This issue wraps up the mini-series. Grifter and the MidNighter actually make a pretty good team. Cole, for some reason, seems to be the only one that can remember the restart of the WildStorm universe. So when they land on mars, with no oxygen, he gets pissed when the MidNighter revives him. "I died again?" Anyways, they find the alien queen. She's frozen in a huge chunk of ice. But before they can do anything, the male comes along and start unfreezing her. Our 2 anti-heroes are caught in the backwash of the glacier and can't do much. But when they finally settle down, they have a front row seat to an alien mating match. It doesn't do much for either one of them though. MidNighter jumps in head first, literally, and does his best to take out the male. But it's the spawn of the female that's the real threat. Cole does the mind-meld thing with MidNighter while he's underwater. It's not something he likes to do, or even enjoys, but this situation warrants it. Zee shows up soon, also, to see how her boys are doing. So now they're having a 3-way mind thing. Cole gets a headache and pissed off. "I gotta end this now. Everyone out of the water . . . it's a little something I've been holding back. Semtex, spent Plutonium . . . and a little Kherubim magic. Quick, nasty and effective." The story pretty much ends up the way you expect it to. But, the real magic of this story was the interaction between Grifter and MidNighter. It was fantastic. These 2 really are opposite sides of the same coin. I'd like to see them team-up again some time.
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