With this issue, we finally learn the fate of Nightmaster, Jim Rook. The Enchantress has been up for 10 days, trying to keep a protection spell around Jim. She thought that is she slowed down time around him, then the effects of the sword wouldn't be as instantaneous, and maybe they would figure out a way to keep him alive. Well as it turns out, the Sword of Night can't harm it's wielder. But Jim didn't know that. The instant he died, and his spirit tried to pass on, he came in contact with his father. It turns out that the sword has a soul. Currently it is the soul of his father. That soul guides it's wielder into becoming the hero that he's supposed to be. The problem is, Jim wasn't listening. So his father fills him in on the whole back story, then Jim slips back in to his body. With this new knowledge in his head, and at the amazement of Blue Devil, who is the only one in the room to witness his resurrection, Jim sits up and pulls the sword out of his chest. So everybody from the team gathers in the bar and has a welcome back to life party for him. We catch up on where everyone's been, and we get to see the Etrigan coat rack again. Bill Willingham and Tom Derenick have been doing a great job with this book. It'll be interesting to see what they do with this character in the future. But this opens up a whole realm of possibilities for him.
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