Well . . it's finally here! The WildStorm Universe has finally reached it's 'Armageddon'. This is what the last 3 (or was it 4?) mini-series have been leading up to. As of now, there's very few 'humans' left on the face of this planet. The way Scott Beatty wrote it, it really seemed like the natural course of events . . considering all the variables that have been coming in to play over the course of the last few months. When Void was taking all of these heroes into the future to try to figure out what was happening, it looks like she should've taken them in to the past. That's really the only chance they had of stopping all of this. But, even then, they probably wouldn't have gone back fare enough. They would've had to go all the way back to the 40's. That's where General McCandless made a deal with the devil . . a Daemonite scientist named Slyxx. The Gen. thought the alien was cooperating when in actuality, for the last 60 years, he's been planning this whole event. After the High pretty much destroys the Pentagon and heads off to destroy all of his clones, Slyxx starts working some controls. "I'm 'phoning home' General Somerset. In actuality, I'm really just leaving a message for the Daemonite command-creche . . . mission accomplished." The High's destruction of his clone, high in the Earth orbit, is the final key to the long-term plan. Now, all of the remaining 'heroes' will start gathering together in teams. That's where the Authority, WildCATS and Gen13 books are headed. I'm sad about the course of events here, obviously, but . . I'm also excited because, basically, we've opened up a whole new world for these characters. Yes it may be a post-apocalyptic world, but . . it's still a fresh start. I can't wait to see where things go from here.
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