Well this book brings our team all back together again. But how can that be, when the book starts out with Rachel/Mother One's funeral? Well, it turns out that, like everyone, Rachel's soul has ended up in Deadworld. Actually, this time, it was taken their by the alien symbiote that use to be attached to her. It had been to Deadworld before. After seeing how it worked, it realized that it could come there, start it's own nation, and within a matter of time take the whole place over. The problem is, it got greedy. It also realized that with Rachel's soul, there would be nothing there that could stop it. What it didn't count on was Abdeath also coming there looking for her. It calls Abdeath the dustwalker, because he can travel between the 2 worlds. Now since Abdeath is not really alive, it can't absorb him like it would other beings. It can only do it with his consent. So they talk, and the symbiote realizes that with Abdeath's abilities, once it took over Deadworld, there would be nothing to stop it from coming back to ours. So Abdeath talks it into trading Rachel for him. On her way to the higher level, she realizes what's going on and comes back for him. But Abdeath is already starting to exert his influence. In Deadworld if you can dream it, it becomes reality. Well that's the symbiote's weakness, he can't dream. And since Abdeath can walk between the 2 worlds, he's probably the most powerful being there. Long story short, he ends up destroying the symbiote and the nation he's created, Rachel comes bursting out of her grave site, as Dane's sitting over it thinking. And within a short period of time Abdeath also rises from the ground nearby. So now, 12 issues later, the team is all officially back together. Well . . . all except Wilce Portacio. He's on the cover, but he's nowhere around on the interiors. I know he's doing some other projects for WildStorm and DC. But I thought this book was like, near and dear to him. JM DeMatteis is still on the scripting chores. But Joel Gomez does the art. It's ok. Really it is. It would just be nicer to see Whilce here. But we can't have everything. Right?
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