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Review: Green Lanterns #22

By Philip Schweier
May 3, 2017 - 05:19

After 22 issues, the title finally maxxes out. It’s always been Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, but this issue has added John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Killowog and all the others, tying into the Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps book.

Last issue left us as Simon and Jessica were summoned to Mogo, the sentient planet that serves as the Green Lanterns Corps base of operations. There, Jessica gets her first taste of the MUCH bigger picture, and the scope of the corps in which she serves. But the trip is not without peril for the newbie, as another GL comes to her aid.

It’s probably obvious that I’ve been waiting for this. Reading both books in the franchise, it has seemed that they’ve functioned independently for far too long. Granted, other matters have taken precedence, preventing the Corps from making direct contact with the GLs of Earth. Still, with the ranks of the Corps diminished, I would think Stewart would have sounded an all-hands-on-deck alert much earlier.

I can only presume the two books will crossover one another, eventually featuring an intertwined story as Rebirth continues to build toward its eventual conclusion. I normally am skeptical of such events, but for two titles so closely intertwined, it seems a natural – much like Superman and Action Comics or Batman and Nightwing.

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