Green Lantern #2 Review
Written by: Geoffrey Thorne
Art by: Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci
Colors by: Alex Sinclair
Lettered by: Rob Leigh
Publisher: DC Comics
And I thought the first issue was good! I was blown away by this book, the intrigue and drama keep ramping up and the Lanterns are taking some heavy blows.
We catch up with the events that followed after the close of last issue with a great exposition scene through the perspective of John Stewart. Which has a great flow and does an excellent job of not feeling like filler while also updating readers who may have missed last issue. Thorne makes this issue timely by having the Lanterns undergo an extreme shift in their stations immediately following some difficult situations. I underwent something similar in my own career in the past year and the way the Lanterns’ frustrations and confusion were framed was spot on. Leigh does a great job of detailing this through the Lantern alerts increasing and overwhelming the characters’ voices. I was zapped into this issue, enthralled by the cascading waves of chaos the Lanterns are dealing with. Thorne manages to not make the mayhem unbelievable, which I appreciate. The characters’ voices are all distinct and Keli’s language is more fluid here, with the Spanish portions coming off more habitual rather than as an afterthought.
Favorite scene of this book has to be John’s meeting with the Guardians. The shadows used to make John feel miniscule in the gaze of the universe, the grief setting on his face at his failure, and the transition to a bright and hopeful scene with the Lanterns filling the sky; it’s such a fantastic piece. Soy and Santucci do great work with crowding OA, making it feel full of life. The leadup to the finale’s reveal was well framed too! Even though it was revealed in the story’s synopsis, the character’s introduction to the series added tension to the reveal of the previous page’s consequences.
I have not been this excited for a Green Lantern title in a hot minute. If you pick up this series, you’ll be hooked.
Art by: Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci
Colors by: Alex Sinclair
Lettered by: Rob Leigh
Publisher: DC Comics
And I thought the first issue was good! I was blown away by this book, the intrigue and drama keep ramping up and the Lanterns are taking some heavy blows.
We catch up with the events that followed after the close of last issue with a great exposition scene through the perspective of John Stewart. Which has a great flow and does an excellent job of not feeling like filler while also updating readers who may have missed last issue. Thorne makes this issue timely by having the Lanterns undergo an extreme shift in their stations immediately following some difficult situations. I underwent something similar in my own career in the past year and the way the Lanterns’ frustrations and confusion were framed was spot on. Leigh does a great job of detailing this through the Lantern alerts increasing and overwhelming the characters’ voices. I was zapped into this issue, enthralled by the cascading waves of chaos the Lanterns are dealing with. Thorne manages to not make the mayhem unbelievable, which I appreciate. The characters’ voices are all distinct and Keli’s language is more fluid here, with the Spanish portions coming off more habitual rather than as an afterthought.
Favorite scene of this book has to be John’s meeting with the Guardians. The shadows used to make John feel miniscule in the gaze of the universe, the grief setting on his face at his failure, and the transition to a bright and hopeful scene with the Lanterns filling the sky; it’s such a fantastic piece. Soy and Santucci do great work with crowding OA, making it feel full of life. The leadup to the finale’s reveal was well framed too! Even though it was revealed in the story’s synopsis, the character’s introduction to the series added tension to the reveal of the previous page’s consequences.
I have not been this excited for a Green Lantern title in a hot minute. If you pick up this series, you’ll be hooked.
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