Ok, I’ve caught up a bit more on my reading.

Green Lantern Corps #19 provides another great epilogue to the Sinestro Corps War, and also gives us the first proper taste of new writer Peter Tomasi’s take on the title. I was really impressed with this, and it was an enjoyable read. I must admit, while the previous writer (Dave Gibbons), did some good stories (especially once the war kicked off), on the basis of this issue, I think we may be in for a stronger run here.

We see a lot of the aftermath of the war. Kyle is dealing with what he did while possessed by Parallax, and the other Lanterns are all remembering the dead, and trying to move on with their lives. Itsa big cast to juggle, and as such most characters only get a page or so to themselves, but in this issue its a format that works well. We really needed to see this aftermath, and especially with the wall-to-wall action of GL #25 this issue provides a great counterpoint, showing everyone coming to terms with what’s happened.

I especially like the glimpses of the GL’s “home lives”. This is something which has been missing from the title (again, the perils of having a large cast to juggle) and it felt really welcome to me and added a lot of depth, seeing the characters “off duty”. I hope this is something Peter Tomasi manages to slot into the title now and again.

While I felt that Countdown this week was a bit of a let down (after the highs of the Superman Prime issues, returning to some of the original plots hasn’t done this title any favours I fear), Countdown Arena continued to provide a fun read. Monarch still proves the master of his domain, easily undermining any attempt by the heroes to escape from his clutches, and the fights themselves prove interesting. I must admit,the victor in the GL battle was a surprise to me.

I (like writer Keith Champagne) figured GL-Batman was a shoe-in to win this, but I found the Earth-5 GL a more interesting prospect as he seemed like more of an unknown, and I thought there’d be interest in seeing if his powers were Shazam-based, or more traditional. However, it was the Hal from the Batman Beyond Earth that…well won isn’t quite appropriate.

I’m still waiting to see if there’s a twist with the whole Monarch/Captain Atom thing, but in the meantime this title’s a great ride. I’m looking forward to part 3 next week.

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