Well it appears that my worst fears have been realized . . . next issue will be the final issue of this book. I'm sure the sales weren't very good . . it didn't start out very well. The story was good, but we've gone through about 4 or 5 artists in it's short run. Plus there was a few short delays here and there. However, it looks like after next issue . . they're pulling the plug. That's really to bad. These are some great characters. There's a lot of fresh, new ideas in this book. But, probably for marketing reasons . . that's that. In fact they're killing a couple of them off next issue also. So there probably won't be much of a team left. We've seen this Professor Fogel character pop up in the last couple of issues, and in this one we find out that he's somehow connected to the Dark-Side Club. Now, we know that the Dark-Side Club is actually Darkseid's group from Apokolips. Fogel tells one of Gerome's dupes, "I am a child of Apokolips. I am partner to the mighty Darkseid. His inquisitor supreme. And when I have to be . . . I'm a complete bastard." I'm guessing . . he's Desaad in human form. But I'm just guessing. However, if that's the case, we may see the surviving members in the books with the Dark-Side Club in them. Maybe they'll be some of Granny's children, or . . who knows. Also, we finally got a decent artist for this issue . . and the next. Javier Aranda does the art for these 2 issues. You can tell he's a new-comer, but . . he actually shows a lot of potential. I think he would've been an excellent addition to this book. Unfortunately, all of this contemplation is for naught. Next issue will be the last . . and they'll tell us to keep an eye out for them in the future . . but, they'll just fade away. It's kind of sad really.
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