A God-like creature has purchased the planet Earth with dubious intentions and now Hal will have to find a way to save it but his own race might have other opinions about it.
This issue touched quite a few interesting subjects.
Since the beginning, Grant Morrison announced this book as a "Space Cop" story and right now he's pretty much delivering in that premise. The idea that worlds are simply sold in the black market to whoever can pay the price works in many levels and follows the theme that the writer has been injecting since the first issue. The way how the antagonist is depicted makes sense as well since it needed a familiar and "safe" figure so people could buy his act.
Even better is how Hal is portrayed in all of this. The cop theme is exploited in several ways here and implemented in his personality due that Hal is now forced to try to help people who don't want his help because their new owner is giving them everything they want (at a cost of course) and so phrases like "fascist" and similar ones are being thrown at the protagonist for trying to do his duty. This showcases the complicated nature of being an actual law officer and I'm glad that Morrison didn't go for the overly-typical "Cops are bad!" trope that you see so much these days, this is especially evident towards the end when Hal commits an act that doesn't follow his code but at the same time, is understandable.
Liam Sharp remains in art duties and once again, he makes the alien creatures as bizarre as possible and so, his work is a nice fit for this title despite that his storytelling is still not the best.
Good read, definitely invested in what's happening next.
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