Wish, With All Your Might!
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Liam Sharp
Colorist: Steve Oliff
Letters: Tom Orzechowski
Cover: Liam Sharp & Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Variant Cover: Riley Rossmo
Associate Editor: Jessica Chen
Editor: Brian Cunningham
Cover Price: $3.99
October 2, 2019
**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**
Hey, it’s the final
issue of the “first season” of The Green Lantern! I kind of lost track
of what was happening over the last couple of issues, but if this one is worth
its salt, then things will be wrapped up nice and tidily. Let’s find out in my
review of The Green Lantern #12, right here!
Explain
It!
After a couple of
months of set-up, Hal Jordan finally faces off against the. Anti-mattter
version of himself…who looks like what you’d get if Cyborg Superman and Metallo
had a baby. He’s so Reverse-Hal, his
words and sound effects are written backwards. While they duke it out on
the now-barren planet Weirwimm, the vestiges of the Green Lantern squad that
was eviscerated last issue by Mr. Qwa pull themselves together, mostly at the
direction of beak-faced Tru. Elsewhere, the Guardians sense that this is all
being manipulated by Controller Mu, and when classic flavor™ Sinestro shows up
to lend a hand, even Hal figures out that not everything is what it seems.
Some other hallucinated
stuff happens, then Hal finally comes to, at Blackstar HQ, where Mu and the
other creepy-ass Controllers are hanging around, tending to Hal. If you’ll remember,
Hal Jordan joined the Blackstars in deep cover somewhere in the first three or
four issues. Looks like that membership is non-refundable, as he’s welcomed
back into the gross bosom of the Blackstars, where he’s informed that he’s the
final component of their reality-warping machine…and we’ll find out more about
that in Blackstars #1, coming this Fall! What about that detachment of Green
Lantern Corps members who just pulled themselves out of the dirt? We’ll find
out more about them and their Qwardian counterparts in “season two” of The
Green Lantern, due in 2020!
When a comic book
concludes by directing your attention to two other comics due in the future, you
can’t help but feel a little ripped off. I’m alright with the Patrick Duffy
ending, showing Hal Jordan was hallucinating all along, but the cliffhanger isn’t
so striking that it deserves a new series. Meanwhile, the art and storytelling
are excellent as always. The way Liam Sharp draws the Controllers really freaks
me out. So you have that.
Bits and
Pieces:
A decent sci-fi story
that fumbles a little at the end by advertising other comics. Not that I won’t
be reading those comics, I’m just saying.
It seems cheap.
7/10
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