IN THIS ONE... A little girl is possessed by an imaginary cat.
REVIEW: Does Allan have something against cats? The cat goddess in the previous strip, and now this violent witch's familiar summoned by a little girl with a rhyme (also an element of the previous strip). I would say Hecate is misidentified as a witch rather than a Greek goddess, but if there's an inspiration for the myth, Sapphire and Steel would know about it. As with Disappearing Act, a destructive force is unleashed and Ranson takes even more pleasure destroying London landmarks.
The art is definitely the star here (even if the "lurid red skies" of the captions are actually painted blue), as this is about as short a Sapph&Steel story as we get in comics form (6 pages). The premise is interesting - an imaginary cat is replaced in the night by a witch's familiar from the deep past - but the agents turn back the clock on at least some of it (Big Ben is restored, but nothing else), as is usual in these stories. Steel struggling with a savage cat is fun (and personally relatable), but there isn't much meat in the dish.
READABILITY: Medium-Low - Allan needs to start doing more than variations on the same themes.
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