We start this issue getting a backstory of a character named Enquar explaining why he hates the Green Lantern Corps! They saved a group from a dying planet and placed them onto his planet where they eventually killed his planet, too. And while he doesn’t hold the survivors responsible he does hold the GLC at fault for it. He was the last surviving member of the planet of Enquar when it was all said and done.
This character shaped like a massive humanoid body but it looks like it’s completely made of water. He gives us details on his powers and he has telekinetic powers that allow him to join others to a hivemind. This might be fun timing if you are somebody currently watching Pluribus on Apple TV as they are dealing with something similar! He is telling this story to Fatality to explain why he is wanting to destroy Oa and she asked him to share how he plans to destroy Oa as it seems impossible.
We switch to Ellie over on the surface of Mogo, the Green Lantern planet, talking about going on a Blue Lantern pilgrimage that they do every year. She mentions Blue Lanterns are more powerful around Green Lanterns. What is cool here is that on the surface there are other sentient constructs like her and being around them and Mogo likely helps her feel less lonely. When she notices some damage on the ground it’s revealed that a character named Effigy has been trapped here for a long time but now he is finally loose!
We head to Oa where Kilowog has the new recruits training in how to use their “energy twins” which a way of making a construct of themselves that can do things for them but Aya is struggling with the concept. While that is happening Red Lantern Razer and a Sinestro Corps member Arkillo are fighting over a turf war. Oa was split into chunks of land in order to accommodate all of the different Lanterns Corps now living there and its caused some issues. Razer is accusing the Yellows of encroaching on the Red Lanterns land. Kilowog tries to split the two up and as he does it Arkillo gets the better of Razer. This causes Aya to have a breakthrough and she creates her energy twin that rushes over to be with Razer. They have a short conversation and then kiss to the glee of all the Green Lantern: The Animated Series fans out there.
During the fight everyone rushes by a building that John Stewart is in and he ends up being summoned to Mogo to help Ellie fight Effigy. When John gets there it looks like the duo of John and Ellie are going to make quick work of Effigy but what happens is the complete opposite. Effigy says he is going to destroy Mogo and then destroy Oa as well. Then the unthinkable happens. Effigy kills Ellie with a fiery blast. John then becomes the aggressor asking why he killed her and starts really laying the blows into Effigy. Effigy acknowledged that he’s done wrong but he won’t go back into his cell and he won’t be a pawn anymore.
Before John can get any answers he gets a message and its somehow coming from Ellie who used her hope to make a wish to be alive because Saint Walker explained to her that a wish isn’t just a wish… it’s an action. Since she was able to heal herself she then goes on to try and heal Mogo as well. We also find out that the Red Lanterns were falsely accusing the Yellows of encroaching on their land and taking some of their things just because they sometimes fly over. And once that is realized they quickly shift their attention to Larfleeze. John also has his moment where he realized that this construct of Ellie is not his sister, which is great but he still considers it family.
We end the issue with the group we started with when they get told their ship is ready to go. Fatality is thinking to herself that she wants to make a break for it and be free but she also wants to get back at the Green Lanterns. Enquar then absorbs the mechanic who just fixed his ship, which causes him to take on some of the appearance of the mechanic, and then he tells Fatality that he can hear her thoughts. He isn’t trying to keep her with him. He wants her with him so the can build on their bond over their shared hatred for the Lanterns. And then he finally spills the tea on the plan. He is going to reanimate his home planet in his own image and use it to drown everything the Lanterns hold dear, which should free up Fatality to also get her revenge.
For those that have stuck around my page and channel for some time you know I am not a fan at all of sentient constructs like Ellie or any other relatives to John. I don’t love them on Mogo either! It is simply not my thing and to me it is the weakest part of this issue. The stuff with Razer and Aya I loved and with the mention of Larfleeze I am hoping he pops up in a future issue real soon. Overall this was a fun read and well worth the purchase. Green Lantern Corps continues to be a solid side-run for me alongside the main Green Lantern issues. I would give this issue an 8 out of 10 overall with the sentient constructs being the thing for me that brings down the score. The art was enjoyable and the writing was good. I just don’t love one piece of the plot. How did you all rate the issue? What were your highs and what were your lows?
Written by: Morgan Hampton
Artists: French Carlomagno, Max Dunbar, Will Conrad
Cover Art: Rain Beredo, Stephen Segovia