GODHEAD ACT 2

GREEN LANTERN #36: GODHEAD ACT 2, PART 1: Orion and Highfather get into an argument about the way Orion has been used and abused in the ongoing battle with the Lanterns, causing Orion to storm out. Meanwhile, Sinestro joins up with Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns as they learn that Kyle is still alive and that Highfather plans to turn him into the ultimate weapon. While Hal tries to find a way to save his friend, he and Sinestro get into a fight which eventually leads to a temporary truce between the two. On Earth, Black Hand is running his own circus, complete with the dead bodies of Dick Grayson’s parents.  Hal arrives to ask for the Black Lantern’s help.

I have to say that I didn’t see that coming! Robert Venditti and Francis Portella turn in a super issue here with some great action, not too much corny dialogue and some of Portella’s best art yet! Just the whole Black Lantern circus is worth the price of admission to this book. This is probably one of the best issues of GREEN LANTERN I have read in a while.

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #36: GODHEAD ACT 2, PART 2: Sinestro informs Jon Stewart and the Green Lantern Corps that Hal is enlisting the Black Hand in the fight against the New Gods. Stewart visits The Weaponer, who makes him a sword that may be strong enough to take down the Gods. Later, Jon and Soranik discuss his feelings for the Star Sapphires and how he plans to get his revenge upon them. The Star Sapphires are attacked by the New Gods and Jon and the Corps, as much as it pains him, come to their aid. Lady Shadowfall from New Genesis traps our heroes. They can only manage an escape when a dying Star Sapphire, Sister Gnell, apologizes for deceiving Jon and her ring goes to him, making him a Star Sapphire.

Van Jensen and Bernard Chang deliver the next chapter in this saga and it just goes to show me how Jon Stewart is a far cry from the strong character he used to be. I normally don’t read this title and, after March, no one else will as DC is canceling the book. The story is okay, the art is typical Bernard Chang and there is way too much PINK in it! This is a Green lantern book, not a Star Sapphire one. Sigh-see what happens next in…

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #36: GODHEAD ACT 2, PART 3: Highfather, Kyle and Carol arrive on New Genesis where Kyle gives up his ring and Highfather gloats that the Life Equation is where it belongs. Kyle and carol realize that Highfather do not intend to return the other Lantern rings and they battle him with disastrous results. With Kyle and carol stranded somewhere on new genesis without their powers, Highfather goes to the city of Muz to test his new power, converting the entire population into White Lanterns. Sinestro is told that the ring is now in Highfather’s possession and it is too late to save the universe.

Uh oh: things look bad in Green Lantern land! Justin Jordan and Diogenes Neves. Present the next chapter in this saga. I hope that everything gets wrapped up by March, as CONVERGENCE is coming and this title is going! I have never gotten used to Kyle and Carol being together like I haven’t gotten used to Clark and Lois NOT being together. I know: it’s a comic-deal with it. Anyway, the story is okay and so is the art. And come April, this loving couple will be looking for somewhere else to hang out besides this title!

RED LANTERN #36: GODHEAD ACT 2, PART 4: As Simon Baz tells Guy about what is going on with the New Gods, Guy fills Simon in on the trials and tribulations HE has had to endure as part of the Red Lanterns. On New Genesis, Highfather demonstrates his power to Malhedron, who is concerned about the balance in the conflict between Darkseid and Highfather being upset by these developments. Back on Earth, Guy convinces Cyborg to send he and Simon to New Genesis via a Boom Tube, leaving B’dg to monitor Earth. Reluctantly agreeing, Cyborg sends the pair packing and they end up in Malhedron and Dia’s bedroom. A fight occurs and that ends up with our heroes being locked in a cell by Highfather’s orders.

I have been saying for months how much I will miss Charles Soule’s work on this title. Well, come March, I’ll miss the whole title. And that really sucks because I love J. Calafiore’s art! This was a fun issue but, anytime you let Guy loose is ALWAYS a fun issue! My biggest gripe is seeing Guy pop Malhedron in the mouth on the cover, which kind of spoils the surprise coming at the end of the book.

SINESTRO #7: GODHEAD ACT 2, PART 5: Sinestro battles some warriors of New Genesis and the space pirates they control and defeats them. Then we learn it is all in Sinestro’s head as he walks with Jon Stewart and doesn’t bother to listen to him. The two teams, Corps and yellow, are forced to team up although they really don’t get along with each other. As the teams begin their mission, we see Sinestro offering Bekka of New genesis, one of the warriors he “battled” before, a yellow ring. Soon the team is betrayed by Indigo-1 and find themselves surrounded by Orion and his warriors.

I have a question for Cullen Bunn about these Sinestro/Bekka sequences. Are they real or are they dream? Because I am starting to think that Sinestro has HAD this happen already and this is just a flashback in his misshapen pink head. Either way, the book reads well and all. But the highlight is the art by Ethan Van Sciver, with inks by Geraldo Borges and colors by Jason Wright. The images literally fly off the pages. This is also the most fun I have had with a copy of SINESTRO since the first issue. I look forward to seeing where the next chapter, next month in GREEN LANTERN #37, takes us.