The Green Lantern series continues this week, and leading up to it, there has been some great supplemental material. Hopefully, between this issue and the last, you’ve checked out the Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum one-shot to understand what is causing havoc with the Emotional Spectrum, a crucial element in the Green Lantern mythos. This disruption will drive Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner into space. Writer Jeremy Adams has been cooking lately and continues to do so after the United Planets fiasco, so what is going on out there?
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Last issue ended with a character sitting on a throne proclaiming he “can help everyone stop feeling…forever,” and some of the newer fans might be wondering who that was. The character in question is Starbreaker – if you’ve followed Jeremy Adams’ career, you’ll remember Starbreaker popped up all the way back in The Flash #775, so I guess Adams has some unfinished business with the character. I am very interested to see how the alliance between Sorrow and Starbreaker will play out; who will use whom, or do they have the same goals? As you’ll see in this issue, the two villains know they can’t do it alone, so just who will join, and how powerful will the Starbreaker Corps become?
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Fans of Kyle Rayner will enjoy this issue – he plays the third wheel to a friend from his past and a new misguided character from the future. Looks like Gold Beetle will be getting a frenemy from this new character. This connectivity between Adams’ Flash and Green Lantern runs are fun and make the DC Universe feel more substantial and more connected; it looks like Adams’ Aquaman will get to play in that shared fun, too, from the editor’s note at the start. Along with that shared fun, I am happy to see Star Sapphire Carol Ferris get moments to shine here and in Justice League Unlimited; I am glad that both series play her as a novice and will have her explore the ring more. This issue, in particular, showcases her curiosity and desire to explore her powers. They are not messing around with All In at DC!
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This issue was a joy to read, with all the connections between characters. The art team of Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Jason Paz, and Romulo Fajardo Jr. took Adams’ script to the next level. Green Lantern seems to be growing into a vast roster book like JSA or X-Men, but with issues like this one, I am all for that happening because there are so many characters, and they have grown a voice and gotten to shine. Adams has been doing an excellent job expanding the Green Lantern mythos back into a luminous universe again. At the same time, the art team gives you brilliant character emotion and poster-worthy action.
Green Lantern #19 is a great character-focused issue between major storylines. After shutting down the United Planets and building up the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner realize they need to check in on Sorrow and the Emotional Spectrum. Before that, we get to peer into their lives to see who they invite and say goodbye to. It’s terrific to see Hal and Carol enjoy their powers and romance while Kyle prepares to be the third wheel to his new and old friends. The entire creative team comes together to give us excellent character articulation and facial reactions to make Green Lantern a must for DC fans! Enjoy this tranquility before emotional chaos reigns.
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