This series is getting a bit ehhh...come on now bring back the great writing and intense story line.

Loved the writing, would have gotten a higher score with slightly better art.

More bland tie-in material. WB should just cut the crap and sell advertisements for Injustice 2 instead. They'll get more 10/10s from IGN that way.

Great issue

This issue had one good scene. So it's an improvement on the previous two issues but still dragging. The red king entering the Vatican is a great moment that plays to the strengths of the gothic artwork, watching his intersect with history through the crumbling iconography was great. But chriiiist...it's like the Wacky Races elsewhere... One good scene surrounded by people sat in cars constantly chatting away like its a reality to show.. Come on! Let's have more epic ness! The final pages hint at some action...but who knows maybe it will turn into some auditors wanting to look through baltimore's taxes. more

Gah, this is disappointing basically. The first issue of this final run was ok, but as I said in my previous review, it's trying to cover A LOT of ground and it's stretching itself thinly. This issue is much worse, for pretty much the same reasons. I LOVE baltimore, the dude is a legend, however he just seems like a project manager in this incarnation. The usual tropes of the series have revolved around his wandering either alone or with a terrified sidekick into various creepy gothic scenarios. In this issue he's more like an uninspiring facilities manager trying to get his people ready for the 'final showdown'. It's just him in a house with people coming and going, and the odd tantrum thrown by a inquisitor. I think this series would have actually been better if Baltimore had died and then his various team members have to try and fight off the Red King in his memory. At the end of the day, this is a final chapter that's trying to be a massive war to end all wars scenario. But Baltimore was never really about that, it was a revenge of one dude against a vampire and then a scourge that had spread throughout the world, but it always had momentum and always seemed depserate. I feel like the series has become swollen and lost its original strengths. This issue was about as exciting as a water cooler bubbling in an office. I am just holding out for lots of violence in the next scene because god knows i think this second issue was the comics equivalent of Elvis forgetting his words in Vegas. And don't get me started on the idea that there's moles in the enemy fleet, where the hell did they cook that idea up! The cover art for the first issue was so inspiring, the red king clasping the world. Instead, we're seeing lots of people chit chatting and nothing scary or gothic or exciting whatsoever. more

Ok. So this is a bit like an epic re-cap / passing of time issue. There's some really expansive battle scenes and there's a slew of characters exchanging their ideas. There's a bit of mystery involving an old foe and the rally against the crimson king is beginning. However I feel like this episode is pretty epic and because of this it's not really typical of the Baltimore series which to my mind is very gothic, slowly paced and staggered as our hero explores. So this episode very much feels like a primer for the final push to a conclusion. There's tons to chew on here and it's great to see everyone develop in time, but it wasn't really what I typically love about this series. Artworks good, although I think Ben Stenbeck might be my fav artists so a shame he's only doing the cover for this one. So basically, YAH IT GUD BUT NOT AMAZING BUT HEY THERES LOTS TO DO AND ITS DONE DIDDLY DONE WHAT IT GOTTA DO RIGHT! Ahem. If you compare this to the plague ships, it's certainly interesting to see how far we've come with this series. Now I gotta go out and kill a vampire, excuse me. more