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| Publisher |
DC |
| Writer |
Grant Morrison |
| Inker |
Doug Hazlewood |
| Colorist |
Tatjana Wood |
| Letterer |
John Costanza |
| Cover Artist |
Brian Bolland |
| Artist |
Chas Truog |
| Published | October 1989 |
The issue begins with a series of panels from Buddy's POV. His friends Roger and Tricia are trying to comfort him; something horrible has obviously happened but we don't know what it was. Somewhere, someone is typing on a computer and the title of the issue, "At Play in the Fields of the Lord", appears on the monitor.Two days earlier, Buddy Baker's wife Ellen is preparing a glass of water for their strange visitor. His daughter, Maxine, tells her brother, Cliff, that she doesn't like that man. He's going to take their father away and they won't ever see him again. Ellen enters the living room where the mysterious man is talking with Buddy. He thanks her for the glass of water and introduces himself as James Highwater. He tells Buddy that he thought he would be older, and pulls out a paper that is supposed to have images of Buddy on it from an old comic book. He is surprised to find that the paper has now become a map of Arizona with a particular mesa circled. Buddy asks him what's going on, but Highwater confesses that he doesn't know. He says that he keeps finding cryptic pieces of paper that led him to the Psycho Pirate at Arkham Asylum and eventually to Buddy's house. He feels something is drawing him towards Arizona.Buddy excuses himself for a moment, and he and Ellen talk things over. He tells Ellen that he feels this is connected to all the weirdness that's been happening to them. He believes he has to go. Buddy prepares to leave and tells his family goodbye. As he and Highwater depart, Buddy takes one last look at his wife and kids.In Arizona, Buddy and Highwater reach the top of the mesa. Highwater pulls out some peyote buttons, and the two prepare for a mystical experience. Things start out slow, but suddenly the sky opens. They see planets, molecules, vibrations. They hear a giant's eagle wings buried beneath the earth. A fox walks up to Buddy and tells him that he has a message from the world above. He introduces himself as Foxy; a totem. Highwater says that...
