How bizarre is this? Okay, first beleaguered CrossGen announces that they're ending "Sigil" with Issue 43. Fine. Whatever.

But now they're not publishing Issue 43 at all, opting instead to post Chuck Dixon's script on their website, so fans will know how the series ends.

In a press release, the company writes: "All of us at CrossGen are very sorry that we had to stop the party early, as we know how much our loyal fans had been looking forward to plot resolutions for the space soldier Sam as the invading Negation forces trigger the upcoming War. Especially since Chuck Dixon wrote such a great issue!

"But, then we thought, 'Hey...since Chuck wrote it, can't we share it with the fans?'

"Of course we can!"

So, they did. And, oddly enough, the folks in the CrossGen forums are doing somersaults, thanking Bill Rosemann for posting the script.

Hey, maybe that's the answer to CrossGen's money problems: Cut out the artists, colorists, letterers and printers, and just post the scripts online! They'll be in the black in no time.

Bizarre, indeed.