to fly really help if she hates heights? It seems like that would just be a different kind of uncomfortable.DJK: Fear of heights is kind of a fear of falling down, so if she could fly, she wouldn’t have to fear that, right? That’s kind of her thinking, anyway, but, yeah, it’d still probably freak her out. I picture Greatest American Hero-style floundering and lack of Superman-esque grace.
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