Well with this issue, the search for Ray Palmer is over. At least for Ryan. They're in the middle of their search, and Kyle Raynor has come down to help them, but then Dean Mayland reaches down and plucks him out. How? It's not really explained to us. But somehow he does it through his toilet drain. Eghh! Anyways, there seems to be an outburst of insanity going on in Ivytown, I know . . big surprise there . . and the Dean wants Ryan to do what he can to curb it. In the meantime Panda has donned a makeshift Atom costume, and it trying with the Head, to do what he can. Which really isn't much. But I think the Dean also brought him back because he doesn't want Ryan to find Ray Palmer. But I'm sure we'll find out more about that in the future. What's happened really is that a couple of monsters from an old Japanese B-movie, have come to life in town. Everyone thinks they're fighting, trying to destroy the town, but Ryan with his Japanese movie experience, realizes that they're actually trying to mate. Dwarfstar is also back. But nobody realizes that yet. And the Dean tries to undermine Ryan's confidence, and really everything he knows about Ray, by telling him a contrived fantastic story. But we'll have to wait until next issue to find out what kind of effect that has on him. I really like Gail Simone's story telling here. And I actually think that Mike Norton, the artist, is getting better with every issue. But maybe Trevor Scott's inking is helping. Anyways, overall, I thought it was a very good issue.
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