Salvation Run #3 of 7

I didn't realize that a lot of what is happening in "Salvation Run" was hinted at in the "Countdown" teaser posters until I went to the some of the forums and started reading peoples theories. You can really dissect those posters from what has happened both in "Countdown to Final Crisis" and its spinoff titles. One of the big hints that the online forums picked up on happens in this book. Even though I had read those prognostications, I was surprised when it happened in the book. This issue focuses on the split engineered between the villains who support the Joker and those who side with Lex Luthor. Writer Matthew Sturges is great at keeping the pacing up and moving the plot forward and is supported quite well by Sean Chen's art. Sean Chen's art is perfectly suited to this book as he does a great job laying out the action and giving detail to even the smallest villain in the background.

DC should really get out and beat the bushes to get people to buy this series as it looks pivotal in what is going on in the "Countdown" line. It does a fine jog go standing on its own with no requirement to read the other "Countdown" books and is really a good "Lost"-type book with villains as the lostees.