The Good
Oa is under heavy attack. It almost makes you wonder why this hasn't happened before. Of course it was the presence of the Guardians that would likely prevent others placing a target on their planet.
Robert Venditti has jumped right into this series and isn't making it easy for Hal Jordan or the Green Lantern Corps. He has shown us the dangers and repercussions for those that are selected to become members and the effects when they are whisked away. For some, it's not going to be as great as you would think.
This is a new era for the Corps. Besides the fact that Hal is supposed to be in control, things are a mess. They've gone through a lot recently and things are only going to get worse before they get better.
Billy Tan has his work cut out for him and shines here. We have a bunch of new recruits and multiple threats. Basically there is a lot going here and the frantic action shows in the art.
The Bad
Larfleeze's attack still feels a little out of place. Of course his reasoning makes perfect sense. It just seemed a little out of character for him to try to go to so far to try to achieve his goal.
There was a character that seemed to get ripped apart yet is shown at the end in one piece. Unless I missed something, that confused me a little. Maybe just the legs were torn off?
I guess we're to assume the events/attack at the beginning of issue 21 still hasn't occurred. That must be another attack coming.
The Verdict
The Green Lantern Corps has had a record of usually coming out on top. With Robert Venditti taking over, he's decided to change that. In an interesting change of pace, we're seeing the entire Corps face a deadly battle due to the fact that they've been fighting battle after battle recently. Hal Jordan has been thrown into the fire and trying to lead the Corps and and deal with trying to clean up the mess here. From the looks of things, Venditti isn't finished beating up the Corps. This is definitely an interesting time for everyone involved and I'm almost scared to see what Venditti will throw at them next.
