52 #25 Cover

Last week in 52: The new JLA, consisting of a new Firestorm, Super-Chief, Bulleteer, Firehawk and Ambush Bug, contact Green Arrow and ask him to join their team, but with little luck.  When the team has to go up against an arsenal of villains from different time periods, they discover that evil Skeets is behind the time rift and fail to stop him.  Afterwards, the newfound team disbands.

J’onn J’onzz poses a government official in order to infiltrate Washington’s power structure and steer its players into abolishing Checkmate, all in honor of those superheroes who died in battle, most notably Ted Kord/Blue Beetle.  However, upon abolishing Checkmate, it gets recertified as a U.N. Agency.

At the Great Wall of China, the Black Marvel Family speak with The Great Ten about maintaining peace in the world, but with the Chinese super-team baffled by Black Adam’s change of heart, a growing conflict begins to develop

Amanda Waller asks Atom Smasher to recruit a group of allies in order to soil the Black Marvel Family’s name.

**Spoilers after the break**

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Rest #1 cover

Devil’s Due Publishing always impresses me with the extremely out of the ordinary stories they come up with. With no exception to that rule, Rest #1 was released this past week and boy did I enjoy it. I picked up the #0 issue a while back (August maybe) and loved the concept behind the story: What would you do if you didn’t have to sleep?

From the mind Milo Ventimiglia–yes, the Heroes star–to the pages of Rest, this story unfolds into a very interesting half-Matrix-styled story… but what comes next?

I’ll try to figure that out after the break while explaining more of the story.

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