What a fantastic series. I absolutely love what Keith Giffen and Tom Derenick are doing here. But it wouldn't be complete without the fabulous finishes of Bill Sienwiewicz. The last few issues I keep talking about what an extremely complex world that the boys have created here. And then, by populating it with not only a plethora of hellish hosts, but most of the magical heroes of the DC Universe as well . . . there's so much going on, you can't help but get drawn in to the story. This issue though, we finally learn who it is that's been locked up down here and everyone, including the demon horde, is afraid of. Blue Devil and Etrigan are going at it in Labyrinth . . which is where he's locked up. They're going at it so hard that the other demon soldiers that are nearby are scurrying off for fear that they might break him out. "What!? Worse'n being handed over to the renderers 'n' winding up as wall mortar in some scut-b'damned torment ghetto?", to which his comrade replies "Way worse if those two kick around enough to free him!" Any guess who you think it is? Let's put it this way, once he's out Satanus and Neron may be the least of each other's worries. There may be a new lord of Hell. Blue Devil and Etrigan do indeed fight had enough to break him out. And after the explosion, as he's walking out of the pit that he's been imprisoned in for who only knows how long, he has some words of advice. "School's in, y' bushwackin' dweeb-monkeys. T'day's lesson . . . payback's a bitch!" Next issue's credits? "FRAG-TASTIC! THE REAL LOBO'S BACK?" Oh man . . I can't wait to see what's going to happen next.
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