This comic is written by two writers, both of who have done better work. There were a lot of story points that seemed not to fit.  Let start at the beginning.  The girl touches the amalgamated Firestrom and says ‘gg’.  She then sees red circle.  We find out at the end of the book that this was vision she received.  But during the event we have no idea.  We don’t have established characters and powers.  So we (the audience) do not know it is vision.  It could just be a new power.  Or it could be artistic style.  But we don’t know.

She then gets cold for no reason, and asks the Firestrom monster ‘what do I do’?  She has a lot poise and composure for a teenage girl who just say 1) her school shot up, 2) her friends merge into a monster and 3) a vision of doom.

We are then treated to a wolf team banter.  As one of the team gives us  a briefing on school pinatas.  He later pays for this by loosing his arm.

So the smart kid calls the jock ‘Jock’ instead of by his name.  Because everyone ins this book is a stereotype.  Why get to know their names?

The two boys are trapped ‘inside a nuclear meltdown’.  I’m not a scientist, but that seems ridiculous.  But at least they have company.  They think there is a third person in their with them.  But we dont’ see it.  Maybe the third person is the one that threw the school bus at team wolf.  If not, those boys are just mean and dangerous.

So next the girl shows up at the accident.  How did she get there?  It has been quite a distance from the last time we saw her.  Does she teleport?  And does she want to follow them?  The first thing she asks them is ‘not to kill her’.  If she thought they might even attempt to kill her, why did she follow them?

So team wolf blow up the school because ‘mommy’ likes it clean.

The smart kids then tells us the history of the vial.  Martin Stein had a private chat room where he invited young boys to share a secret. Let’s stop there.  That should be a big warning sign to everyone.  Any adult that has secrets with under-age boys should be stopped, no matter what it is for.

They fight and we learn that the jock is very sensitive.  He tells us that his friends are dead.  But they are not just ‘dead’.   They are also ‘really dead’.  I’m not sure what the difference is?  But it was important to him to let us know the distinction.  I guess ‘just dead’ wouldn’t require any emotional investment.

But I guess the jock isn’t so dumb.  He notices that team hyena is full of ‘tweakers’.  How does he know this during combat?  They are shooting at him and he notices this how?  But he also manages to tell us that he ‘played varsity damn football’.  This must come in handy in nuclear combat, but I didn’t see how.  But at least his mom is proud.

D   –Don