Weird that Goodreads has the first big Seven Soldiers book but apparently not the second one, so I'm cheating and dropping a review on here. Oops.

This feels like kind of a step down after the really well-constructed first half - while Frankenstein's over-the-top horror comics storyline is really good (and Doug Mahnke is a PERFECT match for the subject matter - I always thought that his art was a little too creepy for its own good), Bulleteer and Mister Miracle's storylines just end up feeling too tangential to the main Sheeda invasion plotline. That being said, the way that everything comes together in the grand finale is pretty great (I wish I understood cryptic crosswords so I could try to solve the Manhattan Guardian one :( ), and I'm still disappointed that we didn't get continuing series for these characters after this was all over. ( )