This was an interesting book. I thought the team of Hal Jordan and the Phantom Stranger was an interesting choice. Really, it's a brilliant story written by David Hine. I hope he sticks around the DC Universe for a while as I really enjoy his scripts. And this issue looks even better as Doug Braithwaite does the art. Basically, the Stranger has brought Hal to a hospital in Arcadia West Virginia. Since it's an out of the way place, they've been conducting experiments on pregnant women without anyone knowing. Basically, they're trying to develop a drug, Genesin. It's for women undergoing fertility treatments, and it's supposed to prevent miscarriage. The tested it on rabbits, but the drug seeped placenta barrier between mother and fetus. However, that information was discarded and they proceeded with human tests anyways. So far they have 8 surviving children, but they all have varying degrees of birth-defects. But the one that's caught the Strangers attention is Cora. Basically all of the children have a disease that causes the atrophy of muscle tissue. However, on all of these children it affects their brains. About 4 months ago Cora began to write. She wrote anywhere and everywhere she could, including the walls and her own body. The doctor sees it all as ramblings, but when Hal examines the texts with his ring, he finds that they're written in alien languages. Then when the doctor takes them into the other room, they find that she's got the Green Lantern mantra written on the wall. The most disturbing of the texts is one talking about some cataclysm that has yet to occur on a planet called Kahlo. Hal and the Stranger proceed to the planet to find out what's going on, but it's a very complicated situation. Back on Earth, Cora's health takes a turn for the worse and she has to be put on life-support. As the doctor is watching her, something comes across her monitor . . "Don't let me die. Keep me alive. If I die . . everyone dies." The thing I like about David's stories is the complexity of the events. This story is definitely no exception to that. I can see this one taking at least 3 to 4 issues to wrap up, because there's an awful lot going on here. I just hope DC realizes how lucky they are to get David to do some work for them. He's definitely a force to be reckoned with.
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