In this issue, Emerald Eclipse heats up with three equally compelling plots.  First, Sinestro rocks Soranik’s world by explaining her true parentage.  Yeah, Kyle’s dating Sinestro’s daughter.  Wrap your head around that!  Before he leaves to take back control of the Sinestro Corps from Mongul, Sinestro warns his daughter that the Red Lanterns are looking for her.

Meanwhile on Oa, there’s a riot in the Sciencells.  Red Lanterns and Sinestro Corps members are tearing the place apart.  And on Daxam, Sodam Yat is preparing to free his people from the tyrannical rule of Mongul.  Unfortunately, he’s having a power shortage.  He’s been on Daxam too long to access his Daxamite powers.  And in the middle of his battle with Mongul, Sodam comes to realize that he has been cut off from the power of Ion too.

The issue ends with Sodam seemingly making the ultimate sacrifice to save his people.  (Yeah, he’s still alive in Legion of Three Worlds, so it’s not much of a bloody cliffhanger, is it?)  And things are set up for the Sinestro/Mongul showdown to come.

The ensemble cast is a real strength for this book.  Tomasi does a good job of giving all the Lanterns a unique personality.  And since these characters aren’t owned by other books, he has free reign to do whatever he wants with them.  It’s one of the reasons this book works better than a book like Justice League.

By now, you’ve probably formed your own opinion of Patrick Gleason as an artist.  Personally, I think he’s alright...  And he’s perfect for a book like Green Lantern Corps with it’s alien cast and bizarre settings.  His battle scenes are positively explosive.

5/5 for this issue... a damn good read

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