Countdown to Final Crisis #8 - DC

Basically, the only thing left in the Fourth World right now is . . . Apokolips . . . and Darkseid. Well . . New Genesis is still in tact, but it's a ghost town. And Apokolips is about to fall under the machinations of Brother Eye. Once he assimilates the whole thing, that is. So the whole thing comes down to Darkseid and the Monitor, Solomon, scheming and arguing for control of the board. That's how they've both looked at this whole thing . . like a big chess game. We find out that it was actually Solomon that helped turn Captain Atom in to Monarch. He was the one that ruptured his suit and forced him to don the damning attire. Just as the virus that's festering in Karate Kid's body, the Morticoccus, is also Solomon's doing. Which is why I think they're both so keen to get ahold of Ray Palmer. His immune system, I think, is the wild-card in all of this. And Jimmy's change is a result of Darkseid's meddling. He's using Jimmy as a storage vessel for the powers of the various New Gods. He plans on retrieving them later. Meanwhile, on Apokolips, all our heroes have been brought together in to one big group. We got our Challengers, Ray Palmer, Mary Marvel, Firestorm, Una and Karate Kid, Holly and Harley Jimmy and Forager, and a few others that Jimmy picked up along the way. But for some reason, Ray Palmer is having a hard time wrapping his head around just what needs to be done. They're kind of all of the consensus that they need to let Karate Kid die. That may be the only way to stop the contagion. But I don't understand why they haven't considered injecting KK with some of Ray's blood? When he was jumping from universe to universe, that's what he was doing, picking people to carry the anti-dote. So why not use it here? I understand, the solution may not be that simple. But . . it's worth a shot. Right? They have decided that they need to do two things. First they have to keep Jimmy out of Darkseid's reach. And second, they have to figure out this whole "super-virus" thing, so they can protect Earth, and the rest of the universe. But Solomon's getting frustrated because they haven't decided on a course of action. So he prods them along by sending the whole lot of them back to Earth. Now it's a case of "put up . . or shut up". If they continue their course of inaction . . it could mean the death of millions. It's going to be a dramatic final 7 issues.