Trinity #41 - DC

The Trinity actually forces Le Fey and her crew to retreat this issue. Actually, Enigma suggests it, but Le Fey doesn't want to quite fighting. "I have waited and planned for centuries. Enough waiting." So Xor sucker-punches her and knocks her out. From there they all head back to Castle Branek. But it doesn't make all of her villainous recruits very happy because they leave them high and dry. Eventually they all realize they can use their own piece of the chaos rift to take them back to their homes . . or they're cast out by the Trinity. Metropolis emerges safe and unscathed. But the Trinity realizes that the rest of the world lies in ruin, so they have to figure out what they're going to do about that. Meanwhile, all around Metropolis, the world is starting to shift back to the way it's supposed to be. Unfortunately, there's a few heroes around that don't really have a place in the real world. Barry disappears in a bolt of lightning, and Triumph also goes away. The latter of which leaves Tomorrow Woman wondering if what they're doing is actually for the better. Also Alan and Jay revert to their trues ages. And then the Trinity does a vanishing act as the go off to reclaim the other lands. I think what we're going to see here though is that the true salvation of the world lies in the hopes and dreams of the little people. It's great that the Trinity is back, but . . I think, until they step down from their 'godhood' and get back to the people that make up this Earth, Le Fey and her crew aren't going to be truly defeated. In the back-up we learn the true nature of the void-hound. It actually started as a cosmic entity, Erdammeau, who was the god of the hunt and the kill for Qward. At least that's the way I understand it. It seems that the entity has reasserted itself through John Stewart and has pushed his consciousness aside. But that's all moot really because it seems that Krona has other plans entirely for it. He sees it as a pet, and he wants to tell it what to hunt. This was another great issue by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Fabian Nicieza and Tom Derenick. Only a couple more months and you guys will finally get the vacation you deserve.