doug zawisza of comic book resources gave the issue 3 stars out of 5 saying, the issue "doesn't do much to advance the agenda or tighten up the plotlines of "trinity war", but there is absolutely no question that the developments in this issue are going to have lasting ramifications for the phantom stranger and his quest for redemption." newsarama's richard gray gave it an 8 out 10 saying "some will pick up this issue for the links to the current “trinity war” arc, but all should be transfixed by the way j.m. dematteis views the afterlife."