GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Patrick Gleason & Prentis Rollins
This was a good issue let down by the multiple artist changes throughout. The artists don't even have the same styles or compliment each other like Reis and Van Sciver do on the main GL title. When the art in this issue is good, it's nice, but the sudden dips in quality as you turn the page are really jarring.
The issue basically deals with Guy and Kyle wanting to run away from their lives and all the responsibilities and hardships they've had to put up with over the past year. The two decide to move to Oa permanently. Once there, the two have a hilarious conversation with Salaak as they request permission to open up a new bar on Oa. It might not come off as funny for new comers, but if you know Guy and Salaak and have seen how they interact over the course of this title, there's no way you won't enjoy this scene.
On the Sinestro Corps side of things, Mongul, the big yellow guy on the cover there, gets aquainted with the new ring he acquired last issue. He does this in badass fashion as he request the ring tell him everything it knows about its functions. When the ring informs him it will take roughly a 100 hours to do this, Mongul simply replies do it as time means nothing to him and proceeds to stand there for the better part of a week listening and learning. Later he crows over the body of his dead sister, who he killed early on in the Green Lantern title. Yes, he left the rotting corpse in his throne room so he could gloat over her decaying body. It appears he's going to be hunting down any and all rings that are currently seeking new owners and claim them as his own, but that's just my speculating based on the last page.
One thing that was curious to me was when the Guardians were tracking Sinestro rings A bunch of them just randomly blinked off their scans and they could no longer track them. Did they go back to Qwaard in the Anti-Matter Universe? Is that why they couldn't track them? Do they stop showing up when they get new owners? Were they destroyed or something? Also, what's up with the last page? It says "To Be Continued" and then says stuff about Mongul and the Alpha Lanterns but to check in GLC #23. This is issue #20, so what's up with the next two issues? One last question I have is with Mongul's ring. Why wasn't he transferred to Qwaard when he received it like Amon Sur or anyone else was? Is it because the Anti-Monitor is "dead"? I thought it was just the ring that pulled you into the Anti-Matter Universe.
Verdict - Must Read. Despite the multiple artists, this is still a good read that sets the stage for future issues. Mongul appears to be returning to his father's pre-Crisis status of badass, but I hope they don't punk him out the first chance they get. The guy has been through enough. Let him at least maim a Green Lantern before you have Ion or Guy put a beat down on him.
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