I have to say, things are looking pretty bleak for this band of heroes. They're not the elite enhanced beings that they became so accustomed to. Apollo has to float inside of the sun's corona just to recharge . . there's not much sunlight that comes through the ash clouds that surround the Earth. So his stored energy depletes pretty fast. Jack Hawksmoor is . . well, Jack's a mess. And I think that's putting it lightly. I would imagine with most of the major cities around the globe devastated . . there's not much to sustain him. Midnighter is trying to come to terms with what's left of the world. What's going on in it doesn't make a whole lot of sense right now, and . . he can no longer just pummel his way through things. The rules have changed . . slightly. When he fights Eidolon . . . he muscles his way through it, but . . the guy can pretty much take whatever he can hand out. Including death and dismemberment. "As it clearly matters to you so much, my army will stay away from your carrier and your people. You see? You only had to ask. Not demand. Ask. That is how civilized people used to behave." Angela and Li are both operating under a diminished capacity. And we haven't really gotten into, yet, what's going on with Jenny or the Doctor. Basically, the whole team is trying to come to grips with what's happened and how they're going to play their role in it. Let's face it . . they're no longer the team supreme. Now they're just a small group in a much larger group of survivors. I think Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are doing a terrific job with the situation that this team has been put in. Their progress and flow of this story is perfect. I'm also really diggin' Simon Coleby's art. He's drawing some amazing panels here. And with the shadows and colors he's really creating a ravaged and depressed world here. How's our group going to get out of this one? Or will they?
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