I love the way Jim Starlin handles these huge epic space dramas. The Rann-Thanagar Holy War is just an 8 issue mini-series, but, from the way Jim is writing this, I have a feeling that it's really just the beginning of a whole lot more. We already had the Hawkman special, which was also an off-shoot of the main series . . now we get some of the same treatment with Adam Strange. And it appears that he is also destined to become a member of the Aberrant Six that Synar also warned Hawkman about. We're now sure yet what that means, but I have a feeling were going to find out in the not to distant future. We also find out that Rann is going to be destroyed and it's going to have something to do with a decision that Adam makes. I'm guessing that part of this side-trip that he's taking is to give him some sort of insight to help him deal with this upcoming devastation. It would be hard to accept that you're the destroyer of something, especially when you feel guilty about it, or responsible. So I'm thinking that this was to show him that it's inevitable. What's going to happen will happen, no matter how much you fight against it. Without that knowledge, he would probably become paralyzed with emotion after the event. I don't think Synar is actually helping him as much as it looks otherwise. I think Synar is just trying to make sure that events happen as scheduled. Adam has gathered some information on this little excursion, but it's nothing that's been handed to him . . only what's been assimilated through observation and processing. And, I think, Synar is purposefully trying to be vague and confusing when he talks to him. Rick Leonardi does the pencils for this issue, even though Al Milgrom is credited on the cover. I'm not sure what that's all about. Anyways, all of this happens between the panels of Holy War #4. The grand design of Jim's space-opera are gradually coming into sight. I don't think it's a stretch to say . . this will change everything.
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