Hmmm. . ..I’ve been going around defending Whedon’s run on this title.  I just reread the first four issues, and it held together pretty well, and I thought I saw where it was going.  And then I got this issue and, well, I do believe Joss has stumped me.  There are good ideas lurking in here, along with some really nice character moments, and I love the way Michael Ryan’s art looks.  But this has gone so far away from the core of the book, and contains so many convoluted plot lines and seemingly extraneous characters that I have a hard time seeing how it’s going to come together in one more issue.