Green Lantern Corps #11 – Morgan Hampton, Writer; Will Conrad, French Carlomagno, Max Dunbar, Artists; Lee Loughridge, Ian Herring, Francesco Segala, Matt Herms, Colorists
Ray – 9/10
Ray: In the aftermath of the Starbreaker Supremacy, the Corps are as much in flux as ever. You’ve got all seven Corps sharing a planet, with Jessica Cruz trying to keep the peace as the Red and Yellow Corps get closer and closer to war. Meanwhile, John Stewart died protecting Oa and reigniting the Lanterns – but he’s been replaced with a double who he split into before his sacrifice, who has been playing house with Katma-Tui and missed most of the character’s developments over the last few years, including the return of his sister Ellie as a living construct. To say there’s a lot going on would be putting it lightly! But this issue manages to bring everything together pretty neatly, particularly when it comes to its villains. Ellie is busy spending time with Mogo when she discovers that the living planet – another misfit in the Corps – is being attacked from within by Effigy, one of Kyle Rayner’s arch-enemies.
This leads to John and Ellie being forced into a reunion, as we see this version of John start to open his mind a little and realize what a gift he’s been given in the form of getting his sister back. And back on Oa, the new class of Corps recruits – including Keli and Aya – continue their training under Kilowog and Guy, as they try to master the art of creating energy duplicates. This is something that eludes Aya, who isn’t an organic being – until she gets the right motivation. However, the most interesting storyline in this issue has to be the new villain who Fatality has aligned with – a survivor of a planet of water-based hive-mind entities that were accidentally wiped out by the Green Lanterns. The implication that we’re going to be exploring some of the worst ripple effects the Lanterns caused is fascinating, and I get the feeling this character is a dark mirror of just how far Fatality could go if she let herself.
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