The actual title of the book is Sword of the All New Atom. And I guess in homage to the character, the cover artist, Ladronn, even did the cover with a Gil Kane feel to it. This is the issue where Chronos and Ryan are going to try to find Ray Palmer. We're finally starting the search. Chronos takes him to the place in South America where he went to get away from the work for a time. The place where he went to in the Sword of the Atom mini-series. Hence . . the name. But they aren't very receptive to him there. In fact, if he's a friend of Ray Palmer's, or Ray Pama, as they pronounce it, then they pretty much want him dead. The first test is in the arena, where he has to ride a frog, and fight some giant rattlesnakes. He uses his gymnastic skills to take down one of the snakes, and then take the King, I think, as hostage. The guy in the arena that befriends him says that he can take him to Ray Pama. So the 3 of them set out on a journey. Of course the guy is fake. It couldn't be that easy. So Ryan decides he has to get away from all this craziness. And on his way out of the forest he runs right in to Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and the Monitor. As we all have seen from the Countdown story-line, the Monitor is convinced that Ray Palmer holds the key to saving the multiverse . . . or destroying it. So it looks like these 2 camps are going to be joining forces. And I'm sure this is just the beginning of the journey. I really like what Gail Simone has been able to accomplish so far with this book. It has a great feel to it. And a great cast of characters. Also, Mike Norton the penciller, has, in my opinion, improved with every issue. I wasn't to thrilled with him at first. And I'm definitely glad we've moved past the zombie school buddy storyline. But I really feel that he doing a decent job now. Anyways, I like this book. It's full of weirdness. And if this story in any indication, it's probably going to stay that way for a long time.
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