This one gets a little darker...

Blue Beetle suffers the worst here with getting taken over by the "queen" in his mind. When that happens he begins to attack his teammates with a knife. It's a brutal couple of pages that actually does some great character development for multiple characters. There's still plenty of laughs, mostly with Guy or Batman or even Fire or Ice. This team feels messy and never really works well together but always highly entertaining. There's one funny issue with Beetle and Booster that's funny as heck, but then gets real somber by the end. A real nice turn around. The final issue with the Rod was okay but the rest was really enjoyable and Max's true self is coming out.

Another 4 out of 5.