GREEN LANTERN/NEW GODS GODHEAD #1. Act 1, Part 1 of the Godhead Saga. In the beginning, there was The Void and then there was life. First there were the Old Gods and then there were the New Gods. And over the centuries, a feud existed between Highfather of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips. Highfather and Metron examine The Source Wall and realize that Kyle Rayner had breached it during the Relic Wars. They return to the rest of New Genesis to announce that, by combining all of the colors from the Lanterns rings, it creates White Light and that produces the Life Equation. So their goal is to gather a ring of each color and create the Life Equation. On New Korugar, one of the Yellow Lanterns is the first to fall, losing his fingers and his ring. On Okaara, Larfleeze quickly loses his Orange Lantern ring. On Zamaron, Lightray arrives and leaves almost as fast. On Nok, another New God arrives are takes a ring off of an Indigo Lantern. On Earth, the last of the Red Lanterns from when corrupted Earthlings still has her ring which she willing gives up after freeing some trapped sex slaves. Orion and Metron head to Mogo, taking Mogo and Saint Walker’s rings. With all the rings in one place, Highfather unleashes the power of the Life Equation on the planet Aydin but it only wounds and corrupts the inhabits, leading Highfather to have the everyone and everything destroyed. They need to find the White Lantern because he is thew weapon that will destroy Darkseid.
This is the opening chapter in a long epic that will redefine not only the Lanterns but the New Gods and the denizens of Apokolips. Brought to you by the multi-talented team of Van Jensen, Justin Jordan, Robert Venditti, Charles Soule and Cullen Bunn with art by Ethan Van Sciver, Martin Coccolo, Goran Sudzuka, Chriscross and Pete Woods, this has the making of being another classic Green Lantern tale. Either that or a disaster that will cause fans to have to read titles they normally wouldn’t read…fans like me. .
GREEN LANTERN #35: Act 1, Part 2 of the Godhead Saga. The integrity of Planet Mogo is shutting down and the 84.6 billion on Aydin are in a load of trouble. At the Source Wall, Highfather demands that Metron figure out what went wrong on Aydin and how to make use of the Lantern Rings and find the Life Equation. Metron begins hacking the Green Lantern’s servers through the Green Lantern Ring. That leads to a confrontation between the Green Lanterns and Orion, Metron and a small army from New Genesis, with the Lanterns taking quite the beating. Orion opens a Boom Tube and Hal is determined to follow them. That is until he sees the army awaiting them on New Genesis. He orders Kilowog to evacuate Mogo. Meanwhile, Sinestro prepares for visitors.
In Part 2, Robert Venditti and Billy Tan do a nice job of moving the story along. So, it looks like Mogo is dying and Hal Jordan, finally, seems to have grown a set of testicles. My biggest complaint about Hal Jordan is that he has been so terribly whiny that I wanted anyone back in the driver’s seat of the Corps…ANYONE besides Hal. But Hal finally seems to have mustered some intelligence and some needed leadership. Let’s see what happens next. In other words: this is probably the BEST GREEN LANTERN issue in a long time.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #35: Act 1, Part 3 of the Godhead Saga. The Green Lantern Corps are investigating the planet Aydin that the New Gods tried to transform into Paradise but failed because they didn’t have the key to the Life Equation. The Corps gets attacked by the transformed inhabitants of Aydin and get rescued by Uggha of the New Gods, who demands they turn over their rings. The Corps refuses and that leads to a deadly battle with the New Gods. One of the Nox warriors arrives and transports them away from the battle. Meanwhile, Metron brings good news to Highfather that he has found the White Lantern and Highfather plans to save him from himself.
Okay, so here’s the reason I don’t read this book: it is a huge fight scene with a lot of dialogue. Oh, and we find out that Kyle lives, something most followers of the NEW 52 already new. Van Jensen’s story is action filled but could have been summed up in about three pages. And Bernard Chang’s art is a weak take on Ben Templesmith’s. Not a fan of this chapter at all.
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #35: Act 1, Part 4 of the Godhead Saga.
The Guardians inform Kyle Rayner that he was the first to ever pass through the Source Wall and returned. They also admit that they allowed the Corps to think that Kyle was dead. He tries to fly off in anger but the Guardians hold him back. At one point he even believes that Carol is his dead girlfriend Alex. Highfather arrives and tells them his job has always been to protect the universe. Then he convinces Kyle and Carol to come with him to New Genesis to make the best use of the Life Equation he possesses.
Justin Jordan and Brad Walker provide one of the best chapters in this saga to date. Here we finally learn that this generation of Guardians are no better or trustworthy than the last group was. They have let the world think that Kyle was dead and claim it was to protect the Life Equation. “Meet the new boss…same as the old boss.” So Kyle and Carol (still can’t get used to her being with him instead of Hal) get ready to split when Highfather shows up, acting like the great savior. In actuality, he has his own agenda. This is like watching a reality show where the machinations of the players are more interesting than the actual show. Nice job, guys!
RED LANTERNS #35: Act 1, Part 5 of the Godhead Saga. Guy Gardner and Tora are getting some sun on the beach in Dubai before he suits up and handles a despot in Qurac by vomiting burning blood on Shahkavat’s face. Suddenly members of the The Wheel arrive via Boom Tube to take away Guy’s ring. Simon Baz arrives to save Guy’s life and fill him in on what has been happening regarding the New Gods. The pair get beat on by The Wheel before the trio head back to New genesis, leaving Guy confused and determined to continue the battle elsewhere.
I love Charles Soule’s writing and I have become a huge fan of J. Calafiore’s art, even more so after getting to mean him and see him in action. And this is a beautiful looking issue. But I found the plot dragging and wasn’t excited by it at all. Who is this guy in Qurac and why do I even care that he wants to be Black Adam? And it just so happens that these fighters from New Genesis arrive to get guy’s ring. Don’t they already HAVE a Red Ring? Yeah, I am a bit confused.
SINESTRO #6: Act 1, Part 6 of the Godhead Saga. Sinestro learns through Lyssa (along with the spy within Arkillo’s ring known as Despotellis) about the attacks by the New Gods that is decimating the other Lanterns in the universe. His daughter convinces him that they should go out and help the Green Lanterns and the Indigos; even Arkillo who Sinestro provides a new hand and a ring for. They launch an assault against the New Gods that are attacking the Indigos. Sinestro and some of his key players watch the battle as he prepares to “trim the fat” and initiates a self destruct protocol that kills most of the Sinestro Corps as well as Indigos and New Gods. Bekka remains alive and swears revenge.
Cullen Bunn just made Sinestro cross that line between anti-hero and villain by killing off most of his weaker teammates. Of course, we had to go through almost an entire issue of lame dialogue and some equally yawnable plot points to get there. On the plus side, as always, there IS the art of Dale Eaglesham. Come to think of it: that IS the plus side as the rest of this title is pretty bad.
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