themaskedhero's Green Lantern Corps #39 - Fade To Black review

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    Two Hearts Entwined

    Talk about a complete turn around after reading Green Lantern #44, this was awesome. And I think it really lies in the scope of the effect Blackest Night is having all around the universe. And how royally screwed the Green Lanterns seem in the wake of all of it. 
     
     We start out with Kyle and Guy talking about their love life and how they spent their time on Earth during the Superhuman Memorial Day event from Blackest Night #1. We dig deeper into Kyle's mind and wear his turn feeling lie in terms of his "soul mate" who we discover was not Natu, but his dead lover, Jade. I think the cover kind of gives away how that plot thread might end. 
     
    We see the rise of the newly titled Mongul Corps in place of Sinestro. And the last ripples of the freed planet of Daxam as they purge all their enemies in corpse bonfire. I really hate to spoil too much of the exact nature of this issue page by page, because it's such a good read and that I really think the story and the art work wonderfully hand-in-hand on this. I can't say much more then pick this up, because I know I'll be back for the next issue.

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