what an effing great issue! fun for the (now) whole family, even.

magnus finds trouble in paradise, being held on 'ooloo' island (or 'black dragon island'- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolong) along with the missing mad scientists/evil geniuses. apparently, they're working for people who "have a very long reach, will, and no small degree of ambition," to quote morrow, who have 'creating the future' on their minds.

..wasn't there something said a while back about an upcoming machine war?

while renee & charlie take a dare and enter a gang of trouble, discovering isis' badly beaten brother amon in the process. montoya kicks ass while the question steals a book (marked 'the epic of moriarty, book of crime', curiously enough.) marvelously, black adam and isis arrive in time to save the day, but not amon's legs. sadly, adam is too whipped to squish any faces here, but he does imbue amon with his power.

(it's notable just how much amon and freddie freeman have in common; see http://en.nukkapedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel%2C_Jr.)

and with isis' first mission complete, the adams family are on their way to china- will the great ten find them altogether ooky?

and then the 'next in 52' picture tease is a very tasty pinup of a bunch of dead justice leaguers, with 'blue & gold' front and centre- *sniff* - next to.. general glory? (god, i hated him) interesting, considering that we apparently meet the '52 justice league' next issue..