This issue starts out with the usual 'super-hero' miscommunication. Obsidian, Todd, has covered the mansion with his dark power, and in the process pushed everyone out except for Alan, Jay, Ted and Jesse. He claims he's trying to protect them. But Rick Tyler, through his Miraclo pill, has had a vision of the future and is really upset by what happens to everyone, including his wife. I should say, especially his wife. With no visible threat, he, and thereby the others outside, assume that Todd is actually trying to hurt them, or tear the team apart. But there's something else at work here . . a spirit. Or as Judomaster later explains, " . . Borei. Maybe Shinigami.", a death-spirit. It gets to the mansion by assuming control of a man and walking him all the way there from Fawcett City. But then it jumps in to Courtney's form and uses her power to disrupt Todd's shadow shell. We find out that it's actually a collection of souls that have been trapped in limbo , " . . because we couldn't set aside our anger, or thirst for revenge." We find out that the lead soul is actually a Japanese assassin, Kung, from WWII. They're upset about what happened to Hiroshima. So he transports the 5 of them . . Rick is now in the bunch . . straight to Japan . . August 5th, 1945. " . . I was killed, along with over seventy thousand of my fellow Nipponese. I want you all to suffer the same fate as my countrymen!" Meanwhile, back at the mansion, they're still trying to sort out what has happened. But, as usual, they're all about to just be thrown into the mix. On the last page the Spectre appears above and inside the mansion. "Through your actions, the outer darkness has been breached. Those willing to be judged must come with me to make matters right. Your teammates' lives hang in the balance." This conflict has just jumped to a whole new level. This storyline is being written and drawn by Jerry Ordway. Personally, I think he did a fantastic job. Unfortunately, with issue #30, our new creative team of Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges and Jesus Merino step up to the plate. So this story-line is really just a fill-in until that happens. Not that it's unfortunate that we're getting a new creative team, but . . it's unfortunate that we won't get to see more of Jerry's work.
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