The lead story in this book is going to be about our 3 spacefarers from the 52 series . . . Animal Man, Adam Strange, and Starfire. They're all trying to adapt to being home now, after a year in space. Plus, for that year, they were pretty much on a constant adventure. But now? Now they have to live and perform their daily mundane tasks. Add to that, Starfire has completely lost her powers, and she's even worse off than the other 2. Animal Man has taken a job as a stunt double at a movie. But he still misses the life of a hero, which is why he tries to stop muggers and such on his way to and from work everyday. But he has his own problems. He still hasn't been able to tap in to the world's morphogenetic field like he should be able to. Plus, with Starfire losing her powers, she didn't know where else to go, so she's crashing at Buddy's house. Which is putting a stain on his wife and kids. Adam Strange has been dethroned. It started out that Sardath wanted to give him a break, after everything he's done for their planet, and all his years of service. But it's turned in to so much more. His replacement just happens to be the action star of the movie that Buddy is working on. And with the opportunity to have billions of fans, instead of millions, he's putting everything in to his new role. And, there's something else lurking out there. It's some kind of virus, I'm betting coming off of Starfire for some reason, that's sending people in to psychotic rages. Buddy and Starfire have seen it in his son, and his mailman. Adam Strange has seen it in his replacement. And it seems to be spreading across Rann. The reason I'm guessing Starfire, is they all say "Believe in her . . Believe in her . ." Which I believe is a mantra of X'hal, Kory's god. The backup story is about Monarch, Captain Atom, and Forerunner. Forerunner is supposed to be helping Monarch put together his army. Which, in exchange for doing so, he'll help her get her desired revenge on the Monitors. But I think she's starting to doubt his motive and intentions. And I'm guessing that she's going to end up being his downfall. The first story is by Adam Beechen and Eddy Barrows. Both great talents. But I really think that Eddy is getting better with every issue that he draws. The back-up is by Justin Gray and Travis Moore. I gotta say, I really like the look and feel of this book. But it's only an 8 issue maxi. Too bad! But, enjoy it while it lasts.
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