Green Lantern Corps #2 Review

• Written by: Morgan Hampton, Jeremy Adams

• Art by: Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert

• Colors by: Arif Prianto

• Letters by: Dave Sharpe

• Cover art by: Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Arif Prianto

• Cover price: $3.99

• Release date: March 12, 2025

Green Lantern Corps #2, by DC Comics on 3/12/25, sends John Stewart and his team to Thanagar to help with survivors, but they find their efforts hindered by a group of Rage-fueled scavengers.

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Is Green Lantern Corps #2 Good?

Recap

When we last left the renewed Corps of Green Lanterns in Green Lantern Corps #1, John Stewart led a team of Lanterns, including Sinestro, to Tamaran to stop a surge in Fear energy created by an acolyte of one of the Tamaranian gods. John and his team fought a yellow energy construct in the shape of a god while Sinestro taught the acolyte how to use will to control her fear. The issue ended with the Corps accepting a Tamaranian recruit and John Stewart accepting his next assignment to aid the displaced refugees from a destroyed Thanagar.

Plot Synopsis

In Green Lantern Crops #2, the team finds more than they bargained for when they arrive at the ruined remains of Thanagar. John Stewart leads Kilowog and Razer (now a Green Lantern) as escorts for Shayera, aka Hawkwoman, to assess the damage. When they arrive, they find more than Thanagarian refugees waiting. 

Atrocitus and his group of former Red Lanterns helm a ship in orbit. The ship emits a drilling laser to crack the planet's surface, looking for a special prize. What are they looking for? Atrocitus has come to steal a stockpile of Nth Metal.

John and Shayera infiltrate Atrocitus's ship. Inside, they find Atrocitus strapped Zilius Zox to the engine to siphon off his Rage energy using Nth Metal conduits. On the planet's surface, Kilowog and Razer spy on the former Red Lanterns and witness the uncovering of a massive Nth metal mass buried deep underground.

The issue ends when Nathan Broome, aka Sorrow Lantern, arrives to claim the Nth Metal for himself. The whole operation goes belly up when the underground cavern collapses, revealing the center of Thanagar is a planet-sized egg made of Nth Metal.

First Impressions

Green Lantern Corps #2 is a significant improvement over issue #1. Morgan Hampton's tale takes the destruction of Thanagar, which should be a big deal, and makes it even bigger with a surprising twist at the end. It's not a perfect issue, but I like where this story is headed.

How’s the Art?

Fernando Pasarin and Oclair Albert produce a pretty darn good set of visuals. You get a quick but satisfying bit of ring-slinging, the character designs are on point, and the big reveal on the last page is both epic in scale and implication.

What’s great about Green Lantern Corps #2?

The final twist is the highlight of this issue. The reveal that the heart of Thanagar is an Nth Metal egg is just wild and curious enough to dream up all kinds of possibilities, as long as the creators can pay it off.

What’s not great about Green Lantern Corps #2?

Sorrow Lantern makes an appearance out of nowhere and for no particular reason, other than to show up and remind you he's around. I noted in the review of the previous issue that it seemed weird for the Corps to go off on other missions when Sorrow Lantern posed such a huge threat, so to have Sorrow Lantern simply show up for no reason makes the situation even weirder.

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Final Thoughts

Green Lantern Corps #2 sends John Stewart and his team on a mission of mercy that turns into a fight for survival with a huge last-page twist. Morgan Hampton's script (with assistance from Jeremy Adams) turns a basic mission into a big challenge with super-intriguing implications, and the art team's visual presentation is great.

7.5/10

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