A couple of important things happen this issue. First, at the end of last issue, Solomon Grundy had arrived at the home of Alan Scott. However, Allan wasn't home but his wife Molly was. While there he finds Alan's Green Lantern and proceeds to crush it. This causes an explosion taking out Alan's house, and Molly with it . . almost. Alan had got there just in time and pulls Molly out. However, she's still hurt and has to take her to the hospital. As he's arriving, he notices a fluctuation in his power levels. And then his ring gives out completely. It says, "I've enjoyed my time with you . . farewell, Green Lantern." Apparently when Solomon Grundy crushed the Lantern he also killed it . . destroying it's power. At least that's what it looks like for now. Secondly we see that there's an orbital satellite watching the progress between Grundy and Alan. It appears to be occupied by Professor Ivo. But we don't really see his face. However, he does launch AMZ 3764 down to Earth for what he calls, "Project Eternal Revenge!" Later we see that it's the new Amazo, and apparently it's come to Slaughter Swamp to kill Solomon Grundy. All of this happens as it seems that the Phantom Stranger is further antagonizing Cyrus Gold, Solomon Grundy's alter ego, to get him to think about, and find his actual killer. "Your curse will stop when you've found your killer and forgiven him! Who killed you, Cyrus?" It seems that Scott Kolins has taken on a pretty big project here. He's doing the writing, art and covers. Last issue I wasn't overly thrilled, but this issue it seems that we make some progress. Scott has a unique style that I know some people probably won't like, but . . I think it works well with this story. I also loved it when he did the Flash. We only have 3 issues to go, so I'm interested to see how this character is going to be changed, or 'upgraded' by this story-line. I'm interested to see just how ambitious Scott really is.
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