Star Sapphire brain-washing aside, it makes little sense for her to be head-over-heels in love with the man who was directly responsible for her homeworld blowing up - an incident which inspired her to become a slayer of Green Lanterns and eventually a Sinestro Corps member. Indeed, he's given John Stewart and Yrra more character development and analysis in this one issue than they received during the entirety of the Wrath of The First Lantern saga, pointing out how incredibly screwed up Yrra's become in recent years as he recalls her history for new readers. Four newĬharacters are forcibly recruited into the Corps, seemingly arriving in time for Larlfleeze's attack on Oa in Green Lantern #21.Īlready Jensen has proven himself capable of handling this diverse cast of characters. The rest of the issue shows us the new status quo for The Corps command structure, as Salaak retires from his post as The Guardians' majordomo. the former villain formerly known as Fatality) as the two work to save an endangered planet while discussing their relationship. The primary focus of the issue is John Stewart and Yrra of Xanshi (a.k.a. The events of this issue take place concurrently with Green Lantern #21 but it appears this issue starts at a slightly earlier point. So did the book measure up to my hopes? Yes, but it was nothing like what I'd expected and I'm quite relieved by that. I was somewhat reassured when I heard Bernard Chang (whose recent work on Demon Knights I'd enjoyed greatly) would be taking over the art duties and that the plotting would be done by Demon Knights writer/new Green Lantern writer Robert Venditti with the actual scripts being written by Van Jensen of the excellent Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer series. Though I've always been a big Geoff Johns fan, I found Peter Tomasi's take on the many characters in the GLC to be a more reliably enjoyable read.
I must confess to being somewhat more anxious about the new creative team for Green Lantern Corps than I was for the main Green Lantern title.
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