Green Lantern: New Guardians

Larfleeze and Sayd against the Guardian of Oa, the other Lanterns have to choose on which side fight, Kyle Rayner is again a Special being... all in this new issue!

THE GOOD:

All in this issue is spectacular, fascinating and interesting... First, the revelation of Ganthet about some new "ability" that Kyle could have acquired when wearing all the seven type of rings, then the battle between the "new" Ganthet and his old ally Sayd, finally all the seven Lanterns, included Larfleeze, forced to ally against a new menace, with all the battles and the ideological conflicts that could be between them. Pratically, all that a Green Lantern fan would love!

And the new enemy seems to be a pretty tough one, so we won't see this story arc finish with a battle agains the ordinary bad one of the situation.

THE BAD:

Nothing... really, all in this issue is like a comics fan want to see!

VERDICT: 5/5

"Green Lanterns: New Guardian" give to all fan of the Green Lantern universe, but even to all comics lovers, a lot of action with, however, a plot really interesting and some little "secrets" about Kyle that will make him again a special character and probably a key character in the future events connected to Oa and all the Lanterns Corps.

The Good: Oh Larfleeze, don't ever leave me again. If I had to pick just one Geoff Johns creation to keep it would be this guy. Agent Orange, the greediest being in the history of the universe. Tony Bedard manages to write a perfectly balanced Larfleeze, one that's both intimidating and hilarious. And he refuses to get used. When someone was attempting to send all the rings to Kyle, Larfleeze hitched Glomulus aboard the ring train to the source, and then snatches all present to assist his fight against the Guardians. He seems like an idiot, but he's a devious schemer.
We FINALLY get to see the fate of Sayd, and after worrying about what horrible situations Larfleeze may or may not have subjected her to, it's ironic that she's now the only Guardian who's truly free.
I could've gone with either artist, both have been great, but no matter what, I'm SO happy to see we've got the series back to a single artist rather than switching between two for no reason. Tyler Kirkham puts some excellent detail into the constructs, and he's really done a great job making his art style work on a broad scale for this series as opposed to the simpler Steampunk kind of look he had for The Weaponer.
This is a really interesting team being built here. All of them share a few goals with others, but they're not totally unified. There's enough of a patchwork to make a unique and interesting dynamic, like a basket unlike no other basket before it, but not a very stable basket. It's a surprising concept for an ongoing team series.
Our heroes are fighting the Guardians of the Universe. I've never seen this happen before. The Guardians of the Universe aren't just in the way of progress or hiding some kind of secret, they are potentially full blown villains, as many many arcs have hinted at the possibility of casting them this way, and many characters have painted them in this light, but never before have the two ideas crossed over so directly.
We're finally introduced to the beginning of what the big threat bringing this team together is, and it's something of absolutely cosmic proportions. We've only seen the tip of the iceberg, but the tip is about as big as an entire normal iceberg.
 
The Bad: Kyle keeping the stored power from temporarily wearing all the rings is a little cheesy.
I'm not entirely sure what the point of the big battle with the Guardians was, it dragged on a bit, and in the end they all just kind of retreated. Larfleeze seemed to be in it for more antagonistic personal reasons, while Kyle just wanted to leave. As for the rest I'm not entirely sure. 
 
In Conclusion: 4.5/5
After a vaguely rocky start, always doing something slightly wrong, this issue hits all the right notes with a big blast of an issue building up to what will likely be an explosive climax.

We start out with a bang as Larfleeze and his corps starting whooping the guardian's blue asses. Assisting him is Sayd who is horrified and more than a little pissed off about her beloved Ganthet getting mind wiped. The rest of the team gets their second wind and re joins the fight. Amidst the chaos Ganthet tries persuade Kyle to join their side, stating that those with him are criminals and savages. Kyle seems to consider it for a moment but then throws it in Ganthet's face, literally. Still outmatched by the guardians, Kyle has Munk teleport them to Okaara, Larfleeze's planet. Arkillo goes nuts but Walker calms him down with an image of Sinestro, which somehow causes him to grow his tongue back, I didn't know Blue Lanterns could do that but okay. Saint Walker tries to do the same to Bleez but she just flies off in a huff. Kyle has a funny quip about Glomulus resembling Slimer from Ghostbusters, making me wish there was an Orange version of Ecto-Cooler. Sayd reveals that the stolen ring mess was caused by a vessel the size of a Solar System that according to her contains "a presence so chilling that I had to break mental contact almost immediately" We end with a two page spread of the aforementioned vessel and a caption saying that the team of Lanterns has to go there if they want answers

What Works:

There's a lot of great action in the battle with the guardians, especially the moment where Kyle rejects Ganthet's offer and blasts him at point blank. Larfleeze is perfect in this book, both hilarious and intimidating, just the way I like him. I'm not fond of the Big freaking ships design, but I do like the originality of it. Also, it's nice that we still have a Guardian on our side in Sayd. Ganthet filled a very important role in recent Green Lantern books by serving as the only Guardian the Earth Lanterns can trust and I'm glad that presence hasn't been completely lost.

What Doesn't:

I don't really find the big ship that threatening, it just sort of looks like a model solar system you'd make in science class but then again, it's not the ship itself that's meant to be scary it's what's inside it.

Overall

5/5

Best issue yet of an already great series.

While how this is playing out is not at all how I expected based on the first issue, this is still an enjoyable series.  It could be better though as there is still a lot of confusion with the convoluted story line that is ongoing.  As always anything to do with the Guardians of the Universe is needlessly overdramatic, but while that is occurring Larfleeze shows up to tell the other assembled Corps members what has been transpiring.  This leads to a chance for escape but the situation is not made any more clear, especially so with some of the developments for Kyle.  It is interesting as the roots of a good team is to be found here, but the interaction of the characters is still strained (though for instance there was a nice moment between Saint Walker and Arkillo.)  As a fan of Corps strain of Cosmic DC stories, I can't help but like this, just I am not sure at all where it is going.