It's a decent chapter in the crossover; it just fails to pass off the issue as a meaningful continuation of the Mercs' series. When they're guest stars in their own book then something has clearly gone wrong. Read Full Review

The heroes undo a bunch of Shiklah's schemes. That's great, except that they've delivered a romance-minded Dracula to a very receptive Monster Bride. Whoops. This is the first installment of this event I've really enjoyed. I think a big part of it is *finally* giving Christopher Hastings a full comic's worth of plot to work with; he adds plenty of humorous embellishments to this eventful adventure. Iban Coello's art game is also in top form, and beautiful visuals help a great deal to make this comic fun.