And Then I Read: GREEN LANTERN 67

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The final chapter of the "War of the Green Lanterns," and for once it was an epic that didn't seem padded or driven into weird places by plots from other books. Geoff Johns and his co-writers kept the focus, gave us a good mix of action and character development, and enough surprises and big moments to make it seem worth the length and breadth of the exercise.

That continues in this issue, as Hal and his fellow GLs face down Krona and his twisted versions of the Guardians in what would seem on the surface an impossibly uneven match. As you can guess, it turns out not to be so, but the payoff worked for me, and the actions of a few characters were effectively surprising and yet satisfying. And the end? Another surprise, and a good one.

The art on all the GL books has been excellent for some time, and is particularly good on this flagship title, with penciller Doug Mahnke and a quartet of inkers bringing great images to the page. And here's the perfect example, showcasing one of the best things about the Green Lantern Corps: they're a team, they have a uniform, but they're also a vast variety of unique individuals. When they work together it's a beautiful thing. And I think the spirit of Gil Kane's silver age GL is still alive in these images.

Highly recommended, both this issue and the entire storyline!