Countdown #34 - DC

Ok, here's the skinny on this issue. We start out with Trickster and Piper being caught and strung up by Batman. But really, I think he's just holding them until Flash can come along and do whatever it is he's going to do. They try to express to him that it was all an accident . . with Bart. That Inertia had laid out a plan to them, but that his goals were actually his own, and he didn't share them with the rest of them. Also in the process of his interrogating them, they tell him that there's a group of "bad-guys" that are planning on attacking Green Arrow's wedding. Jimmy Olsen has gone to Steelworks to ask for John Henry's help in trying to figure out what's going on with him. "This machine measures your brain waves and cerebral activity. It then manufactures a 3-D holographic composite of subconscious thought, which I can analyze." But, of course, things don't always turn out as planned. The information in Jimmy's brain is so alien, and powerful, that it threatens to blow up Steel's machine. So he has to shut it down. "You need serious . . I mean serious help. Jimmy, I'm not even sure you are a man anymore!" Our micro-travellers are having problems of their own. They're trying to stop an evil sorceress from using Bob to access the multi-verse. She opens a portal, but they do stop her from taking Bob with her through it. However, she does grab Donna and pulls her along for the ride. Holly Robinson has made it through her purification ceremony. It seems like her and Harley are the only 2 left standing. So now she will be . ." . .making the pilgrimage to Paradise Island to achieve full citizenship among the Amazons." Meanwhile, Mary Marvel has ended up in Chung Ling Soo square in China. It's a place of magical and weirdness that few people find. But while there she comes in contact with Klarion. Finally, Karate Kid has kind of gotten some answers from the mysterious Mister Orr. It seems that his virus is some kind of variation of the OMAC virus. But he can't confirm that. He can only send him along his path to the next piece of the puzzle which is with Buddy Blank, a research scientist working for Pseudo-People Inc. And this whole part of the story seems to be orchestrated by Desaad. Great story by Paul Dini, with help from Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti this issue. Also Jesus Saiz did a great job on pencils. The book really seems to be heating up as we're moving along here.