Most of this book revolves around Renee Montoya and this cult that she's now the leader of . . mostly by default. However, this issue she comes to realize that the Spectre is actually her ex-partner Crispus. And that is due to the fact that the Spectre has come to kill her. He's found her guilty, by default, because of her association with the cult. Renee tries to appeal to Crispus' side of the Spectre personality, but she doesn't seem to be making much headway. We're also introduced to a new 'cosmic' figure here . . . the Spirit of Mercy, Sister Clarice. It's really not that hard to accept that there's a Spirit of Mercy, if you're willing to accept that there's a Spirit of Vengeance. It only seems natural. But Crispus has a hard time accepting it because he believes that if there's a Spirit of Mercy than why did god let him suffer so. But really, that's the least of their problems. When the Spectre whisked away Renee, Sister Wrack assumed the mantle of leader of the Cult. To that extent she's decided to finish what's been prophesied . . the return of Cain. They're in Africa, and with the Spear of Destiny they go after . . . Vandal Savage. It appears that Cain somehow resides within him. Somehow his return has empowered Darkseid to control all of the population of the Earth with the anti-life equation. It appears that control also extends to Renee and Kate, Batwoman. Mercy helps Renee, but when she goes to Kate . . it looks as if Kate will kill her. I thought Greg Rucka did a great job with this story. It really covers a lot of ground, without getting to confusing. But the real star of this book was Phillip Tan. His pencils were absolutely fantastic. There were some panels in this story that were just . . works of art. I mean look at that cover. That's the kind of detail that was exhibited throughout the whole book. It was fantastic. I always knew he was talented, but this book was incredible. This is turning out to be a really great mini . . and extension of the Crisis book.
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