Written by Steve Orlando,
and L.A. Thornhill
Art by Davide Tinto
Published by Image Comics
“Whatever action we take has to be about going forward, not back. If being heroes means defending the status quo, we need to be something more useful.”
Frontier has returned from the Lightning World – the godlike home of all concepts with their powers and a bident (like a trident, but with two points) to forge a new idea to humanity. With her new, god’s-eye view perspective on the mission she had assembled Crisis Command for, Frontier realizes she had it all wrong about saving this last reality standing.
And, at last, the rest of the time can drop their grudges to realize they also reached the same conclusion about how their actions never left room for the people of this world to choose their own salvation.
Because here they are, with the world possibly falling apart with Armageddon on the line, despite the heroes’ best efforts up till now.
Can they figure out a new concept to save Reality-Z and an Earth where humanity is predisposed to evil?
The team realizes that’s not up to them, at least. It’s up to the people of this Earth to choose.
All the Crisis Command can do, and should do, is give them the chance to choose it. And that means putting down the Extinction Society, who would take choice away from everyone.
We get some more fun, comic book world building with wacky characters in this issue, such as a vampire-like alien who is like a sommelier of blood.
And we finally get to see the Executrix’s four clones in action. Yes, they each have their own codenames that I won’t bother remembering.
But they look cool: there’s one who looks like Mileena from Mortal Kombat; a giant Viking woman with a Thor hammer; another with a gun shooting chemicals; and a ninja warrior one.
The battle lines are drawn, the motives are clear, and now it’s time to scrap it out!
Consider this a very fun read, with a cliffhanger sure to whet your appetite for whatever may happen next for our dear heroes.
