The conclusion to Green Lantern’s tie-in to Knight Terrors is here, and writer Jeremy Adams does a fantastic job of reminding us that Hal Jordan is The Man Without Fear. This is a beautiful conclusion with fabulous art by Eduardo Pansica, Jordie Tarragona, Julio Ferreira, and Luis Guerrero – even though there are multiple artists on this issue, they come together very nicely to keep the story flowing without the reader being distracted by style change. The second part of Sinestro’s Nightmare by Alex Segura, Mario Foccillo, and Prasad Rad Pressy has another creative team that comes together to entertain. Let’s jump into the story to see how these Lanterns fare.
The issue’s opener continues the fight between Hal Jordan and Parallax in its original form. The dream monster then understands that to try and inspire fear, it should use memories instead of a scary look. Their confrontation is a fun part because we get to see Hal Jordan deal more with his past sins as Parallax, and Jeremy Adams uses that as the creature’s motivation to terrorize Hal. That confrontation is where the art team plays with some great moments of having Parallax grandstand against Hal Jordan. Great contrast comes when Hal finally stands up to Parallax and calls him out, knowing that this isn’t the actual Parallax entity but just some scary monster.
With that, they’re off to the races in battle, which is where the art team plays with the script and gives us a great fight between Hal and Parallax, eventually leading to Parallax running. Adams shows some great love and respect for the character of Hal Jordan by reminding us that he can overcome fear and is a force of his own.
The second part of the comic, which features Sinestro’s Nightmare, plays perfectly with the world established last issue. We see the two versions of Sinestro fight for the “soul” of Sinestro while he is in a panic and not sure of himself. This nightmare will eventually lead into the third issue of the Green Lantern main series, giving us a “how Sinestro got his groove back” so that he can be a more vital threat to Hal and his new life on Earth. There’s a little bit of a chessboard in the background in the visuals, and I think that was a great touch. The imagery shows Sinestro as a pawn between the two versions of himself. As a tie into the Knight Terrors event, it is interesting why Insomnia would search a villain’s nightmares to find the Dreamstone. Still, as a Green Lantern story, it works perfectly to build up Sinestro and then get the reader wondering why his mental state was so defeated.
In the end, the two-issue Knight Terrors: Green Lantern was a fun treat with some insights into the characters of Hal Jordan and Sinestro. I think it would have been better to do them as one-shots, say Hal Jordan being issue #1 and then Sinestro being issue #2, but I understand tie-in issues want to sell, so by giving us two half stories, they can make sure we come back to buy both parts. All the creatives involved made two entertaining stories, and they play very nicely to the event and will also help in the main series of Green Lantern as it continues. If you want to examine it further, it looks like Hal Jordan’s inner demons of Parallax and Sinestro being unsure himself could be some significant character flaws to play with in future issues.
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