Release Date: August 2008

"Chapter 1"

Writers: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Artist: Simon Coleby
Colours: Carrie Strachan
Letters: Wes Abbott
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy
Cover by Simon Coleby

"Lynch: One Last Thing-Chapter 2"

Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Trevor Hairsine
Colours: Jonny Rench
Letters: Wes Abbott
Assistant Editor: Kristy Quinn
Editor: Ben Abernathy


Original Solicitation Copy:
Following the cataclysmic conclusion to NUMBER OF THE BEAST comes the dawn of a whole new age: WILDSTORM WORLD'S END! The heroes failed to save the planet from destruction and now struggle to survive in a brutal, post-apocalyptic environment...but with humanity largely dead and the Earth broken, what does the term "hero" even mean?


SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Synopsis:
The Earth is in ruins and the The Authority are in London, or UnLondon as they now call it. In the blackened sky the empty husk of a ship that was once the mighty Carrier lies fused with the city itself. Swift patrols the skies looking for survivors while the surviving birds of the air flock to her; desperate for direction amidst the chaos. Midnighter is on the ground rounding up refugees when they are attacked by Incubites-beasts that have succumbed to a Post Collapse plague that gives them enormous power but kills them soon after; spreading the plague.

Apollo descends from the darkened skies and incinerates the Incubites but we soon learn that with the sun no longer shining, Apollo's power drains quickly now so he and Midnighter can only have a moment together and then he must return to heavens to recharge.

Swift, Midnighter, and the refugees return to the Carrier. Angie is busy working and assessing their supplies situation. She is now powerless thanks to the E.M. storms. Jack Hawksmoor is severely damaged, confined to a wheelchair, and apparently feeling hopeless because of the current state of the world.

"Lynch: One Last Thing-Chapter 2"
John Lynch recounts the events that led to Tao's creation and his eventual betrayal.


Notes:

• This story seems to contradict and/or expand the future seen in Midnighter: Armageddon but it is because Void's interference caused changes to the future, but did not prevent Armageddon from happening as she'd hoped.

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