Green Lantern #12 – Jeremy Adams, Writer; Xermanico, Kevin Maguire, Artists; Romulo Fajardo Jr, Rosemary Cheetham, Colorists
Ray – 9.5/10
Ray: Hal Jordan is back in space, and has taken the fight to UP Premier Thaaros—only for the villain to take it right back. Last issue revealed that not only was Thaaros a Durlan infiltrator, but he had replaced the entire council with his countrymen, creating a stranglehold on the galaxy’s policy without ever firing a shot. Hal and his fellow Lanterns quickly find themselves outmanned and outgunned, leaving Hal alone to try to make an escape. His mysterious new ring attracts the attention of some odd magic-powered Lanterns who try to claim it for himself—only to get a bail-out from the last person he expected to see. Carol Ferris is Star Sapphire again, and this time she seems to be in full control of the Violet spectrum.
Of course, last time we saw Carol, she was on the verge of getting married to her new paramour—only to be rudely interrupted by the violet ring to take her back to her destiny. This pretty firmly settles the love triangle, and there are some strong scenes explaining why these two ultimately do work despite Hal being a trainwreck. Of course, this title is about to collide head-on with Absolute Power, as the big event takes over the DCU for the next few months. One thing Adams has done well, along with the other main writers at DC headquarters, is seamlessly seed other villains into Waller’s plot. Thaaros and Waller have had a deal for a long time, separating Earth from space—and now they have the same target in Hal Jordan.
The backup wraps up the hilarious Guy Gardner story, which found Guy in search of Lobo—only to stumble into a whole city of Czarnians just as it was bottled by Brainiac. Stuck doing community service in a milk truck, Guy has no choice but to go back to the guy he mistook for Lobo and get his help with a great mistake. Maguire’s art is a perfect fit for this story, which neatly fuses Adams’ action-packed storytelling with his ability to tell a really funny, wacky story when the plot calls for it.
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