(No Spoilers)

Well, the final issue is here.  When Ian Edington and Leandro Fernandez were brought on to Stormwatch PHD to do World’s End, I doubt they thought they’d be writing the final issue.  But unfortunately, sales determined otherwise.  It is a real shame too because this was one of the strongest World’s End titles, so I’m not entirely sure why people just didn’t catch on to this title.  The stories were very reminiscent of Ellis’ Authority run in that we had lots of huge moral dilemmas and several touch choices that needed to be made to ensure the survival of the species.  Stormwatch became the new ‘Authority’ of the world but sadly it wasn’t enough to save the title. 

This last issue is told at an extremely face pace, which is not surprising since I’m sure there were several things Edington wanted to wrap-up before his run ended.  Without spoiling anything, the one surprise is that we were able to get a resolution of sorts to The High’s side story. It was an interesting way to tie everything together.  Plus we get one more dramatic scene before the issue is over which was pretty appropriate I thought.  But as we’ve seen in previews for January, Stormwatch’s story is far from over.  We’ll see these characters popping up in Wildcats and The Authority and I’m glad.  Stormwatch has always been a resilient title.  I’m sure we’ll see another incarnation (or continuation?) of it sooner or later.

Synopsis:

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