Green Lantern Corps #28

Green Lantern Corps #28
Writers: Van Jensen
Pencils: Bernard Chang

The continued war against the Green Lanterns continues, but know we have a rag tag bunch of bounty hunters, Green Lanterns, and Fatality along for the ride.  This issue, finds our group tracking down a past lantern who is a Durlan ( a deadly shape changing alien race).  On a planet that closely resembles Tattooine, they track down the rebel and take him in, or so we think.  This is a lot tougher than what the directions told them.  Not only are the Lanterns fighting this battle on this side, they are also being hunted down on Mogo, the sentient planet Green Lantern.  Salaak, the brainy Lantern I like to call him, is beaten badly as another is taken hostage by a shadowy group.  It is not until the last page do we find out who is behind this abduction, and I can tell you, it put a smile on my face, evil - but still a smile.

Once again,there  is a war going on.  I have not read this title for a while, but the last time I was reading it, guess what, there was a war going on.  The storyline of tracking the rebel Lantern is quite cool and wish that they were covering that one more instead of running around in three different directions.  Not every story has to be an enormous event.  Take a break and tell smaller stories.  I still am not taken up with the storyline,bu t my love of Green Lanterns is pushing me to continue reading.  Another thing with this issue is the art.  It is very grainy and stiff in places, but it really works with the hunt storyline.  Another thing that they employed in this issue was a stark red, white, and black coloring of certain important panels in the story.  I like this, but they have not been using it throughout the story.t  his would be a great technique to use during the storyline, but it feels like they are just trying all sorts of things to grab readers that they are not crafting a cohesive story.

Like I said, if you are a hard core Lantern fan, pick it up.  I am interested in seeing where it goes, but were I not a fan, this would definitely pass my radar.

Recommendation:  Borrow / Pass

-Great Scott

Musings on "The Rock".

It has been revealed, by "The Rock" himself, that he has had a sit down meeting with the powers that be at DC about some upcoming work.  Nothing was actually said as to what said work was going to be.  My thought process went through some ideas and then one jumped out that made complete sense...

.....Amazo.  This is a character that could make a great villain in the often mentioned Justice League movie they tell us WILL be coming out.  For those of you not sure who this is, Amazo is a construct made by a Professor Ivo (Those watching Arrow will notice the Professor Ivo is pretty relevant right now, and did anyone notice his ship's name, yep, AMAZO).  This creation had all of the powers of the Justice League.  How amazing of a movie would this be.  One villain that has all of the powers of the big hitters of the DC Universe.  All of the members would be facing off against themselves, personally, I feel that would be better than another Lex Luthor Real Estate plan.  I know that they have recently announced Bryan Cranston as playing Lex Luthor in the Batman / Superman movie coming out, so have Professor Ivo as one of his countless scientists trying to figure a way to get rid of Superman and the gang.

If you really look at the character as well, you could see The Rock playing this character very well.  He has the look, and can definitely look intimidating as well.  That is my two cents.  Now, what do you think is going to be the outcome of The Rock and his meeting with DC?  Let us know here.

- Great Scott