Green Lantern: New Guardians #24 – Review

By: Justin Jordan (writer), Brad Walker (penciller), Drew Hennessy with Marc Deering & Ryan Winn (inkers), Wil Quintana (colors)

The Story: Remember when Kyle Rayner became Ion and had access to nearly god-like power? Well, if so you’ll appreciate the irony when he has to take on Ion and five of his business associates. Have fun there, fella…

The Review: You know what I’ve been aching to see in my Green Lantern comics? Heroes arguing reasonably. With five Lanterns representing one gender of one species of one continent of one planet, you’d think that there’d be more of an attempt to distinguish them from one another. Though Hal’s thick-headedness definitely outweighs his heroism in this issue, it’s really nice to see reasonable disagreement among the corps.

Justin Jordan does a fine job of writing a tense and exhilarating aftermath moment. Though it’s pretty much just a bunch of Lanterns and rocks floating in space, the first three pages of this issue feel suitably meaningful.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #23 – Review

By: Justin Jordan (story), Bradley Walker & Andrew Hennessy (art)

The Story: Hope burns bright! But is it for the last time?

The Review:  Like many of DC’s august offerings, Green Lantern: New Guardians #23 is a comic in the shadow of Villain’s Month. In this case the dastard in question is Relic, the giant well-spoken remnant of a past universe that’s been wandering space, spouting cryptic ramblings, and generally being a headache for Kyle Rayner since this series’ creative switch-up.

It seems kind of unfair that Green Lantern #23.1: Relic will be written by Green Lantern writer, Robert Venditti as Justin Jordan’s been the one who’s  had to deal with the character this far. The frequent teases as to Relic’s past are growing stale and overused this month, but this is, of course, to encourage people to purchase the aforementioned issue.