DC's NEW 52-The GREEN LANTERN related books

While most things in the DC Universe changed with FLASHPOINT and the introduction of the NEW 52, some things didn't. Specifically, the Green Lantern titles, which all pick up immediately after the events in WAR OF THE LANTERNS. To that end, here's coverage of the four Lantern related titles.
 

In GREEN LANTERN, Sinestro is still reluctantly carrying the green ring and acting in the role formerly held by Hal Jordan. He meets with the Guardians and they tell him in strong terms that he is to protect his sector. He is asked to leave and then the other Guardians of the Galaxy join their minds with that of Ganthet.
 

Meanwhile, Hal Jordan is getting ready to be evicted. No job, no money and still trying to be the hero, as he accidentally busts up a movie set and beats up an actor.It takes Carol Ferris to bail him out and try to talk some sense into him. Sinestro ends up on Korugar and proceeds to take revenge on his former charges who are now enslaving the planet he entrusted them to protect.
 

Hal and Carol go out to dinner and he ruins the date by asking her to co-sign a car loan. Yeah-that's the end of that date real quick. Arriving home, Hal is greeted by an eviction notice and Sinestro, who temps him with a chance to get his ring back.
 

As always, great story from Geoff Johns and Doug Manke's art is equally up to the task. No changes here and that's good. Still a fun book not affected by the disaster that was the Ryan Reynolds movie.
 

BTW: the mysterious hooded woman is in the crowd on page 12.
 

Kyle Rayner gets to go forth in GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS and the story kind of picks up from GREEN LANTERN lore. Ganthet arises from a pile of dead Guardians and promises to deliver the last power ring into "the right hands". Kyle Rayner is sitting having drinks with friends and needs to make a hasty exit to get rid of all those drinks. Ganthet arrives and delivers him the ring, making him the new Green Lantern. Obviously, ancient history simplified.
 

We jet to present where a yellow lantern is attacking the Xylons only to lose his ring and be slain. A Red Lantern is on Krod and he too loses his ring and dies.Star Sapphire suffers a similar fate, but her ring searches to find a new host. Our Green Lantern is saving construction workers when the various rings call to him and that's followed by potential successors to the individual colors, each looking to slay Kyle if that's what it takes.

Okay, I'm bored. Too many characters that I don't care about and a revamped origin for Kyle Rayner. Tony Bedard's story is light and Tyler Kirkman's art, while anatomically okay, doesn't thrill me either. More the story. Won't be following this tale.
 

BTW the mysterious woman is five pages from the book's end, in the first panel.
 

GREEN LANTERN CORPS comes out swinging right out of the box. Two Green Lanterns watching a prisoner are slain and one of them has their ring removed in a rather simple but graphic manner-remove the finger. Back on Earth, Guy Gardner is trying to get a job as a high school football coach. he doesn't get it, told to "go catch the bad guys, Guy." John Stewart is having his own problems with his day job, dealing with a group of developers more concerned with the bottom line over safety.

That leads to an in space pow-wow between the two heroes about how difficult normal life is. As Guy says: "birds gotta fly, fish gotta fry." The pair, along with a host of other Lanterns, end up on the planet Nerro, where a distress call has come in from. Upon arrival, the entire planet has been butchered as a message to the Lanterns.

Great stuff! I didn't expect this book to hit like this, but it's great. Peter J. Tomasi writes a killer story with some wild dialogue and REAL CHARACTERS. And Fernando Pasatin's artwork simply dazzles! I will say it again: great, great stuff. This one is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 

BTW: the mysterious hooded woman is standing amongst the various construction workers at the start of John Stewart's encounter with the developers.
 

Then there's the newest addition, RED LANTERNS. Coming directly out of the last year's worth of GREEN LANTERN, it follows the Red LAnterns: driven by revenge in all they do.
In Space Sector 666, some nasties are doing a it of torture when Atrocitus and his cat Dex-Starr proceed to enact their own highly violent form of justice. Truly graphic and truly violent.

Back on Ysmault, Atrocitus is having a problem with in-fighting among his fellow Red Lanterns. Many seem to feel he has lost a lot of his rage and is not fit to lead. He visits the mummified body of Krona, The Mad Lantern. Still angry at having his revenge taken from him by Hal Jordan, he recalls how the Manhunters invaded his planet and killed his family. That is the rage which drives him forward.
 

Back on Earth, an old man fights for his life following a mugging. His grandsons have different opinions about his condition and his future, leading one to lash out at the other. Looks like a set-up for a future Red Lantern to me. Atrocitus still is having trouble getting his rage level back to where it should be and his fellow Lanterns continue to suffer from dissent.
 

First off: it's Peter MIlligan and that alone should be enough to drive this book. His story runs into many directions and eventually they will all intersect. After all, It is PETER MILLIGAN!! Ed Benes art is rocking, as always. The book is grisly and grim and has much potential. This is the hidden gem of the four. I'm pretty sure no one expected this book to be that good.
 

BTW: the mysterious hooded woman is in the top panel on page fifteen, the start of the sequence where the two brothers begin fighting.