May This Light Burn Out
Okay, so the first issue of this mini-series is really really good & the second (I feel) was really good too, though some people said the stories didn't compare. This, this was a rip off for $3.99. I realize that the Green Lantern Corps is part of the Emotional Spectrum, but I really don't feel like we need two stories about two characters that if you pay attention to Green Lantern Corps you already know plenty about.
We get a story of Kilowog was a newbie, he plays the role of the fresh corps trainee who gets pushed harder then any of the other newbies, which he usually plays the role of the hard pushing general. It's a nice story, but we've seen it all over the Green Lantern books over the history of the Corps. And it's not a very riveting story, there's no reason to believe that Kilowog won't survive the story or anything. And the ending feels rushed, I feel if we're going to pay the $4, this could have had more pages to fill in gaps near the end.
Story two, which stars Arisia and her father being part of a family line of Green Lanterns. This was also a fairly good story, but what point does it serve? Gosh, I don't know what else to say about. I mean, I guess I have some questions as to where this fits in the history of Green Lantern, only because I was under the impression Arisia had been around longer then Guy, but I thought I saw him running around in here.
Part three, this was Blackest Night #0, pencilled. Oh, I forgot to mention the commentary... which felt unneeded and I usually crave getting inside the writer's mind. Without the colors and inking, this felt like we were missing out on something they gave to us for free, why am I paying $3.99?
I'm sorry, this isn't very helpful in term of what might be there to like, but I didn't like this.
