Tales of the Green Lantern Corps # 3 - Triumph!
is an issue published by DC that was released on 7 / / 1981Plot Summary
The green lantern corps are called to the planet Oa, when they arrive they find Hal Jordan laying unconscious amongst a scene of carnage. Krona the renegade is clearly responsible, throughout we see an ongoing battle between the guardians of Oa and The evil that is emerging from another dimension. krona has been sent back by the Nekron, the Lord of the underworld, his intension's are to slay the guardians of Oa so a passage from Nekron's dimension can be formed. A weak passage is formed allowing an infinite army of the undead to wage war on the ever opposing Corps. During this struggling battle Hal Jordan makes his way through the vortex created by Krona, there he confronts Nekron, in this dimension in which the dead are captured. Hal's Life force starts to deteriorate, before his demise Hal call's upon the Green lantern who have passed into Nekrons underworld, the green lantern flame still burns on in the underworld and the Dead lanterns unite and overpower Nekron. With the defeat of Nekron, Krona feels the shift in power and his army are forced back into the vortex. Just before the Guardians seel the whole between the two dimension's, Hal is saved by the mysterious character Abin sur. Hal's predecessor. after a small celebration Hal is honored by the guardians, they provide him with the leadership of The green lantern corps.
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Triumph!
In issue 3, we see nothing but action from the green lantern corps, this in my eyes is always a good thing, but in this case there is nothing of anything else, no romance, no tragedy and no cliffhanger. not much of anything else but action. The build up was well timed and easy to follow, some points in the story were absolute genius and unexpected, for example the return of krona and a surprise appearance of Abin Sur. i was intrigued by the vast number and variety of green lantern. It would have been nice to see and here more from the other character's, this comic like most Green Lantern Corps tend to evolve around Hal. The highlight of the issue would be the uniting of the dead Green Lantern, to overpower Nekron. The low point would have to be the Ending, i think the biggest climax and confrontation happen too close to the end therefor it seemed a tad rushed, All in all i think this comic is fantastic and action filled, it makes a good read, but lacks in variety.
