Issue 56 review
Sept 18 2001 release Nicieza, Zircher and Vey
Life death and ?deception would be a good title for this issue named beyond redemption
Redeemers are slaughtered, here is the casualty list, in light of the NY twin tower disaster, this issue has WAY more impact than i am sure Fabian intended...
SCREAM-Stuck in a gravity bubble...perished
CHARCOAL-Bits scattered bit by bit by gravity-perished
METEORITE-thrown into space, suffocated...to death
SMUGGLER-Forced out into the atmosphere of a shadowless sun-dead
JOLT-Gravity negated around here form making her cohesion disappear and her...gone
BEETLE-got into armor, faced off agains gravitron and... crushed...
to death
LIFE!
DEATH!
DECEPTION?
Dallas is visiting the Avengers when Atlas tries coming back by linking with her, like was done with Scarlet Witch and Wonderman
AS the cowardly Fixer flees from gravytrain he is stopped by...MOONSTONE, who is certainly playing the part of being gravy's partner in this well, she convinces Fixer to join her. My theory is she is trying to save the team and get as many on the inside to help her stop him...
Smuggler attacks gravy and actually hurts him, before being taken to the sun and killed he knows he dies trying to be a hero
WHAT'S NEXT?
Citizen V is left to figure out what to do as Mel and Abe discuss what they are to do, Mel is eager to go into battle, Abe is not, "We have no powers, what can we do? This is said as gravy train has ripped LOTS of cities off their footings and elevated them in the air.
We also find out that meteorite was trying to pay for hurting an attempted rapist(on her) who was an army official, he was asked to retire, she had a record to take care of..all she wanted to do was fly...Lelia Davis vowed to make right her crimes as the Ringer after here hubby passed away... she stood bravely til the end. Conrad died as a hero, what he wanted to do. We get a guest shot of NOVA saving someone as there are world wide earthquakes due to gravy train. Hawkeye's being transferred when an earthquake sends the van over a cliff, certainly not what was planned.... art work rocks, the colors are great, there are crisp scenes then shady ones showing the state the world is in... maybe it was due to world events that i really felt connected to the characters like i never did before. REgardless itwas a great tale, pure carnage, what was so scary was gravitron had NO emotion, it was cold..cold as the terrorists who did the  destruction earlier this month...Next month the tbolts are back...and let's all cheer as they unite and kick some major butt!!!