and lures the teens inside. A coffin is then presented to them, claiming to hold death and a secret. While Beau, Shannon, and Karlo all proclaim that they hope it is their mentors, Cody realizes the truth. He declares that the coffin is a bomb and quickly disarms it before opening it up to show the explosives inside. Shannon, Karlo, and Beau realize they know their heroes have access to bomb-making equipment and realize that their mentors want to kill them, just like they killed the previous sidekicks they replaced. Bleeding from the beating, Cody grabs a nearby sacrament cup and fills it with his blood, so they can share in his healing factor. Pointing out how utterly corrupt and evil Black October is, Cody warns that they need to either flee town or prepare for a final showdown with their mentors. At this point, from his plane, Midnight Mink drops a bomb on the church. The rest of the ending plays out as it did in the original book: Black October go into the church, where they find Father Dunn having hung himself while wearing a Dr. Blasphemy mask. True-Man then appears to kill his former teammates. Due to the blood they consumed, the teen sidekicks have survived the explosion, so they watch with glee as they reveal that True-Man is upset with the utter corruption and evil of his former friends as he executes them for their crimes. However, before the comic ends with the shot of the ruined church and the radio calling for citizens to stay indoors, it's revealed that Dr. Blasphemy was Fredo, the butler for King Rad. Characters The main characters of Brat Pack are: Midnight Mink, a homosexual vigilante and his sidekick Chippy Judge Jury, a fascist, white supremacist, steroid-using murderous vigilante, and his sidekick Kid Vicious Moon Mistress, a man-hating warrior woman, and her sidekick Luna King Rad, an armored hero bent on living the ultimate rush, and his sidekick Wild Boy Reception Brat Pack is Rick Veitch/King Hell's top-selling title, with the fourth edition selling out in late 2007. Veitch released a fifth edition in 2009. Comics reporter Heidi MacDonald considers Brat Pack the third part of "the troika of immortal works dissecting the superhero genre, with the other two being Dark Knight and Watchmen. Indeed, for those brave readers looking for a follow-up to Watchmen, Brat Pack could be just