Well, this issue wraps up the Luck Lords storyline. And needless to say, any story that involves timetravel and a book of destiny that tells everything that will happen, is bound to get a little confusing. Batman recently took a trip to the 31st century, where he encountered the Legion. Really his trip there was so that he could learn what the ultimate plan of the Luck Lords was. And really, it wasn't that complicated of a plan for having run 1000 years. Basically they wanted to get the Book of Destiny in to the hands of the Rannians. Without the book, it was only a matter of time until the Thanagarians overpowered them. With the book, they were able to anticipate their moves. This caused the Thanagarians to come up with better weapons. By pushing their technological advances at an accelerated rate, because of the war, the Luck Lords were able to pick out the weapons that they wanted. Such as the Haruspex. He also learned that there were a few people that were removed from the book, or actually just didn't show up. These were the only ones that could alter the plan because nobody would be able to anticipate their moves. Well Green Lantern and Adam Strange find out just where Batman has been sent and they link up the Zeta Beam and Green Lanterns ring, to go in to the future and bring him back. That's a little far fetched . .but . . so is this whole story. Anyways, he comes back, fills in Adam Strange, and begins looking for the missing people. It turns out they're the Challengers of the Unknown. They beam them to Rann, and foil the Luck Lords plan before it really ever has a chance to begin. They get the book back from the Rannian general, and to the people that are supposed to have it. And everything goes back to normal. Really . . I could rip this story apart with it's inconsistencies . . but . . why bother. It was entertaining and the artwork was fabulous. George Perez has definitely not lost his touch. I think when this story started, it was a good premise. But I also think as they got farther in to it, it just got away from writer Mark Waid. It had a lot of cool ideas . . . but . . I think it just reached a point where Mark was going to have to take some leaps in order to resolve the story with any kind of normalcy. Yes I know it's a comic book. That in and of itself is a leap. But . . some of the leaps that were taken in this story even stretched some of those boundaries. But so what. Like I said, it was entertaining and visually stunning. So we'll let the inconsistencies fall to the wayside. I liked the book, and I liked the storyline. But next issue? Wonder Woman and Powergirl? Meowww!!
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