Matt Wagner's nightmarish forecast for the future plumbs new depths in this issue, as we witness the first direct confrontation between God and the Devil--the initial showdown between our drug-crazed Grendel and the malevolent Pope Innocent XLII. Left raw and exposed from this violent ordeal, the Pope heads straight for another throat--this one belonging to his newest minion, C.O.P. officer Pellon Cross! Meanwhile, corporate investigator Orion Assante continues his dangerous search for the truth, despite the government's forced dismantling of the Tower Commission. Now he's an outlaw on the hunt, with nothing less than God Himself as quarry.