I read the first three volumes of Seven Soldiers a few months back and just now finished the last volume… I feel like I need to go back and re-read it all to make sense of it. I’m not fond of how it was collected—DC spliced all 7 miniseries, so you can’t get one complete story in any of them. As a result, I was kind of confused about Mr. Miracle’s backstory and supporting cast.
On the whole, the “first wave” of soldiers (Shining Knight, Klarion, Manhattan Guardian, Zatanna) was much stronger than the second wave (Bulleteer, Mister Miracle, Frankenstein). Bulleteer did have some nice superhero commentary, and Frankenstein’s adventure were nice and weird.
The whole story somewhat wraps up in the end—the soldiers all sort of meet and defeat the faerie Sheeda. J.H. Williams III’s art is great, though I still don’t quite get what’s going on.
This Newsarama interview sheds some light on the confusion, but I’m still a bit in the dark.