Reilly2040's Blog

Right, I really, really need to catch up with some of my blogging.

When we last left events on Oa, Guy was on the rampage as a Red Lantern, Kyle had just been resurrected, and Mogo had decided it was time to socialise.

The highlight for this issue is easily the stuff with Mogo, that neatly wraps up the issue of the Black Lanterns devastating Oa.  It really showcases how powerful Mogo can be as he pulls everyone off of Oa, dragging the Black Lanterns down through his surface towards his power battery core, where they’ll be continually destroyed, no matter how many times they reform.

I loved the justification for Mogo’s appearance being so simple (The Guardians had ordered all Lanterns to report for duty), although interesting was the interaction between Mogo and Salaak.  For some reason Salaak really doesn’t seem to care for Mogo (constantly referring to him as “it”), something made worse when Mogo reveals he has special orders from the Guardians Salaak didn’t know about.  With Salaak being the main administrator for Oa, there’s an element of the control freak to his character, and obviously Mogo being so powerful and key within the Corps unsettles him.

While all this is going on, Guy is still running amok with the red ring.  Kyle’s keen to get it off him, but its pointed out that Guy’s now nicely doing the job Kyle intended when he freed Vice.  Of course, once Mogo takes care of the Black Lanterns, there’s now the issue that they’re not between Guy and his fellow GLs any more, which nicely sets up everyone trying to get the ring off of Guy next issue.

Which should be interesting, as up until now the only “cure” for a red ring we’ve seen has been a blue ring.  Currently though there is an Indigo Lantern and Star Sapphire on Oa as well, so even if the green ring can’t restore Guy’s system from the red ring, then presumably a combination of the different powers will (unless Ganthet’s sent a blue lantern to Oa to help out, who conveniently turns up).

I’m glad the “Oa under Siege” aspect of the story’s been wrapped up so neatly without dragging things out at all, and the stage is now nicely set for the GLs sorting Guy out before heading to Earth to respond to the distress call with the other Corps, so the story arc has been nicely laid out.    Although saying that, recent previews show that the Black Lantern Anti-Monitor will be turning up, so that’ll be very interesting indeed.

I have to presume its once the GLC is on Earth, and they somehow manage to destroy the Black battery, unfortunately not realising he’s trapped in there.  After their brief skirmish in the Sinestro Corps War, a full-on Anti-Monitor versus GLC fight should make for some pretty epic reading.

Welcome new and regular readers to the Crisis on Earth-Blog Challenge!

If you’ve made your way here from another challenge, then congratulations on your right answer

For those of you that are new to the challenge, here’s how it works.  Throughout the internet, a bunch of us blogging-types who talk about DC Comics characters have gotten together, and set a fiendish (and not so fiendish) set of puzzles.    Each blog will be based around a certain character and contain a section of a larger piece of art containing their character.  Correctly solve the puzzle on the blog, and you’ll move onto the next blog and their challenge, until eventually you find your way through the twisty maze of blogs and challenges to find the final, complete artwork featuring all the characters you’ve visited on your travels.

Of course, if you’ve found your way here from another challenge, you already knew all that, so on with the challenge

Adam Strange: Defender of Rann is no stranger to the readers of this blog.  An archeologist on Earth, he found himself caught in a Zeta beam which transported him across the galaxy to the planet Rann, a world of great scientific achievement, where he quickly found his quick-thinking and cunning tactics put to use defending them from alien invaders.  However the Zeta Beam would invariably wear off, returning him to Earth at the end of each adventure.

Some time later, a way was found to imbue Adam with Mega-Zeta radiation which kept him on Rann permanently where he stayed, raising his daughter after his wife Alanna was thought dead.

A long-time ally to the Justice League, imagine their surprise when one day, they suddenly found themselves scooped up in a Zeta Beam and transported to Rann.   Only things were definitely not right.  Adam was no longer the defender of Rann, instead he had become its dictator.  Having joined forces with the En’taran Slavemasters after discovering his wife was alive, he was intent in restoring Rann to its full glory in preparation for Alanna returning.  The population of Rann had been enslaved by Adam and the telepathic En’tarans. However, realising the work would not be completed in time, Adam had decided to kidnap the JLA to ensure things would be ready.

To find their old friend so unhinged was a big shock for the JLA. However as they planned their escape, they found themselves betrayed by another of their own who decided to switch sides and help Adam in his mad scheme.  So the question is, which member of the JLA betrayed the rest of the team?

A) Firestorm

B) Mister Miracle

C) The Martian Manhunter

D) The Atom

E) I Don’t Know