So, if one classifies the first issue as a pilot issue and then two through four as the first story arc, I suppose this issue is all right.
It’s also kind of not, because Oliver wraps up his story arc really quick to reset the comic. He has a chance with the next issue to start over, erasing–but not really–all memory of when the book was called Collider and that word was used a lot in the first issue.
By resetting the ground situation–the continuing reader presumably somewhat familiar with the rules, the cast, the backstory–Oliver gets to conduct the ultimate cop out. He’s no longer responsible for FBP’s problems. The reset button takes care of them.
It’s desperate.
It’s also okay enough. Rodriguez gets to draw the real world, which is a nice change from the lame alternate reality.
I’ll get it a chance.
CREDITS
The Paradigm Shift, Part Four; writer, Simon Oliver; artist, Robbi Rodriguez; colorist, Rico Renzi; letterer, Steve Wands; editors, Sara Miller and Mark Doyle; publisher, Vertigo.
The Stop Button 
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