This Week in Villainy: Salvation Run

Taking stock in super-villains

Salvation Run 1: The villains of the DC universe all take a huge leap in VQ ratings this week as Salvation Run 1 hits newsstands today. The first issues of the seven-part Salvation Run looks to be an extremely promising read. From DC:

“Don’t miss the stunning debut issue of a 7-part miniseries written by Bill Willingham (SHADOWPACT, FABLES) with art by superstar Sean Chen (Iron Man, X-Men: The End) and Walden Wong (COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY, DAY OF VENGEANCE)! The world has finally had enough of the villains of the DCU — so they’re exiling the evildoers to another planet, where they’ll be left to their own diabolical devices! Who will thrive…and who will survive?”

I’m in. The DC villains as a group earn a VQ rating of 8.

Don’t let me down, fellas. I got all excited over the villain angle in Countdown only to be rewarded with week after week of thinly veiled gay jokes between Pied Piper and the Trickster…

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