I used to have time to read my comics in a coffee shop. Now I have to read them in the bathroom. Then I write reviews of them. I wash my hands in between.
RED LANTERNS #29
I'm mostly in love with Red Lantern Supergirl.
I liked the promise of this development last issue but this
one has started to really rock me. I mean this issue was kinda fun!! Like comic
books should be! Characterization and expansion of the world and incorporation
of other too tier characters, it all happens here! Skallox and Zilius Zox
aren't just interchangeable archetypes anymore! Guy Gardner meets Superman!
This is a pretty quiet issue but so much stuff HAPPENS!
Ok, not that quiet. It starts out with Skallox testing a
weapon he got, that launches missiles tipped with neutron star core matter, at
Supergirl to test how strong she is. He then proceeds to fawn all over her,
it's almost like he's got a crush. He and Zilius Zox (my favorite new comics
comedy team) take Kara to ‘The bar’, essentially the old ‘Warriors’ but remade
on Ysmault. More entertaining character banter. Guy shows up to ruin the party
and takes them on ‘patrol’ of earth (an excuse to take Kara back to her
cousin). She’s none too happy about that when it comes out and throws a
teenager tantrum. Ultimately Superman relents and lets her live her life, but
not without a warning to Guy that he’ll be watching him.
The Superman. Guy Gardner meeting is terrific. Superman
doesn’t really know him but knows OF him though Hal Jordan. And none of it good.
Guy cites his JLI membership to no avail. Superman though, being Superman,
chooses to let actions speak before hearsay and gives Guy the benefit of the
doubt because he helped him save some people. And even though Superman
initially reacts badly when he sees Kara all Redded out, he eventually comes to
an uneasy understanding with Guy and his cousin’s Red status. Then Zilius Zox
mouths off to Superman and makes fun of his cape. Beautiful.
There’s some real ‘family bonding’ happening in this issue
between the Red Lanterns and it feels natural and unforced. They’re not just a band of slathering rage
monsters anymore. They have souls, and love, and a bar.
But the heartfelt after school special will have to be put
on hold. They return to Ysmault to find a big crater with Bleez in it, beaten
and busted. She whispers one word ‘Atrocitus’ and Guy’s fear is palpable. It
looks like they are going to need every bit of Kara’s power to fight off what’s
to come. And I, for one, am excited about it. More so for this book than I have
been in a long time.
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