Green Lantern Corps #27I’m aware I’m sounding like a broken record when it comes to Peter Tomasi’s work on GLC, and I’m afraid its that time again :-)

In fairness, its one of a number of titles that I usually find really solid and enjoyable (Green Lantern and Knights of the Old Republic are two that spring to mind), however this title jumps out at me, as before the change in writer, it just wasn’t grabbing me the way I’d hoped it would (at least, until the Sinestro Corps War issues, which were great).

Giving us some calm before the inevitable Blackest Night storm, Peter Tomasi again makes the most of a downtime issue, giving us some character focus before his next big arc. We get to see the opening of Guy’s new bar (which he refers to as the Big W, but since that’s another name for Woolworths over here, I’m going to be thinking of it as the new Warriors ;-) ).
Peter Tomasi also takes the opportunity to further expand the mythology of the Corps, as we see Bzzd being buried in the crypts on Oa.  There’s some Blackest Night hints as well, in the form of Green Lantern Saarek who can talk to the dead.   It was nice to see Bzzd’s memorial, and it helped add depth  and impact to his death beyond the issue that it happened in.  A nice touch.

There’s a gruesome twist with the eyeballs on the cover.  As Kyle is off on a moon with Kilowog training rookies (and flirting with Soranik Natu) it starts to rain.  Kilowog’s initial joy at the thought of getting the rookies to run laps in the rain soon turns, as the “rain” is revealed to be eyeballs.   Specifically the eyeballs of Corps members families.   Including one of the rookies Kilowog was training.

Saarek turns up, having been led their by the voices of the dead, and uses his ring to retrieve an image of the killer.

I couldn’t comment on this issue without also mentioning guest artist Luke Ross’s pencils.  I’ve always enjoyed his stuff in the past, so it was nice to see him turning up here, even if it is only as a guest artist.
I really enjoyed his art, so I’m looking forward to more hopefully in the second part of this story.