I just re read the whole story again......I usualy will read a good comic about 3-4 times the first week it comes out just to pick up things you miss the first time around..............first off they fucked over Beetle.......he was good guy and a good character.....this pissed me off as much as when they killed Sarah Essen at the end of No Man's Land(I was furious for awhile after that abortion).....second it really was a great story and the next year will be fucking awesome......but doesn't it seem so cliched......it more or less is the whole plotline for X2......Max Lord is playing the part of Stryker.......he doesn't want any Metas(mutants) around anymore......I dunno. Batman eventually will fuck Lord up the ass so hard Nightwing will get jealous.......Batman has been battling Checkmate now for about 4 years.....and his former bodygaurd who he used to love and knows his secret is a high ranking memeber of checkmate.