>Green Lantern Corps #1 – Jeremy Adams/Morgan Hampton, Writers; Fernando Pasarin, Penciller; Oclair Albert, Inker; Arif Prianto, Colorist
Ray – 9/10
Ray: It’s been a while since Green Lantern was a strong enough franchise to carry multiple titles, which is a testament to the work Jeremy Adams has done to restore it over the last year and a half. With such a big cast, Adams is coming along for this spinoff along with Morgan Hampton, who wrote the acclaimed but short-lived Cyborg title from last year. This book picks up in the aftermath of the recent Fractured Spectrum one-shot, which set up a lot of status quo changes, including Jessica Cruz being the new Captain of the Corps and many of the Lanterns having new roles. We see these roles play out as John Stewart and Jo Mullein successfully capture a slave-ship captained by Kanjar Ro and rescue countless alien civilians, but the far bigger looming threat is the one posed by the wild spectrum energy. And to take that on, they have an unexpected ally – Sinestro, now wearing a Green Lantern ring again.
Sinestro has gone back and forth between being a full villain and a dark antihero, and his role saving the Corps in the recent event gives him some clout with the Corps – but John doesn’t trust him. Their mission takes them to Tamaran, where fear energy has been manifesting in the form of an ancient Tamaranean goddess in blinding yellow light. Queen Blackfire wants the threat eliminated (and possibly John as her next concubine), but Sinestro has some other plans, seeing a potential ally – and possibly a weapon in whatever his plans are. This issue has the feel of a buddy-cop team, which is always one of the formats the book excels in. I was not expecting Sinestro to be as entertaining a lead as he was, but he’s held down his own title before, so it makes sense. This first issue is maybe a little dense and wordy at points, but it does a great job of balancing a huge cast and a lot of plot.
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