The Star Child learns more about life on Earth and uses his power to prevent anything from ever dying. Badly injured, Ken Connell operates his own church, claiming that the “Old Man” is God. Connell is only kept alive because of the Star Child's actions. Jane and Roger Price convince the Star Child that it is wrong to deny humanity the release of death. The Star Child undoes this act, causing Connell to die, and also removes the Star Brand from Roger. Later, he visits Jacob Burnley and passes the Star Brand to him.; Back at Fort Benning, Nightmask falls into a coma for a week when he is pulled into the dream of a paranormal who kills via nightmares. The madman threatens to kill him unless Nightmask helps the paranormal escape his own mind. Nightmask enters the killer's mind and finds his greatest fear: the Justice Killer. Exploiting that fear, Nightmask escapes from the dream and awakes from the coma.