And Then I Read: TOMAR-RE 1

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Another tie-in to the film in which the idea is to write a story about one of the characters that will serve as a prequel to the events of the movie. Writer Marc Guggenheim does pretty well, establishing this Tomar-Re (as opposed to the one in the Silver Age comics) as an ace Green Lantern, sent after a deadly foe, one who tries to escape by entering the "Lost Sector," an idea from the comics written by Geoff Johns I believe. That's a place where Green Lanterns are forbidden to go by the Guardians, and in the film we see why, but here Tomar-Re follows anyway, and is placed in a moral dilemma by his foe, The Anarchist. I liked this part of the plot, though it remains largely unresolved unless you've seen the film.

The art by Cliff Richards isn't bad, but his depiction of Tomar-Re is disappointing after seeing the cool film version on the cover. Richards has failed to get the look of the nose or trunk (or beak?), and it instead looks like a very large mustache in most panels. Otherwise he does a nice job, though.

Can't say I liked this one as much as the KILOWOG book, but it's not bad and recommended.