Well, the Midnighter is still in Harmony fighting it's controlling force . . . Anthem. Actually, he's in Harmony because he's trying to lead a normal life. At least on the outside. But when he got there, he found Anthem's rugged boot-heel on everyone's throat. So he decided to try to figure out what they're all about. In a mistake on their part, they keep him alive and bring him in. They're hoping, I guess, to turn him. But we all know that's not going to happen. And he uses their mistake to break out. Well . . at least out of custody. It might be a bit trickier to actually make it out of their fortress, or stronghold, or whatever you want to call it. But what I think this story is really all about is finding out who the Midnighter was, before he was the Midnighter. And Jenny did a little manipulating to help push that effort forward. Whether the Midnighter wanted to know or not. I'm thinking, this Lucas Trent, the identity he adopted before coming to Harmony, I think that's his real identity. I was wondering why some of the townsfolk seemed to be treating him like a soldier returning from the war. How could they have memories of him if he didn't really exist. And I'm thinking that Lucas' inexperience with normal human contact is the reason he didn't pick up on this when he first came to town. But now Jenny has told the little chick that Midnighter has working for him, and she's going to have to be the one to try to break the news to him slowly. That is of course if he comes out of the current predicament unscathed. We'll have to wait and see what happens there. I really like the direction that Keith Giffen has decided to take this book, and I think that Jon Landry is a good fit, artistically, for this book. I just hope it sticks around long enough to play this story angle out.
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