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Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #13

By Philip Schweier
January 25, 2017 - 11:41

Xudar – a world much like our own, whose inhabitants aren’t much different from us. Sure, they have orange skin and bird-like beaks, but they love and fear and hope just as humans do. This is a tale of a Green Lantern yet to be, set in the future but told in the past tense.

Somar was a child when Starro invaded her world (see previous issues of Hal Jordan), but in the aftermath of the experience, despite the tremendous loss she suffered, she learned what fear was, and how to master it. By overcoming great fear, she set foot on a path that would someday lead her to wielding a ring alongside other great members of the Green Lantern Corps.

This is a typical done-in-one, offering readers a respite between all the intergalactic battles, world-saving and other crises in recent issues. Hal Jordan has been reunited with the Corps, but we’ll have to wait until next issue before we truly see “Hal Jordan AND the Green Lantern Corps.”

This issue features the artwork of V. Ken Marion, whom I have not seen on the title until now. His pencils are inked by Paul Neary and Dexter Vines, whose work blend seamlessly. I am completely unable to determine where one inker has left off and another has begun. Kudos to them for not letting me see the wires.

There are teasers to this issue, suggesting the return of an assortment of old foes, possibly a new leader of the Sinestro Corps, and an entire corps of Power Ring wielders from Earth 3. Definitely a title to keep an eye on.

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