Countdown to Mystery #4 - DC

I really like this book. Maybe it's a bit of an indulgence for me, but hey . . . I'm allowed those every now and then. Our stories switch order this issue. But . . that's ok. The Eclipso one was actually more important this time. We are right in tune with the Countdown #17 book that we just read. In it, Eclipso and Mary's relationship finally comes to a head. We saw them explode and land in the ocean, but we didn't see what happened to Jean. In this issue, we still don't get an answer to Jean. Other than seeing her body floating in the water. But Eclipso, for lack of a better body to inhabit, goes straight back to Bruce Gordon. And when Eclipso awakens, he's none to happy about that prospect. Crispus Allen, the Spectre, knew what was going to happen so he contained Bruce before the shift. Not that it does much good. But by the time the sun comes up, he does have him contained. There's also something else going on in this issue. A billionaire, Rosario Corrotto has a homo-magi in his house and he's trying to do . . something. We're not exactly sure yet. All we know it that they're close. The interesting part though, is that in is house is also Plastic-man, the Creeper and the late arrival of Dove. I'm sure this story will somehow intersect with Eclipso, though. That one was brought to us by Matthew Sturges and Stephen Jorge Segovia. He's the first person I've ever seen that's made Eclipso look sexy. Seriously. Anyways, the second story is about Kent trying to deal with all of this weirdness of Fate. He goes off the wagon, and his life starts to spiral out of control. Again! But he's rescued by a young lady who takes him in, offers him shelter and tries to clean him up a bit. Coincidentally, her name is Inza. But, before they can explore that to much, the demon that he recently fought comes after her. "He's destroyed her . . actually destroyed her . . ! Taken a human life and . . . and liquefied it . . ! For no other reason than to torture me!" So now Kent is really in some emotional turmoil. This one was brought to us by Steve Gerber and Justiniano. I assume this is all setting us up for the Doctor Fate series that'll be coming out of this. I assume. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, I really like this series.