Rage!
Synopsis
Hal Jordan once the greatest green lantern is full of rage as he flies off toward the planet Oa. As he gets closer he’s confronted by a series of lanterns, from Kehaan and Laira to Tomar Tu, Hannu, Jack T chance, Boodika and even Kilowag. With each fight his rage increases as he thinks about all he’s given to the corps, to the guardians and to the galaxy as a whole and all he has to show for it is a charred piece of land where his “life” once stood. He also adds each defeated Lantern’s rings to his hand, thus increasing his powers.Meanwhile on Oa the guardians are confident that one of there servants will stop Jordan, Ganthet is the lone voice of reason pleading they try an alternate course of action as what they are trying will not work. With no plan of their own as Jordan is almost upon Oa and more powerful than ever they decide to do as Ganthet suggests.
As Jordan arrives the guardians make one finale plea for him to surrender his ring when he refuses and demands the power of the central battery, their midnight savior approaches and its revealed as….SINESTRO!!!!
The Good
The fights were not dragged out and we saw the anger within Hal as he reflected upon what his life as a lantern had “paid” him, it was a nice addition and re-enforced his drive to get to Oa. Action junkies should like the issue with it multitude of fights. Ending was a shocker back in the day, to think the Guardians in their time of need would use Sinestro the man who had spent years trying to kill them and destroy the corps to save them from the very man who always defended them from him was sheer awesomeness.
The Bad
Hal fan boys HATE IT! Hands down , sure that’s not a real problem but that’s not really and issue is it?Another Nitpick is the fact that I would have loved more introspection from Hal about the loss itself, after all that’s a lot of baggage to carry on that one way trip to Oa. Art was kinda up and down but didn’t detract from what was happening really. The fights were kinda short and will leave action junkies a wee bit deprived.