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Who Will Succeed Boris Johnson? Once & Future #27 Prepares (Spoilers)

Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain series from Boom Studios is Once & Future. And no, no one knows how Mora and Bonvillain are getting out all the Batman and Superman comics as well as this one. It must be magic. The comic has played out British myths of a variety of descriptions from a variety of cultures, interpreted in many ways through history, from Arthur to Beowulf and beyond, manifesting themselves in the countryside of England.

And retelling Arthurian legend as actual legend that affects reality, we were initially heavily teased about Bors The Younger, son of King Bors, one of King Arthur's Knights Of The Road Table.

Bors proves himself worthy enough to witness the Grail's mysteries by refusing to break his vow of celibacy even as women threaten to throw themselves off castle battlements, later revealing themselves to be temptation demons. He also chooses to save an abducted young girl rather than his brother Lionel, from being tortured. He is the only knight to return from delivering the Holy Grail to its resting place, he tells the story of what happened, and succeeds Arthur, becoming king of what remains of his kingdom.

And just as the police get involved, so this flags the attention of government, which has its own ancient statutes unknown by the population, to govern them. And we get a better understanding of who Bors is in this reality.

Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  Who is the furthest thing from chaste – the last week's Private Eye reports he was caught receiving a blow job in the Foreign Office when he was Foreign Secretary by his now-wife, while he was still married to the previous one. Has an unknown amount of children from an unknown amount of women. He would definitely choose a young woman over his brother Jo Johnson though, so that at least scans. And just in case there was any doubt this was Boris.

A very familiar profile there, of a younger Boris. But there is division between the executive branch and its civil service. Echoed again in subsequent chapters, as the mystical secrets and dangers of the land begin to rise again, but this time there are other ways to feed it, and in Boris Johnson's hands, weaponise it.

Because national myth here stands for nationalism of all kinds, how myths breed. And then you go and put it on the television where anyone can see it. And start to believe it.

And Pandora's box is opened. The fruit of the tree of knowledge is eaten. And the frog can't be put back in its box any more.

Publicity feeds it, grows it, enables and nurtures it. Live on national television, and streaming on every device. The return of King Arthur.

The forces have been unleashed and, in the end, it is he who opened the box who suffers. David Cameron resigned after losing the Brexit election, Boris Johnson has found British right-wing media turn on him of late, and as for Bors?

The assassination of Boris Johnson, live on camera. Which is basically what Boris' ministers have been doing to him, with 18 resignations from the UK government over the latest scandals, including the Secretary of State for Health and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, two of the most powerful positions in the land, with pressure from all over for Boris Johnson to fall on his sword. But if he does, who will pick it up?

Okay, maybe not him.

It would be one way to deal with the impending Conservative Party war, with Rishi Sunak going up against Nadim Sahawi to be Prime Minister. At least that, for many reasons, would tell a very different British story for once. Leep reading Once & Future to find out what will be happening next. Those who ignore legends are condemned to repeat them.

ONCE & FUTURE #27 CVR A MORA
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(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Dan Mora
What happens when the fabled sword appears, but no one is able to pull it out? Is this peace finally the result of so many hard-fought battles? Perhaps, but an unexpected claim to the throne is lurking, closer than Bridgette and Duncan can imagine.In Shops: Jul 06, 2022 SRP: $3.99

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