This issue Jon Drake, from the Establishment, joins StormWatch. Well . . I don't know if 'joined' is the best word, but they do rescue him, and seeing as how there's not a lot of options in this world right now, I would think this group would be as good as any for him. We find out this issue that King is directly trying to keep StormWatch out of the Authority's sight. He's purposefully aligned the ship with the Earth's orbit so that Apollo won't be able to see them. He isn't even willing to entertain the option of asking the Authority for some space on their Carrier for all of the survivors that they've brought in. He just doesn't trust them. We also find out that the High . . the guy whose clones created all of this mess . . is gathering up survivors and taking them to Finland for relocation. "Something bad happened here a long time ago and everyone here decided not to let anyone with powers like mine inside. That's why you'll all be safe here. It's called the Masking Wall." And there's a new threat that's getting ready to expose itself. It's coming from the science cities in northern Russia . . Siberia. It's called the war golem. "It's a bio-organic construct with similarities to Jack Hawksmoor's physiology but on an industrial scale. It thrives on pollutants, radiation, heavy metals, toxins . . absorbs and reprocesses them as energy and fuel. It's totally automated, designed to activate when it detects certain post-apocalyptic conditions, like those created by the world storm. The Golem's sole objective is to breech the heart of the enemy territory . . in this instance, the continental US . . and lay waste to every living thing it finds." Well, it seems like we have a couple of new story-lines in the works here. I appreciate the effort that Ian Edginton and Leandro Fernandez are putting in to this book. However I find the back-up story more interesting on this one. It's about Marc Slayton finally making his way out of this I/O research facility in New Mexico. He finally makes it out, blowing up all the mutants contained within, only to find himself immediately contacted by someone from Team7. "I'll be damned if I know what even Team7 can do about doomsday." It's brought to us by Christos Gage and Mike McKone. Overall I like this book. It just seems like they're doing a lot of sitting around and waiting right now. Of course all of that could change in an instant. I guess we'll have to see what the future holds.
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