Rann-Thanagar Holy War #4 - DC

This was an interesting issue, but I don't know that it would have been nearly as good without the scripts of Jim Starlin. We don't learn a whole lot more this issue, about what's going on, but Jim does keep it interesting with all the conflicts and battles that are being waged because of the tensions here. Last issue Synnar was brought back, and, in the Hawkman Special, we also see that this debacle has gained the attention of the Nameless One. Add to that Lady Styx involvement, and we have a holy, or unholy, trinity going on here. When it come down to it, this whole thing is a religious war. Really, that's the only way to describe it. But now the actual deity's that these various factions worship, are actually involved. We do learn that part of the chronal transmissions that Adam Strange and his team have picked up are because Deacon Dark went back in time to bring Synnar to the future. We all thought that after he fought the Justice League, all those years ago, that he had died. If indeed an entity of his power can truly die. But, in actuality, Dark absconded with him immediately following that battle. So, while he's here now, he's also not at peak power because of the energy he had just expended there. Adam's team isn't aware of that though because he's still awfully powerful. Also Adam, convinced that the recent arrival to their system of Bizarro . . that he's the only one powerful enough to stand up to Synnar, and save Rann. However, Bizarro is currently on Throneworld, because of Star-man, to try to save it from the advancement of Lady Styx's forces. Adam has to make a decision. He decides to give Rann a chance. However, in the process, Lady Styx completely wipes out Throneworld and it's population. Star-man is overwhelmed with anger, and Adam is filled with remorse and self-doubt. That's how the issue ends, with our team at it's lowest. The Adam Strange special is going to fit nicely between this issue and the next. There's a spot in this story where Adam seems to 'zone-out' . . that's where the Special fits in. Like I said, Jim is the perfect writer for this story. And if he can't also be the penciller, then Ron Lim fits perfectly with Jim's style. Jim is still doing the covers, but Ron is doing the interiors. I'm hoping that this series will lead to a resurrection of the 'Space' stories that used to exist in the DC Universe. And hopefully Jim Starlin will be the architect to that aspect of the DC line. There's a lot of opportunity here. I just hope they jump on it.