With the massive Sciencell riots over, the Green Lantern Corps have to pick up the pieces. Pieces which include chunks of Oa’s protective shell. The Alpha Lanterns elect to not help in any way whatsoever, instead securing the prisoners. Soranik Natu tries to remove the tattoo that Sinestro had put on her when she was younger, but she is unsuccessful. Back on Daxam, Arisia and the Daxamites hit the Sinestro Corps hard, and Mongul rethinks his strategy. While the Green Lantern Corps clean things up, Salaak tells Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner that the Alpha Lanterns are executing all the prisoners. The two of them yell at the Alpha Lanterns, but they still kill Alexander Nero, an old villain of Rayner. When the Alpha Lanterns try to kill Bolphunga and Kanjar Ro, the two prisoners with whom they made a deal, Rayner and Gardner stop them. The Guardians of the Universe spare those two but send Rayner and Gardner back to Earth as punishment. Somewhere out in space, a group of asteroids explode, and dozens of Black Lantern Corps rings fly out into the cosmos.
And with that, all the setup in both Green Lantern series to the Blackest Night is complete. And believe me, the Green Lantern Corps have definitely lost their way, thanks to Sinestro and Scar. Killing prisoners in secret indiscriminately, allowing lethal force, ignoring due process… It’s scary. And really cool. It’s great to see Rayner and Gardner standing up for what they believe in, and it’s also interesting to see Salaak of all people begin to question the Guardians. I would have liked to have seen more of the battle on Daxam, but I assume that more of that will take place in Blackest Night. We’ll also get to see more of the Sinestro Corps, when Sinestro and Mongul start fighting over control. Peter Tomasi has to be given props for lots of things, but none more so than being able to juggle all this simultaneousl occurring plotlines. It’s quite a feat. And Patrick Gleason has improved so much during his tenure on this series. He can finally draw characters’ faces consistently and well. Hhis skill with normal stuff and anatomy is now equal to his skill with freaky stuff. I only hope that all my favorite Corps members will make it out of Blackest Night. After all, things look pretty grim right now.
Plot: 9.3 Art: 9.2 Dialogue: 9.3 Overall: 9.3
