It appears as if our stories are going to follow the Book of Destiny now. And there seems to be a common theme emerging . . . Megistus. But we don't know what or who it is yet. This story is really about Wally and his family. Niles Caulder, of Doom Patrol fame, has been trying to contact him about the fluctuations in his children's powers, and what he may be able to do to help control that. But Wally sees Caulder as a modern Dr. Frankenstein, and doesn't really want to have anything to do with him. However, in the end, his wife's concerns for their children's welfare sway his decision in the other direction. Much to his chagrin, they go ahead and teleport over to Prague to the castle Niles has now set up shop in. It's the perfect setting for their group, actually. Anyways, long story short, they end up getting the kids involved in one of the good doctors experiments, with the help of Rex Mason, but of course things go awry. The children's atoms were to be pulled, for a split second, and studied, but something takes Rex out of the equation. Without his stabilizing influence the kids atoms are about to be dispersed. But with some quick thinking, they use Cliff's robot body, and Larry's negative energy to contain them for the time they need to become re-cohesive. In the interim, however short, we get a Robot-boy, and Negative Girl. It's kind of neat, actually. But the really problem is that in split second before they thought of how to save the kids, Niles proposed to Wally that they could only save one, and he would have to decide which. Later, when they're home, Wally's obviously distressed and Linda wants to know why. " . . . you know that split second? When Caulder told me to choose? Which child to save? . . . . . . I chose. You didn't have time to even let the question sink in. But for me, that moment was a month long. I thought and I thought and I thought. And just before I got the Negative Man idea . . . I made a choice . . .!" Meanwhile the Challengers of the Unknown, who have been reading the Book, are starting to realize just what kind of affect it's beginning to have on them. And they've also become aware of this Megistus. Fantastic story by Mark Waid. And I have to say, I've really fallen in love with George Perez's work all over again. I always thought he was an incredible talent, but now, I think his stuff is just as good, if not better, than when he first gained recognition with the New Teen Titans. It's hard to believe that that was almost 30 years ago now. Wow! And here we've come about full circle. It's simply fantastic.
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