Crisis Aftermath - the Battle for Bludhaven #5 - DC

This issue shows Major Force in all of his demented glory. It starts out with him defeating the Titans, leaving only Monolith and Firebrand behind to try to stop him. Good luck with that. Then Hal Jordan shows up and all of Major Forces rage comes out. I don't think its a coincidence that the Major's initials are M.F. When Phantom Lady starts referring to him as that, it's hilarious. Now on top of this, we have Captain Atom, whom they are trying to contain in an empty bunker under the city. His outer shell is cracked, apparently from his return from his side trip to the Wildstorm Universe. Because of this he is leaking radiation, and it is steadily building. Therefore the Atomic Knights are coming in to try to take him to wherever there base is and hopefully "fix" him. We also have the "Nuclear Family", a group of androids that look and talk like a family from the 50's, and the new Freedom Fighters. There's literally about 40 characters running around this book, and they are all pivitol to the story. WOW!! I would say that this is probably the beginning of about 4 different spin off books. We already know that the Freedom Fighters are getting their own book. But I would expect the Nuclear Family and the Atomic Knights to show up someplace. If not in their own book, at least a mini-series. Then we have Captain Atom, who seems to be in the spotlight once again, and I would think that this Father Time, with his agency S.H.A.D.E., are going to be somebody's nemesis somewhere. And of course the book ends with a splash page of an all out brawl between all of them. There's a lot of stuff going on in this book. Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti are doing a good job of keeping everything organized and flowing smoothly. I like this mini because it seems like a lot of good things are going to be coming out of it. But, next issue is the last, so it'll be interesting to see how they wrap it up.