Review: Green Lantern: New Guardians #35
Oct 21, 2014 by     Comments Off on Review: Green Lantern: New Guardians #35    Posted In: Reviews

New DC Logo the BatmanIn the midst of any big comic event, there’s always an issue or two that slows the story down and examines past events while prepping for the next stage of the plot. For the DC Comics storyline Godhead, moving across the Green Lantern titles, New Guardians #35 is that contemplative issue.

The events of Godhead have centered on the New Gods attempts to collect one of each Lantern ring. They have special interest in the White Lantern, Kyle Rayner, who now embodies the life equation and the ability to change reality after having moved through the source wall—a mysterious divider on the edge of the universe—to save the galaxy. The fourth chapter of Godhead focuses on Rayner, accompanied by Carol Ferris, confronting some of the former Guardians about misleading him as to why they have kept him in hiding and let the Green Lantern Corps believe him to be dead.New Guardians #35 Cover

As a stand-alone issue, the comic is full of exposition with little happening to spur the reader on to the last page. As the fourth chapter in a sweeping narrative, however, the comic muddles the lines between heroes and villains, casting the notion that maybe the New Gods are acting as saviors of the universe in their crusade against the Lanterns. Writer Justin Jordan does a good job of raising the stakes for Kyle Rayner as he steps into the spotlight as one of the events major players and possibly the character most likely to change from this war with the New Gods.

The art team of Brad Walker (pencils), Andrew Hennessy and Robin Riggs (inkers), and Wil Quintana (colors) work hard to bring the story life, creating an alien landscape of mystical neon glows. This is an advantage comic books have over a novel. Comic art can bring life to a story full of exposition, and the artists do just that, creating a colorful ambience one would expect to see in the company of light fueled Lanterns. The images keep the readers eyes moving across the page while the mind mulls over the plentiful information being imparted.

If you are a reader picking this issue up on a whim, you are most likely to be disappointed. If you’ve followed the early stages of Godhead, then you probably will be ready to continue the story next week when it moves over into Red Lanterns #35. The good news for incoming readers is the event is fairly new and it should be easy to pick up the previous chapters at your local comic shop.

Art: 7/10
Script (as a stand alone issue): 5/10 (as part of the Godhead storyline): 7/10
Parental Concern: Minor violence.

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