This issue wraps up the Green Lantern / Green Arrow / Phantom Stranger team up. Over all I thought it was a really good book. I think due mostly to David Hine's incredible story. When we saw all the extinguishing of life because of the Purge, I was wondering how Green Lantern or the Phantom Stranger were ever going to be able to stop him. Especially considering that the Phantom Stranger isn't really supposed to even intervene. And then, back on Earth, this orphanage with it's drug trials that have turned these children into mutants, or worse . . . I wasn't even sure how that was related. As it comes to turn out, the most special girl in this orphanage, Cora, was being inhabited by the Purge's sensei, Mistress Ghada. She left to go on meditations and returned to find that the Purge had destroyed their world. Apparently, in all the universe Cora's mind was the only place that she could take refuge. Anyways, when the Purge took over Hal Jordan, the Phantom Stranger tricked it into coming back to Earth. He knew that Ghada was the only one that could get the Purge to stop extinguishing life. In the end the Stranger trapped him in Cora's mind. She's about to die, so she would take the Purge with her. However, before Ghada moves on also she convinces the Purge to give his life essence over to Cora willingly and move on himself. Ollie's job was to keep Cora safe until Hal and the Stranger's arrival. And he does so with great zest. It really was a moving story. I also thought that Doug Braithwaite did a fantastic job with the art. But the real news is that starting next issue . . sometime in the near future . . J Michael Straczynski will be taking over the scripting chores. I can't wait.
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