WildCats #11 - WildStorm

At the end of last issue Ladytron, Maxine Manchester, left alone in the Halo building, charged with protecting the innocent refugees that are staying there, realized that their building was being overrun by an army of Daemonites. Recently their leader, and lord, Lord Defile had entered into a truce with the WildCATS. It was decided that in order for them both to survive . . as a species, then there needed to be some ground rules set up. However, in the WildCATS absence . . they've gone to Hawaii to confront Majestros, they've decided to forget that agreement and take what they want. Maxine actually puts up a valiant struggle, but in the end she's simply overpowered, both by numbers and by Lord Defile. In the end it appears as if he's about the end her existence as he's also about to take advantage of Spartan's Gateway to the Otherspace. He wants to access the energy that powers the famous Halo batteries. However, at that same time, the WildCATS are on their way back to LA. Nemesis tries to kill Majestros this issue. I don't think that she actually felt that she would be successful, but . . she had to buy the team time to escape with Backlash and Savant. But in doing so, she throws him and herself into an active volcano. In the end, it appears that her only accomplishment was in killing herself. Which only serves to make Majestros even madder because he loved her so. As the WildCATS approach LA . . they can see it on the horizon, it doesn't appear that they're going to make it because Majestros is hot on their tail. All in all, I thought it was a pretty decent story by Christos Gage and Neil Googe. I'm really enjoying Neil's art. I actually read the Deathblow back-up in this book. He's one of my favorite characters. It's a story that takes place before Armageddon and Jackson King reveals to him that when he was exposed to the Gen-Factor he did actually obtain a power . . " . . the most incredible power of all. Michael . . you can't die." I was wondering how he could pop back up in the StormWatch series, when we saw him die at the end of his own. Now we know. Overall I enjoyed the issue, but then . . this is easily my favorite WildStorm series right now.