Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Ex Machina #47 - WildStorm

With only a couple of issues left to go in this series, Suzanne Padilla is trying to make her move against Mayor Hundred. But there's actually a few things going on here. First of all, now that she's gained her powers, Suzanne has decided that it's up to her to make the mayor pay for stealing the election. Not that she really has any proof of that, but . . that's just how she's put the pieces together. I mean, the person she's got backing her up is Kremlin. And we already know that he's not as together as he once was. Secondly, we've got the person who has given all of these people their powers. And it appears to be an alternative version of Mitchell from a different dimension. On thier Earth pollution, disease and war ravaged their Earth. So he sent out probes to other dimensions looking for habitable places to move the people. Now he's got his eyes set on this Earth. However, before Mitchell realizes who he is, he asks, 'How many worlds are out there? How many New Yorks have you people ruined?' Apparently he's looking for another piece of equipment that Mitchell built called 'the Opener'. I'm guessing that's how they access the various dimensions. Anyways, Kremlin and January have been helping Suzanne. They think she's doing the right thing. I'm just wondering how long it's going to take before they realize that she's just another nut-job. Kremlin is at Mitchell's mother's house. He talks to Suzanne to tell her where he's at, and that he's got the device Mitchell gave him, a long time ago, called the Nullifier. Suzanne is practically drooling in anticipation of this, so she comes rushing over. She knocks out Kremlin, but kills Mitchell's mother. And at the end of the issue, we see Mayor Hundred going into the subterranean vaults of the mansion. It looks like he's going to have to become the Great Machine once again. Most of this story takes place in 2005. So, I'm guessing, at the end of this series we'll finally get some current information, 2010, and find out what Mitchell's up to right now. Brian K Vaughan and Tony Harris have done a terrific job with this series right from day 1. And it looks like they're planning on heading out with a bang. We only have 3 issues to go, and personally . . I can't wait to see how this all plays out. If you don't read this book, you really need to go to the library and check out the TPBs. It really is a great book that'll suck you right in.

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