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The Wild Storm, Vol. 3 by Warren Ellis, Jon Davis-Hunt
5.0

1) The Wild Storm, Vol. 1 ★★★★
2) The Wild Storm, Vol. 2 ★★★★

There was a moment when reading this volume that I just starting flailing and had to compose myself before continuing (if you've read it, I'm sure you can guess the moment). This third volume is dealing with the ramifications of the previous volume. IO is starting to crumble, John Lynch is trying to save his old team, and our characters who before had entirely different storylines are finally starting to intersect. And it's fucking awesome. 

Things from the previous volumes that are still amazing: the art (I cannot overstate the fact that this is the best art I've ever seen in comics), the intersecting storylines, the characters, the morality (or lack thereof). 

Something I also cannot overstate is how much this shouldn't work. There are so many characters who are all so integral to the plot, and each volume just keeps adding to the cast. The more characters there are, the more plot lines there are. And yet it never feels like there's a single character or plot that you could miss. All are integral and if you took just one away the comic wouldn't work as well as it does. 

I almost don't want to read the fourth volume because it's the last but I also can't stop. Read! This! Series! Please!