Jun 08

WHEN EVERY CORPS IS SHATTERED… …FEAR BURNS THE BRIGHTEST – Green Lantern #19 (The New 52)

Cover of Green Lantern #19 Comic Book (The New 52)

Nineteenth Issue of the Green Lantern Comic Book (The New 52)

With Sinestro escaping the Dead Zone (issue #18), Hal is left with Tomar-re with a thought that lingers in his mind.

With his freedom, Sinestro rushes to his home planet of Korugar (Sector 1417). His intention, to meet Arsona. With Arsona’s help, Sinestro intends to have Korugar to join in his quest to fight the First Lantern. And with Korugar behind him, he assumes that the entire Corps will also join in his objective.

Then the First Lantern appears before them. The First Lantern intends to use Sinestro in his plans. The First Lantern played Sinestro, pouring out emotions from him that fed him in the process. But the emotions of Korugar’s people is what gave the First Lantern more power and though Sinestro had the purest intention to save his planet, the First Lantern had his way and destroyed Korugar completely.

The information about Korugar’s destruction reached the Dead Zone as Korugar’s former residences populated Hal’s current location. Learning that Sinestro is still alive with the fact that his home planet is gone, Hal rushes to his plan, that is to die.

Sinestro is in the spotlight in this issue, and it was a tragic moment as he witnessed the destruction of his home planet. This is different from the villain Sinestro that I used to know who could not care less to anyone, including his fellow Korugarians. He used to be a man who rules to what he deemed to be right and cared for no one but himself. And as Sinestro was known to wield the yellow ring of fear, it looked like that it might happen again.

WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN – Part Nine
writer GEOFF JOHNS
pencillers ARDIAN SYAF & SZYMON KUDRANSKI
inkers MARK IRWIN, GUILLERMO ORTEGO & KUDRANSKI
colorists ALEX SINCLAIR & TONY AVINA
letterer DAVE SHARPE
cover GARY FRANK & BRAD ANDERSON

Jun 08

GREEN LANTERN #16 (THE NEW 52)

Sixteenth Issue of the Green Lantern Comic Book (The New 52)

Cover of Green Lantern #16 Comic Book (The New 52)

Following their first encounter in the previous issue,  B’dg leads Simon Baz in search for this power battery. They arrived in Coast City Cemetery. There, they found Baz’s power battery and charged his power ring to full power. Then, B’dg guides Baz to release the message encrypted in the ring. Successfully, Baz was able to play Hal Jordan and Sinestro’s messages and found out what happened to them before they disappeared. B’dg then finds Black Hand’s Black Book, took it,  and suggest that they go, but Baz had something else in mind first.

St. Paul Hospital, Detroit,  Michigan. Learning that the power ring can do almost anything that its wielder wills it to do, Baz went to see Nazir, his brother in law who at the moment is in comma due to Baz. He also contacted his sister Sira to come. With all his willpower, Baz attempts to revive Nazir. Despite B’dg’s persuasion that there are limitations to what the power ring can do, Baz still poured everything he had to wake up Nazir. Just as Baz thought it was a wasted effort on his part, Nazir woke up to everyone’s surprise, especially B’dg. And as information reached B’dg that fellow Green Lantern Guy Gardner is in earth, ringless, B’dg decided that the two of them (Baz) should meet Gardner first.

Meanwhile, in the Dead Zone, the strange creature reveals himself before Hal Jordan and Sinestro. It was fallen Green Lantern Tomar-Re.

No Third Army in this issue but more of Simon Baz, this time he had B’dg to teach him the ways of becoming a Green Lantern. But it was B’dg that was surprised to what Baz can do with the power ring, expanding its capabilities to new levels.

TRIAL BY FIRE
writer GEOFF JOHNS
penciller DOUG MAHNKE
inkers TOM NGUYEN, MARK IRWIN & MAHNKE
colorists TONY AVINA w/ ALEX SINCLAIR
letterer STEVE WANDS
cover MAHNKE & SINCLAIR

Jun 08

GREEN LANTERN #15 (THE NEW 52)

Fifteenth Issue of the Green Lantern Comic Book (The New 52)

Cover of Green Lantern #15 Comics Comic Book (The New 52)

In sector 2820,  Green Lantern Gorish rushes in his home planet as news about the spread of the Third Army alarms the Green Lantern Corps. As fellow Green Lantern Vray attempts to persuade Gorish to wait for backup, Gorish finds out that he is too late…

Meanwhile on Earth, Dearborn, Michigan, the latest Green Lantern Simon Baz decided to meet the Edward Wale at his residence, the owner of the van that he stole. He explains to Wale that somebody else had put the bom in the van, an accusation that was blamed on Baz. Blaz then learned that Wales is the one that put the bomb in the van and it was intended to blast the bridge, had not Baz stole it and the explosion happened in an empty factory instead. As Wales tried to finish Baz on the spot with a gun, Baz transformed himself into Green Lantern only to find out that the power ring is draining in power. Luckily, Agent Franklin Fred of the FBI, who is in search for Baz, came in. A few exchange of words and the Third Army came in looking for victims, and they got one, Wales. As Fed and Baz flee to the basement, they found out all sorts of guns and explosives. Fed then made and improvised explosive that blasted the Third Army, and Wales house as well. Just then, Green Lantern B’dg, looking fof Hal Jordan, finds Baz instead with the power ring.

Also, somewhere, Hal Jordan and Sinestro meets a mysterious person/creature informing them that they are dead.

Well, Simon Baz is the latest Green Lantern and so the story focuses on him. His struggle in his current situation, being a fugitive and learning his newly acquired powers. The story is good and plain for me, not much excitement but still relative I guess for future development in the entire story. At least I get to see Hal, can’t wait to have him full time in this series.

INNOCENT LIVES
writer GEOFF JOHNS
penciller DOUG MAHNKE
inkers KEITH CHAMPAGNE, CHRISTIAN ALAMY, MARK IRWIN, TOM NGUYEN
colorist ALEX SINCLAIR
letterer DEZI SIENTY
cover MAHNKE, ALAMY & SINCLAIR

Jun 08

While Waiting my Issue #20…

I got busy at work in the real world, that I lost track on what’s happening in comic world. And so I missed issue #20 and the comic stores are out of stock! Well at least it gave me a chance to get the issues that I have missed. So while I await for some Green Lantern #20s to be be delivered (hopefully)… These issues got me busy…

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Issues of the Green Lantern Comic Book (The New 52)

Covers of Green Lantern #15 & #16 Comic Book (The New 52)

Cover of Green Lantern #19 Comic Book (The New 52)

Nineteenth Issue of the Green Lantern Comic Book (The New 52)

I’ll make my reviews as usual… in the posts that follows…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun 05

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox – Trailer

Can’t wait to wait for this one to be released in home video. Based on the Comic Book series, Flashpoint, I’m sure this movie will be a great one. Plus I see Green Lantern in the trailer.

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