Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1 Reactions (SPOILERS)

As is my custom, here are some random images for spoiler space:

My version of the "Suicide Squad"

Baserd on its newsstand release date, in another universe, this could have been the last issue of Fantastic Four:

On the cover I have, Hal Jordan is fighting Sinestro, John Stewart is fighting a shadowy figure who will later be revealed to be Kilowog, and Jo Mullein is fighting Jessica Cruz. Stay tuned, kids, to see how many of these characters actually appear in this comic.
We open with John Stewart playing tag with a ring construct of a young woman named "Ellie". Apparently, Ellie is John's sister, who is supposedly dead.
John is attacked by Kilowog, who is a Yellow Lantern now, for some reason. He steals John's Darkstar ring, which is a dangerous plot device.
Hal, Guy, Carol (So she is this issue, Skipper), and some dude named "Shepherd"), who I'm told is a Green Lantern from an alternate universe, visit John in the hospital. I guess Star Sapphire did a heel/face turn at some point.
Someone named "Jadestone" shows - apparently, he works at the Central Power Battery on Earth, which is a thing that exists now. He gives everyone new rings.
Oa is now controlled by people called "The Unseeing", who can see everything, which makes perfect sense. Nevertheless, Alan manages to sneak up on them because he's four dimensional now, whatever the Hell that means.
Meanwhile, on Thanagar, Hal, John and Carol try to convince tha Thanagarians and Rannians that Thaaros, the Lord Premier of the United Planets, is a heel and is replacing everyome with Durlans. Thaaros arrives, but Hal reveals that one of his aides is a Durlan.
Back on Oa, Guy and Shepherd sneak onto the planet while Alan battles the Unseeing.
Guy unleashes Larfleeze to serve is a further distraction, while Alan cuts and runs, having done enough distracting.
Back on Thanagar, the Durlans turn on Thaaros, unleashing something called the "Star Shrouad". It stabs Thaaros, and then starts to fight Hal and John. As he dies, Thaaros summons Mogo, who is also a Yellow Lantern now.
Sinestro, Jo,and Jessica did NOT appear in this issue.
I guess :Civil Corps" is mentto be a riff on "Civil War:, bur "Civil Corps" sounds like they should be going around teaching people how to be polite.

Overall: This wws OK, but it doesn't make me want to read the follow-up.

I just read this (I am slooow) and I can't add much more. I don't know who Shepherd is. I don't know why Kilowog is a Yellow Lantern. I don't know why John Stewart has a construct of his dead sister (and apparently neither do the other Lanterns). I don't know what a Darkstar ring is. I don't know what a Star Shroud is. I don't know why the Thanagarians are ALWAYS incredibly gullible. And I don't remember why Rannians live there now, but I think it's from some crossover that I instantly forgot because it was terrible.

I think the John Stewart backups in recent Green Lanterns was probably required reading for this test, and I didn't read them. I will note that Mogo is a Red Lantern, not a Yellow one. And that the "Unseeing" look to be a bigger threat long term, especially their lust for the Starheart, which means Alan Scott is their target. I might should have read his recent miniseries, too, in order to understand this four-dimension-travel business. Although I do remember that one of the things he did a lot in his earliest adventures was walking through walls (and you have to figure that in the early '40s, and awful lot of them were wood). He was supposed to be eerie! Anyway, maybe that plays into it somehow.

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Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas October 12, 2024 at 10:23pm

Carol Ferris resumed being Star Saphire, dumped her fiancé and rescue Hal from mortal danger in recent issues of Green Lantern. Then both found themselves involved in the Absolute Power event, further solidifying her face turn at least for the time being. Apparently she will be in the first few issues of the new Justice League Unlimited book as well.

Jadestone was one of the seven Justice League-styled Amazo variants that did much of the spearhead work for Amanda Waller in Absolute Power. Alan Scott talked him into a bit of a heel/face turn of his own.
- The Baron > Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas October 13, 2024 at 7:31am
  
  Cool. Thanks for the info, Luis!
Captain Comics October 24, 2024 at 12:15am

I just read this (I am slooow) and I can't add much more. I don't know who Shepherd is. I don't know why Kilowog is a Yellow Lantern. I don't know why John Stewart has a construct of his dead sister (and apparently neither do the other Lanterns). I don't know what a Darkstar ring is. I don't know what a Star Shroud is. I don't know why the Thanagarians are ALWAYS incredibly gullible. And I don't remember why Rannians live there now, but I think it's from some crossover that I instantly forgot because it was terrible.

I think the John Stewart backups in recent Green Lanterns was probably required reading for this test, and I didn't read them. I will note that Mogo is a Red Lantern, not a Yellow one. And that the "Unseeing" look to be a bigger threat long term, especially their lust for the Starheart, which means Alan Scott is their target. I might should have read his recent miniseries, too, in order to understand this four-dimension-travel business. Although I do remember that one of the things he did a lot in his earliest adventures was walking through walls (and you have to figure that in the early '40s, and awful lot of them were wood). He was supposed to be eerie! Anyway, maybe that plays into it somehow.

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