Green Lantern Corps #7 – Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton, Writers; Fernando Pasarin/Oclair Albert, Artists; Arif Prianto, Colorist
Ray – 9/10
Ray: It’s the second chapter of the Starbreaker Supremacy, as the alliance of the ancient cosmic tyrant and the sorrow-powered Nathan Broome have successfully won – just by firing the first shot. They’ve successfully removed emotion from the universe, as all the heroes are now locked into a rational mindset that seemingly renders them unable to effectively operate as Lanterns. There’s just one exception – the non-organic beings, whose emotions are the product of coding. The first to notice this is John Stewart’s ring, which is powered by the personality of his late mother – and does not take kindly when he informs her that she’s actually just a coded imprint. This leads her to seek out help from Aya, the advanced AI who has just made her way back to the Corps (and to the DCU as a whole), along with Jadestone, the Amazo designed by Amanda Waller who gained his own consciousness with help from Alan Scott.
The three of them are able to figure out how to “hack” the deletions, using reason and rationality to get the Lanterns to do what they need to do – or just punch out Guy Gardner to get him on the ship. After all, it really only takes one punch. From there, we delve into some hidden history that both Kyle Rayner and John Stewart were involved in during past runs, and it leads to the one source of power that might be enough to neutralize Starbreaker – the Source Wall, which has countless powerful beings trapped in it – including the ancient emotional spectrum entities that created Parallax and so many other chaotic elements in the DCU. Meanwhile, Starbreaker continues to string his minion along as Nathan seeks to have all emotion purged from him as well. This issue is fast-paced, but manages to work in some really funny, clever moments that show the subtle ways this effect has changed the whole world.
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