Green Lantern - #28 Review

Green Lantern - #28



Synopsis: On Ysmault, a demon named Atrocitus beats up on the demon Qull who told the prophecy of the fall of the GLC to Abin Sur when he was on the planet. He blames Qull for making the Guardians leave them on Ysmault instead of transferring them to the Sciencells on Oa. He kills Qull with the first Red Lantern in his rage saying that Qull's death will lead him to freedom and revenge on the Guardians and who he believes is still the greatest Green Lantern: Sinestro.

Meanwhile on Oa, Laira stands trial for killing Amon Sur in cold blood. Alpha Lantern Bodikka finds her guilty. With the Alpha Lanterns now in place and functioning, the Guardians add the 2nd new law to the book of Oa: lethal force can be used on all enemies of the Green Lanterns. :o

Hal visits Sinestro who explains to him that he knew the Guardians would go this path b/c they believe the only way to avoid the prophecy that Abin Sur brought back from Ysmault is to destroy all powers of the emotional spectrum. :o Sinestro believes that while the Guardians will not be able to prevent the prophecy from happening, when the Blackest Night arrives, the GLC will be so feared and powerful in the universe that they will be able to crush any foe that opposes them.

The Guardians gather, worried about a flash of red in space which they believe is the birth of the Red Lantern Corps, the corps based on hate and rage. The Anti-Monitor scarred Guardian who is sekritly ebil appears and tells them that there is somebody out there calling himself Agent Orange. :o

Elsewhere, the Controllers, rivals of the guardians, believe that they must find and harness the orange light in order to keep up pace with the Guardians.

Hannu takes Laira back to her homeworld when the ship is breached and a red ring finds Laira! :O Red foam bubbles out of her mouth and then she appears in a red version of her GL outfit and calls herself Red Lantern! :OO

Review: :O I'm rly enjoying this slow build up to the Blackest Night event in 09 :D I know I complained about event fatigue and rly I AM tired of it, but at least it should be slowly built up instead of just sprung on us like Amazons Attack which was randomness personafied. >.<;;; I think this way we know what's coming and we can see how things get there without things being rushed or nething and with the ability to tell other stories in between :D

I had to do some wikiing to figure out what was going on on Ysmault but that's ok. xD Hopefully a little more backstory will be provided for ppl who aren't familiar like me. :] But in general I thought that this story which is deeply rooted in Green Lantern history and canon is fairly accessible to ppl who aren't well-versed in GL mythos like me. xD

All the female lost Lanterns are slowly turning into odd things! :O I wonder if something will happen to Arisia XD Or if she counts. >_> I munno, I'm just being weird :D

I know that Ganthet said that the more extreme the emotion, the more control it has over the user. So does that mean that Laira is under the control of the ring now? Is that what the red foam coming out of her mouth was, or does it just mean she has less control over the hatred and rage in her and she's "controlled" by that but not "mind controlled" in the sense we think where her actions are her own? :D I like the idea of just having those emotions represented by the ring be more at the forefront, and it seems like that's what it is :D

Also having a former Lantern and "big name" like Laira represent the Red Lanterns to start is a great idea and I think will help to introduce us to the Red Lanterns and stuff :]

Poor Sinestro. xD He's so right but also so wrong. Since we know the Black Lanterns are death, killing just makes the problem worse, and while his intentions were to help, he's only pushing them TOWARDS the prophecy XD

It's neat that the Red Lanterns want to go after him tho. :o Will they send Laira or will it be this Atrocitus guy? XD And does every evil alien have a name that coincidentally comes from an English word? Atrocitus, Despero, Sinestro XD

I guess that the Red Lanterns (the actual physical object) are powered by blood or something tho? Cuz Atrocitus said that Qull's blood will give him the power he needs. :o

I like how they are subtley playing up the Controllers greed to unseat the Guardians and have a corps equal to theres in their search for the Orange Light. :o However Ganthet said that it would be controled by "a being whose greed knows no bounds" so maybe it's not the Controllers? :o I guess it's this person called "Agent Orange"? I munno. As I said I'm not ttlly versed in this but I like being in the dark and just bopping along and finding stuff out as it happens! :D

Um... I guess that's it. :D Oh.. and the sekritly ebil Guardian is as usual suspicious. :o I'm shocked the other Guardians are okay with her sneakily always being away and stuff XD

So yus :] I am enjoying this so far, even when things are kinda slow, b/c it's a build up to something bigger and I'm enjoying watching things slowly unfold knowing that there's a big payoff coming that's alrdy set :D

Angelwings Rating: 4 out of 5 Red Lanterns :o
Recommendation: Def pick it up if you're a Green Lantern fan and I'd also recommend it for ppl who want to get in on the build up to Blackest Night :D