First of all . . . look at that awesome Ethan Van Sciver cover. This guy is really becoming an incredible talent. And speaking of talent, Keith Giffen and Pat Olliffe are really outdoing themselves on this book. It's been a fantastic mini-series. But . . . it all wraps up with this issue. The Horsemen are finally defeated. But, it's not our trio of heroes that does it. It's actually . . . Veronica Cale. It seems she has some piece of their original technology . . . you know, from Apokolips . . . and it has the power to absorb their essences. You know, the part of them that keeps hopping from body to body. Well, in order to do it, it has to be in proximity of them. Well, she's not going to be able to just walk up and hold it out to them like a piece of Kryptonite or something. So to hide it . . . she swallows it. In the meantime, the Horsemen, one by one, have been taking over our heroes. The first one Cale gets is War, that took over Wonder Woman. She then gets Plague, that had ahold of Superman. Death is standing over Oolong island, watching what is going on, but doesn't believe that a mortal woman has within her, the power to defeat them. But, with a little help from Superman and Wonder Woman . . . she does indeed. But wait. There was 4. What happened to Famine? Well . . . he's been in Batman this whole time. Why wasn't he affected? Well . . . he was. But . . . " . . my hunger . . . greater than Yurrd's . . . almost funny. There's more than one kind of hunger. How soon can she get this nattering thing out of me?" Now . . . the down side. All of these essences are trapped within this tech . . or crystal, or whatever . . and that item is still in the possession of our Miss Cale. Or, on Oolong island, President Cale. So . . is it really the end? It's a fantastic book, and a great series. It also reintroduced us to Snapper Carr, whom it appears is working for CheckMate. Whodathunkit?
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