I really liked this book . . but . . in Grant Morrison's usual style, we don't get to much out of this one other than some more questions. It appears that the residents of Apokolips aren't dead . . they've just been lowered a few rungs on the cosmic ladder. They've stuck together and in Manhattan have formed the Dark Side Club. From what I can gather, their goals are two-fold. First they're snatching up meta-powered individuals. These they're having fight each other, and they're running a "fight-club" kind of establishment. So far we know that they have Livewire, Black Alice and Misfit. But I'm sure there's more. Secondly, they're gathering up children, I assume, to have them try to call forth the Anti-Life Equation. Then, on top of that, we have Libra trying to take control of the Secret-Society of Super-Villains. He says if they grant him power, he will give them their hearts desire. He's starting with the Human Flame. His desire is to see the Martian Manhunter dead. So Libra transports him from the planet he's on, in Salvation Run, and then proceeds to skewer him like a fresh fish. I'm not sure if the New Gods have suffered the same fate as their counterparts, because Orion has turned up dead along the shoreline of Metropolis. This has put the Green Lanterns, and the Guardians on alert because this is Deicide. And finally the Monitors are acting up. As the Universe's have split apart and become individual . . so to have the Monitors. One is exiled, another is in love, and yet another is scheming against his brethren. Yeah . . they're just like the humans now. Although I didn't really like the cover, I thought J.G.Jones did a fantastic job with the interior art. Every frame of this book is a piece of art. I know that this is the very first issue . . so we're not going to get all the answers, but I can't wait to see where this one takes us. I think we're in store for a pretty thrilling ride.
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