Voodoo #3 – Review

By: Ron Marz (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist)

The Story: Who ya gonna call?  Green Lantern!

The Review: The idea of aliens taking over the world from the inside has been around for practically as long as the very notion of aliens.  Invasion of the Body Snatchers established the default mode of such extraterrestrials: using their advanced science to imitate our physical forms perfectly, yet largely unable to replicate our complex, often inscrutable emotions.

While the aliens in question here can at least give the appearance of human emotion, it’s quite clear none of it has rubbed on them permanently.  For Voodoo in particular, it’s hard to tell where in the moral spectrum she falls, human or otherwise.  Last issue, she showed reluctance to kill Agent Fallon, who she knew posed an imminent threat to her, yet here, she doesn’t hesitate to give trucker “Big Willie” a fatal thrashing for coming onto her after giving her a ride.

Voodoo and her comrades may have no love for humanity, but they have to acknowledge our resourcefulness.  Her intelligence gathering has revealed that the agency Fallon works for knows a great deal more about the impending invasion than expected, but this doesn’t seem to bug the space invaders much.  Whatever their plans for conquest are, they seem pretty committed to it, no matter how many setbacks or obstacles come up.

They’re even prepared to go through a Green Lantern if need be.  No, neither the cocky Hal or aggressive Guy show up this issue.  Instead, we get Kyle Rayner, who radiates good humor even as he generates a train construct to smash through their HQ wall (“Little engine that could.”).  Marz writes a superb Kyle, giving him one gem of a line after another, my favorite being his response to “Skinny’s” epithet of “Oan scum!”  “Dude, I’m from California…”