And sadly, this is the final book in my blogs for 2007. And, really, it's a doozy. I can't believe this is only going to be an 8 issue mini. This series has so much potential, and the creators on this incarnation are doing such a fantastic job, I can't believe they'd limit it so. But, I guess, we'll just have to wait until it's all done and see what happens. In the meantime, as I said, John Ostrander is doing a fantastic job with this story so far. I also can't believe Javier Pina isn't more well known. We got to see his stuff shine over in ManHunter. But, I think, on this series, he's doing an even better job. With this issue, Waller is done with CheckMate. Last issue she was canned, but then the Government authorized he to continue running Task-Force X. So now she's settling in to Belle Reve with all the usual suspects. Faraday joins her as does Count Vertigo. She's got Cliff Carmichael helping her on tech. Not only does she have Chemo, but she's figured out a way to put another person's consciousness inside of him to control him. Multiplex, or actually all of his doubles, are running around doing all of the grunt work. Boomerang and Deadshot are on hand, of course. She's got the Marauder guy from Aquaman on hand. They're trying to rebuild him. And of course there's General Eiling. As you can see from the cover. And there's definitely no love lost between these two. But the real shocker in this particular issue is when Amanda talks to Rick and tells him that his whole past has been fabricated by General Eiling. "You are not . . and never have been . . . Rick Flag." A fantastic issue. And a great way to wrap up the year. I'll see you all in 2008.
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