Helena’s looking around when she gets into another scuffle with the security cult members. Oracle tells her not worry, she’s got backup who’s also undercover. Unfortunately for Helena, Vixen has fallen under Brusaw’s spell.
Helena can’t sleep. Too much whirling around in her head. Is Brusaw a wolf in sheeps clothes or just misunderstood? She calls Oracle to help work out her initial impressions and goes snooping.
Helena is handcuffed and driven to Second Heaven Redemptive Farm and Gardens by the cult members posing as cops. She meets cult leader, Sovereign Brusaw who tells her she’s not in prison and is free to leave anytime she likes. Helena’s got questions as it’s her job to find out what’s going on, but I also get the sense she’s perplexed, even fascinated, by Brusaw and the enviornment.
Charlie had to ruin the fun. Don’t forget his face. Helena won’t.
Sometimes I feel guilty for enjoying too much the beatdowns Helena gives, but I can’t help it. This page brings a huge smile to my face. Seeing no holds barred Helena is a thing of beauty.
It’s time to get the popcorn and drink! Ron Adrian’s, Helena is breathtakingly beautiful. He alternated issues with artist, Ed Benes, on BD&D.
The Oregon State Troopers have been called and protocol says they must see Helena’s I.D. They don’t realize she can smell bs cops a mile a way or that she regards real cops with contempt. The next few minutes get real interesting.
Helena tries to make nice with some locals. Old man Pete tries to warn her it’s not safe to be there and to head back to where she came from. It’s too late.
Oracle investigates when several teenagers are found dead in apparent suicides. She decides to send Huntress undercover as a reporter to an Oregon-based cult called Second Heaven while she has Black Canary work a another angle. This is Huntress trial by fire; her chance to prove she belongs on the team.