FOREVER EVIL #7: THE BOOK IS LATE, SO IT WON’T GET REVIEWED POSSIBLY UNTIL AFTER THE MAY TITLES GET RELEASED.
FOREVER EVIL A.R.G.U.S. #6: We begin in the Green Room where the mysterious Green Man explains to Etta Candy and the President that A.R.G.U.S. has been around for hundreds of years before the dawn of the Superhero. Under the name of “Armed Revolutionaries Governing Under Secrecy, they began in the 1700’s and were involved in virtually every event in United States history. In the 1800s, they were the “Anonymous Ranger Group of the United States”. In the 1900s, a religious group led by followers known as the Crimson Men tried to bring on the apocalypse. Needing someone to be in charge, Etta Candy is asked to become the Keeper of the Keys. Meanwhile, Steve Trevor finds himself naked and mentally battling the Weird Sisters of Moirai, as he is actually frozen in ice in Central Park while Killer Frost battles Dr. Light. Trevor gets free and now he and Frost must battle light and his light constructs of the Crime Syndicate. Using Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth on Doctor Light, Steve shows him he is truly dead and he leaves the battle while Steve and Frost head off the help save the various Leagues. Finally, we see the Green Man donning a Crimson Men mask and goes next door to the Crimson Room. It seems that The Crimson are about to attempt to make A.R.G.U.S. and those who serve in it into a group that will fight THEIR agenda for them.
Yeah, I’m sure NO ONE saw that coming-the good guy turning out to be the bad guy. Wow! Plot twist of the year! Actually, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents really being Agents of HYDRA(TV show reference for you all!) was more of a shocker! This was the weakest of the three mini-series within a mini-series and this issue shows off all the wrong things about it. From ridiculous dialogue during fight sequences that spring from the pen of Sterling Gates to some questionable art by Neil Edwards that makes you wonder what character is who. And where is Dr. Light headed? One would have to assume he is off to battle the Crime Syndicate for having a part in his cruel origin. To be concluded in JUSTICE LEAGUE #30 and FOREVER EVIL #7.
FOREVER EVIL: ARKHAM WAR #6: We begin with Bane cauterizes his wounds and prepares for the next stage of the war. William Cobb determines that the Talons they got their hands on are slowly healing. The plan is that when the Talons are fully regenerated, Bane can use them to take over more than just Gotham City. Those who came from Arkham, who have Venom running through their veins, are trying take back Gotham back from Bane. Apparently Scarecrow gained the Venom from a blood sample that got taken. Man bat picks up bane and drops him at the gates of Arkham, where he battles the Arkhamites until their Venom runs dry. The Penguin asks to strike a deal with Bane. He wants the Arkhamites and offers Bane his logistical services. Bane offers all of them up, except for one. Having won the war, Bane decides to stay in Gotham with his prize: a Scarecrow to torture.
Peter J. Tomasi and Scot Eaton brings the best of the three books connected to FOREVER EVIL to a close and…where the heck do we go from here? Gotham is trashed, Bane rules and Scarecrow is about to be facing some of the worst moments of his life. This series was awesome and makes me yearn for a BANE series. Why not? Marvel had THE PUNISHER and Bane has always towed that line between villain and anti-hero. Bring it on! This story will EVENTUALLY be resolved in BATMAN VS. BANE #1, which was SUPPOSED TO BE OUT IN APRIL but it seems like the deadline crunch IS slowing this title down too.
FOREVER EVIL ROGUES REBELLION #6: Pied Piper is watching over Lisa Snart while the rest of the Rogues fight Grodd and the Secret Society. He decides it’s more important to help his friends and also his lover, David Singh, and leaves her. He uses his flute to control Parasite’s mind and has him attack Grodd. Getting surrounded by the Secret Society, it looks as though the Rogues are doomed when the tendrils of the Glider arrive with her. Seems that the sound of Piper's flute woke her from her coma and now she is reunited with Sam. He puts a mirror in place and Weather Wizard sends the Society into the Mirror World, allowing Trickster to smash the glass and trap the villains there. The people of Central City begin to appear and thank the Rogues. It doesn’t feel like a victory because they are missing Heatwave and Captain Cold. In the end, the Rogues are a family.
Brian Buccellato and Scott Hepburn continue to make me want a Rogues title so bad that I can taste it. I mean, I would rather have that than another war title that will likely fail( even if it IS STAR -SPANGLED WAR STORIES and it IS by Palmiotti and Gray). The Rogues are such fun characters to work with: the anti-heroes who try to do bad, end up doing good and make me laugh along the way. Anyway, the series was fun, even if we have two members missing from the group by series’ end, and, with a new creative team jumping onto THE FLASH, maybe it’s time to shine a big spotlight here. C’mon Dan Didio: do the right thing!
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