DCU Comic Book Reviews

GREEN LANTERN #15

Wanted:  Green Lantern, Chapter Two

December 2006

Written by Geoff Johns

Pencils by Ivan Reis

Inks by Oclair Albert

Cover by Ethan Van Sciver

Synopsis

In Space Sector 3601, the Guardians of OA retrieve Hank Henshaw to interrogate him and learn what he knows about the sector and 52.  On Earth, Green Lantern is being attacked by the Global Guardians, who blame Jordan for the death of Chechnya terrorists.  Jordan had been after the terrorists when the plane of Captain Jillian “Cowgirl” Pearlman was shot down and she was taken prisoner.  Now the Global Guardians want Jordan, but he learns they are being controlled by two telepaths, The Faceless Hunters.  In Southern California, Amon Sur, the son Abin Sur, learns of Jordan’s capture at the hands of the Faceless Hunters.  Meanwhile, Cowgirl escapes for her captors.  On the Planet Qward, yellow rings are sent out to fill Sinestro’s Corps.  In Chechnya, the Faceless Hunters are taking Jordan to their spaceship when the Rocket Reds interfere to arrest him.  Jordan tries to tell them what is happening, but they don’t believe him.  Jordan tells them he doesn’t care, he will tear apart Russia to find Cowgirl.  However, the Justice League has come to take Hal back home. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

Man, oh, man is this book all over the map.  I know Johns can handle lots of different material and can juggle lots of different characters, but for a title in which there really is one star (Green Lantern) there is just way, way too much going on.  On one hand, Johns is desperate to tell the story of the Sinestro Corps, which was first introduced 4 or 5 issues ago, but he needs to finish other stories just to even start that one.  But even then he takes the current storyline into different directions, introducing the JLA, adding a new/old enemy, and muddling things around with the Freedom of Power Treaty and the bounty hunters and Amon Sur.  All of these are interesting ideas, but sometimes tossing everything into the blender just dilutes the taste.  As a result, I am failing to find the character of Hal Jordan amidst all the carnage and action.  Johns seems to be focusing on how much everyone still sees Jordan’s past rather than his present, which I felt should have been explored when this series first launched over a year ago.  And I still think this is a legitimate avenue to explore.  Yet, there is another aspect, his relationship with Cowgirl, now only as man and woman but also as former prisoners of war that Johns has hinted at, but has not yet explored. Last issue he breezed right through the time of the prisoner of war, which short changes Jordan’s reasons for going after Cowgirl:  to save her from further torture or because he likes her?  Last issue suggested the former, this issue supports the latter.  Neither, however, paints a portrait of Jordan other than someone with a power ring consistently at odds with everyone.  Is the big action scene in this issue any different than the one a couple of issues ago when he was fighting cyborg Superman?  What you have is Jordan trying to defeat the bad guy while others either help, hinder, or actively attack Jordan for his past.  At some point, Johns needs to clear out the clutter and focus on Hal Jordan.  Sometimes to much is really too much.   

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