As we reach the halfway point in the Blackest Night, we finally meet the force behind the Black Lanterns (which I won't spoil here for the few who haven't heard the news online), as Earth's remaining heroes find themselves badly outnumbered by a murderous and powerful foe.It's interested that the first three issues focused on Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and the Flash (Barry Allen), while here the focus is on the Flash, the Atom (Ray Palmer) and Mera (Aquaman's wife).
It seems an odd trio to bear the burden of fighting the army of the undead, but I have to admit I'm really enjoying the return of the Flash, both as a hero and as one of DC's most prominent characters.
That said, this issue doesn't really do much to advance the story, but it certainly shows the kind of overwhelming odds our heroes are up against. You really have to wonder if anyone is going to survive to see the final act here.
Oh, and we see what happens when the Black Lanterns reach the 100% power level. Needless to say, it's not a good thing.
Another outstanding issue by Geoff Johns, with more fantastic art by Ivan Reis.
Like any good continued story, I can't wait for the next chapter!
Grade: A-
2 comments:
I'm not reading this, but they were talking about it at my comics shop yesterday. They'd ordered 300 copies of this issue, but 200 or so of them had a wrinkled page, and they had to return them. So there were some upset people. Did your copy have a wrinkled page?
Wait, let me look... nope, no wrinkles in my copy. Your shop got rooked.
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