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GREEN LANTERN #19

Mystery Of The Star Sapphire, Part 2

June 2007

Written by Geoff Johns

Pencils by Daniel Acuña

Inks by Daniel Acuña

Cover by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert

Synopsis

At Edwards Air Force Base, Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris are running away from Jillian “Cowgirl” Pearlman, who has been possessed by the Star Sapphire.  Only recently, Carol had been possessed as well as, but she retains the memories of the Sapphire, including its history and connection to the Guardians on Oa.  Eventually, the Sapphire catches up to the two of them, but Jordan is able to subdue her.  However, the Zamoroans arrive on Earth and tell Jordan to lower his ring and let love protect him.     

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

“Don’t write checks your ass can’t cash, honey.”

I thought the last issue was filler, as if Johns was marking time.  This issue confirms that feeling.  We are treated to essentially an entire issue of exposition, all of which ties the Star Sapphire to the Green Lanterns and potentially to the yellow rings of the Sinestro Corps.  Based on this issue (“The new corps is rising.  So must ours”) it looks as if the Zamorans are going to represent the third side of a triangle war.  Other than Johns’ usual foray into ret-conning the DC history, there really is nothing of interest in this story.  In the issues leading up to this storyline, Johns did not successfully manage to make me believe in the relationship between Jordan and Cowgirl, so I have a tough believing Jordan when he talks about how much he cares for her.  The same could be said for Carol’s relationship with Jordan as I think she really did not appear until this storyline.  Johns is essentially tossing in characters for the sake of explaining the history of the sapphire, but forgot that we need to care about the characters for the history to mean anything. 

Is it my imagination or did Acuña also draw a herd of running horses in the Freedom Fighters mini-series as well. 

TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS

Never Alone Again

Written by Geoff Johns

Art by Dave Gibbons

Synopsis

Lyssa Drak, the keeper of the Book of Parallax, relates to Amon Sur the story of Karu-Sil, whose parents were killed on the jungle planet Graxos III leaving the young woman to grow up amongst animals in the wilderness.  She is eventually accepted into a pack of animals, but they were slaughtered by a Green Lantern thinking he was saving her.  Now, as a member of the Sinestro, she instills fear with images of her pack.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

Hey, look, Geoff Johns, rewrites the Jungle Book.  Or Tarzan.  Sorry, that was bad.  Despite the familiarity with the basic plot of the story, it was still quite good and Gibbons’ art helps, especially the chilling first look at Karu-Sil after she had grown up. 

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