Green Lantern #46 (spoilers)

[Karl O'Neill]

THis is not a proper preview but when the real preview comes in I can edit it into this post.

From the dcu blog.

HAL VERSUS SINESTRO!

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Looks nice.

[ryerye17]

I'm interested. The three hard-hitters of the three big corps...

[Hullababy]

This should be good. So Hal is in space ? GL #46 happens after Blackest Night #3 ?

[Karl O'Neill]

This should be good. So Hal is in space ? GL #46 happens after Blackest Night #3 ?

Yeah. #3 is out next week. So I would say something in that happens that makes Hal fly off into space after sinestro.

Good times.

[Hullababy]

Yeah. #3 is out next week. So I would say something in that happens that makes Hal fly off into space after sinestro.

Good times.

Thanks I had completely forgotten that Blackest Night #3 is gonna be out next week.

Good times indeed.

[HopeLantern]

Sinestro must be really powerful? Fear can take on both Willpower and Love at the same time? And it looks like he's winning...

[aut0matic]

sinestro's the man... carol needs to sit this one out and let the big boys settle their shit.

so i'm guessing mongul got his ass thrown to the curb like yesterday's trash earlier in the issue pretty quickly if hal and sinestro are already at it again...

[Greg Anderson]

Which issue does John finally do something?

[Karl O'Neill]

Which issue does John finally do something?

The next one! This one!

I bet his gets some screen time in this issue.

[IvCNuB4]

Which issue does John finally do something?

Apparently you haven't been reading GL for the last year.

[Bevbos]

Apparently you haven't been reading GL for the last year.

Hey, I've been reading GL for a last year, and I haven't seen John Stewart do a tremendous amount, that any ol' GL wouldn't do. When has he gotten real lead time?

[Hullababy]

Hey, I've been reading GL for a last year, and I haven't seen John Stewart do a tremendous amount, that any ol' GL wouldn't do. When has he gotten real lead time?

#47 or #48 is supposed to be totally about him.

[Bevbos]

#47 or #48 is supposed to be totally about him.

Indeed, just making the point he hasn't gotten a chance to shine, really, other than making some cool constructs. I expect/hope we'll be seeing a lot of John vs. BL Xanshi moments, which should be rad. Also: Katma Tui, natch.

[IvCNuB4]

Wroops. My mistake. I read that as you asking when Geoff Johns was going to finally get around to "do something" with the plot. That's what happens when the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet and I'm not comprehending :biggrin:

[Karl O'Neill]

The Blackest Night continues on Sept 30th in Green Lantern #46!

Sinestro! Carol Ferris! Hal and the Indigo Tribe!


The Blackest Night continues on Sept 30th in Green Lantern #46!

Sinestro! Carol Ferris! Hal and the Indigo Tribe!

http://ie.comics.ign.com/articles/102/1028581p1.html

[Karl O'Neill]

First four pages

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[Karl O'Neill]

And two more

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[Den]

"It wasn't meant to be"
Ooo... burn.

Looks good

[Karl O'Neill]

Awesome moment for sinestro corps member SLUSH!

Sinestro's secret base for the sinestro corps!?! Cool!

I wonder where it is.

I love the way Johns writes sinestro,.He really is a cosmic villain to be reckoned with!

[CMBMOOL]

Man, I truly hope that Sinestro does get what's coming to him... Finally. :evilsmile:

[Hullababy]

Yes!

Finally the Hal/Sinestro team up.

Can't wait. Looks awesome.

[HopeLantern]

He arrives as he always does...loudly.


THIS IS FANTASTIC WRITING!!!! Can't wait until next Wednesday!

[PatchMadripoor]

I wonder how the Blue Lanterns will interact with the Indigo ones.

Can't wait for next week.

[Karl O'Neill]

Someone mentioned this on the bloc.

Black hand narrates the start of GL#43.
Hal Jordan narrates the start of GL#44.
Carol ferris (SS) narrates the start of GL#45.
Sinestro narrates the start of GL#46.

Who is next?

GL#47--Saint walker?
GL#48--Atrocitus?
GL#49- Agent orange larfleeze?

GL #50--Indigo?

Johns done something like this for Rogue war where at the start of every issue a different Rogue starts the narration of each issue.

[IvCNuB4]

Another cool issue. Following up directly from BN #3, Indigo-1 brings Hal to Sinestro and Carol. As they exchange words and some blows, 2 BL rings fly in and rise the petrified lovers in the Violet Central Battery. I called it previously ! They are (highlight) Khufu and Chay-Ara ! Since they are the heart of that Power Battery it weakens and frees the Predator ! To escape, Indigo-1 teleports them all to Korugar where Sinestro takes on Mongul, and shows us why Sinestro is The Man ! :biggrin:

[Karl O'Neill]

Hearing cool vibes across the net about the sinestro versus Mongul throwdown!


Hint:

Failsafe in sinestro rings. Mongul full of holes now :biggrin:

[C-Cool]

Next time, Mongul should realize who the Real King of Fear is.
:biggrin:

[Karl O'Neill]

I hope he is simply defeated.

And Not killed off.

Would be a waste IMHO.

Plus Tomasi said he loves the character.

[Disciple_of_the_Bat]

Need More GUY GARDNER!

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

Pretty good issue...







SPOILERS












Mongul get swiss cheesed, then put in the battery, Predator breaks free, I'm guessing that Hal's going to be a temporary host for the Predator, just so he can get exposed to Violet light to become Captain Planet!!! The lack of Larfleeze makes me a sad panda:frown:










END SPOILERS

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

Need More GUY GARDNER!

Need more LARFLEEZE!!!:mad:

[Disciple_of_the_Bat]

Larfleez needs Hartz!

[Samuraixsithlord]

yea we need more Larfleeze. Hopefully he's kicking some Black Lantern butt.

I wonder if Parallax will break out of their power batteries to join the fight.

[Karl O'Neill]

I smell a royal rumble coming:biggrin:

[IvCNuB4]

I swear if I hear one more "Capt Planet" or "Rainbow Bright" comment I'm gonna puke ! :rolleyes:

[Karl O'Neill]

Not sure what captain planet is or means to this story But i don't mind people referring to different coloured lanterns as rainbow. I don't see any negative connotations with it.

Technically the Indigos are a tribe, and Larfleeze is one alien with extreme power.

All others are armys of the light mostly.

[Desaad]

DAMN, the Sinestro/Mongul confrontation was BRUTAL.

I thought the issue was a really, really strong Sinestro spotlight issue. Hal does almost nothing - which has been my main complaint about this series from issue 1 - but Sinestro is more compelling than he has ever been.

And I totally KNEW who the two 'ancient lovers from earth' at the heart of the Sapphire's CPB were! Hah!

[HopeLantern]

Full spoilers below...



Issue begins with Sinestro fighting the BL Amon Sur. Carol confused as to why the Violet Light doesn't work on BL's. Obviously, they have no light to manipulate inside of them. Steppe, Greethun Oros, Mullane are all resurrected as BLs. Enter Indigo-1, Indigo-2 and Hal. Indigo-2 teleports back out to go to Oa to warn the GLs how to defeat the BLs. Carol is brought to speed on this as well. Hal isn't sure if Carol is really herself or if the Star Sapphire is controlling her. She assures her that it is her and that she controls the SS now. As Sinestro fights both Carol and Hal, the COOLEST moment for me in Blackest Night happens. Two rings appear and head straight for the Zamaron power battery, where the two "Lovers with an eternal Love" lie. Many of us called it and it happened...

Khufu of Earth and Chay-Ara of Earth... RISE! That's right... it's the HAWKS! They are identified and resurrected. The Star Sapphire battery BLOWS UP upon their exiting and Zamaron is destroyed in the resulting blast. Indigo-1, Sinestro, Carol, Hal all teleport out and head to Korugar. Power levels for the BLs raise as most of the people (with the exception of a few Sinestros, and Star Sapphires), die in the blast. Queen Agapo gets away. The Predator is freed as well. Power levels rise to 75.25% for the BLs. Scar commands all unengaged BLs to follow Indigo-1, as that is the next light to be destroyed. Along the way, Indigo-1 reveals that she knows who Sinestro is b/c Abin Sur told her about him years ago. Meanwhile John Stewart still can't believe Xanshi is back. A voice calls out to him. So he heads straight for the heart of the resurrected world.

Sinestro vs. Mongul wins awards for most brutal fight of the year. Not sure how to describe it other than Sinestro is one smart villian who always plans ahead. He overrides all of Monguls rings and Mongul is brutally defeated and encased in the yellow power battery. Sinestro wishes to lead the assault against the BLs. Plans are put on hold as Abin Sur and Arin Sur (Sinestro's former lover) rise.

This issue was perfect save for the fact that there was NO follow up to what happened to Larfleeze vs. the Black Lanterns. Maybe next issue, hopefully. Personally, I'm enjoying "Green Lantern" more then the main Blackest Night series. Can't wait until next month.

Don't forget to check out "Blackest Night: Teen Titans #2", also on sale today. That too, is an awesome, awesome read.

[bongoes]

I wonder if Parallax will break out of their power batteries to join the fight.
Parallax Vs. Ion Vs. Predator Vs. Black Hand Vs. Red Vs. Orange Vs. Indigo Vs. Blue?

Not sure what captain planet is or means to this story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet

It means nothing.

[ryerye17]

LOVED IT!

My only thing is that the John vs Xanshi is dragging a tad too long.

Is excited to see all seven key people together.

What's happening next issue by the way?

[Desaad]

The John/Xanshi thing gets the full issue next issue, I think, and will probably be wrapped up.

[Hullababy]

LOVED IT ! Sinestro finally kicked Mongul's butt! And Hal thinks poorly of Sinestro's hair cut.

[HopeLantern]

Parallax Vs. Ion Vs. Predator Vs. Black Hand Vs. Red Vs. Orange Vs. Indigo Vs. Blue?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet

It means nothing.

Does the Orange Lantern actually have an entity? Or the Blue Lantern Power Battery? I'm not sure what the rumors are on that one...

[Freakzeek]

OH MY GOD THIS ISSUE WAS FUGGGING AWESOME! Sinestro was so damn compelling, god damn Johns you have Defied my expectiations ! This one issue has been better than the main event. Fu&k Blackest Night, All Hail Sinestro's Might

"Your actions are empty"-mongul

This is actually a great insight on Sinestro's part. Mongul IS a man of empty actions. He has no serious rhyme or reason behind his choices. He conquers and destroys because thats what his father did. He has no personal motivations or goals. His entire existance is a pale attempt to live the life of his father because he has no purpose of his own.

And that is why is unworthy. ALL HAIL SINESTRO

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JOHNS: http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww318/Freakzeek_2009/1254276828589.jpg

[froinlaven]

LOVED IT ! Sinestro finally kicked Mongul's butt!

It was a long time coming too. It'll be interesting to see what they do with the character from here.

[PympMyQuinjet]

This issue was amazing. Green Lantern has been great for a while, but this issue really kicked it into high gear. Hal's "Glowing fascist at 1:00" comment had me laughing out loud.

And MAHNKE! He sure delivered, especially with that splash page of Sinestro totally tearing Mongul a new one.

Loved it.

[timebomb451]

great issue! btw if i'm not mistaken, was that black lanterns ash and saarek at the side of scar? pretty sure it was. bummer

[Bevbos]

great issue! btw if i'm not mistaken, was that black lanterns ash and saarek at the side of scar? pretty sure it was. bummer

Yep, I noticed that too. Bummer! I hope they're on the "coming back to life for real" list at the end of this whole thing.

[Freakzeek]

I believe the difference between this issue and the Blackest Night event book is that this issue doesn't forget its roots as a Green Lantern story (which is funny saying as this is an issue of Green Lantern) while the Blackest Night title focuses on catering to everyone else in the DC Universe and ignores the fact its a Green Lantern story first, linewide event second.

[Freakzeek]

SInestro, . For someone that has barely appeared in Blackest Night, it now feels like it's his event. He liberates his corpsmen from the Star Sapphires, is perfectly calm and collected while dealing wtih an army of undead Black Lantern Sinestro Corpsmen attacking him, more than holds his own against Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris and Indigo-1, shows a human side with concern for his corpsmen that we rarely see from him and has an epic showdown with Mongul on Korugar for control of the Sinestro Corps before establishing himself as the leader of the Black Lantern resistence movement.



Where Sinestro was space Hitler in the Sinestro Corps War, he's practically the hero here. Hell, after deposing Mongul, even the people of Korugar are starting to warm up to their former dictator. Now, if only the rest of the event can follow up on such a great issue, I'll be more than happy with changing my tune towards Blackest Night.

[Michael P]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet

It means nothing.

That depends on whether or not the obvious ending turns out to be the one Johns goes with.

[HopeLantern]

I believe the difference between this issue and the Blackest Night event book is that this issue doesn't forget its roots as a Green Lantern story (which is funny saying as this is an issue of Green Lantern) while the Blackest Night title focuses on catering to everyone else in the DC Universe and ignores the fact its a Green Lantern story first, linewide event second.

Thank you! This is perfectly stated. This should be a GL story. I think that makes it stronger.

[drinkblatzbeer]

was john talking to the anti-monitor??

the parts of the black lantern symbol to show on the middle panel of him right in front of xanshi look a lot like him, like maybe a hint?

and the page of sinestro ripping mongul apart was great...

[marvelboy74]

Does the Orange Lantern actually have an entity? Or the Blue Lantern Power Battery? I'm not sure what the rumors are on that one...

I think Johns said that there were more entities than Parallax and Ion. He basically said that the voice Hal heard when he had the orange battery was sentient, possibly an orange entity to be identified. Not sure if they should all have one and will be fine if red, blue and indigo do not.

[ModernTenshi04]

Best issue of Blackest Night so far, hands down. Great story, great art, all around just great.

Also:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1928/byyourpowerscombined.jpg

You can thank Kirk Warren from The Weekly Crisis for linking that on Twitter. :D

[Retro315]

Super good issue.

Already exhausted myself on every detail over at ComicBloc, but I can't wait to see John's "solo mission" coming up ... ANOTHER huge bomb dropped on Hawkman fans ... Sinestro kicks ass ... Korugar acts like sheep for the fiftieth time in this series ... Abin Sur knew Indigo - more on that next time, I'm sure ... and the Predator being loose can't be good, but certainly means that the Emotional Entities are all out there. Here's betting Parallax is the last to be released, considering he is currently the prisoner of Hal, John, Guy and Kyle.

Lastly - I feel bad. I really hoped that Ash and Saarek (mostly Ash) would escape from Nekron's big, rotten hands. He and Lobo are like the only two characters who can smoke in the vacuum of space - and Ash was the only one it made any sense for, since he has the Green Ring power force field aura deal.

[Michael P]

Best issue of Blackest Night so far, hands down. Great story, great art, all around just great.

Also:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1928/byyourpowerscombined.jpg

You can thank Kirk Warren from The Weekly Crisis for linking that on Twitter. :D

Bwa-hahahahaha!

[jgiannantoni05]

My favorite BN issue so far.

So many great moments. Johns really knows how to end an issue. Abin Sur's ressurected ship (?) crashing (how appropriate) in front of Sinestro and Hal, teasing what should be a classic encounter.

I'm loving all of BN right now. Just so awesome. I haven't been this excited about an event since I was a kid, and I'm usually pretty negative. (I only hope they collect BN appropriately, which I'm sure they won't)

Johns is so IN the comic book writer hall of fame.

[Sanlear]

Great issue. Manke's art continues to impress me. Very well done.

[Karl O'Neill]

Super good issue.

Already exhausted myself on every detail over at ComicBloc,

Why not just copy and paste your thoughts over here? That's what I do, it saves time and effort:biggrin:

[Karl O'Neill]

Just finished reading this issue:

5 stars out of 5 stars!

Best issue of the week for me by far.

I would consider this to be an unoffical sinestro spotlight, Up there with the sinestro corps #1 special.

Johns shows us why sinestro is the true leader of the sinestro corps. It was a great bloody fight and I loved the way mahnke drew it, I still feel they missed more potential to showcase MONGUL as the leader of the sinestro corps, They could have done a few more arcs with him as leader. The same with the star sapphires. I feel they are wasted now and scatttered to the stars. Who will unite them?:D


Starting to like the indigo tribe a bit more, Anyone think that Indigo-2 looks like a SKRULL? He sure has those lines on his chin!

I think it's safe to assume they will head off to seek out atrocitus and his rage corp to continue the formation of all the spectrum leaders.

Sadly this issue had no larfleeze in it :-(. I want to read about him in every issue!

Sad to see that sareek and ash killed off, and killed off panel at that!, Again, Wasted opportunity, They were really cool Green lanterns, But it's clear that johns saw them as plot devices to find the black battery and other little death related themes to play off.

Liked carol's comments about her costume. The Predator is now loose--whooo, I wonder where he is heading now.

That John stewert scene was far too short for me, But 22 pages again is too short to showcase everybody greatly. I bet that is Katma tui who is waiting for him, Like he saw in the vision the blue lantern gave him. Where is FATALITY gone?

GLC should be wild next issue.

This series and event are both awesome at the moment. Great time to be reading comics.

[bongoes]

I have no idea what they're going to do with the Hawks now. Two sets of BL Hawks flying around? I'm really curious to see how the Hawks are going to come back.

[Karl O'Neill]

All HAIL SINESTRO!

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[Seraku]

best issue

[Karl O'Neill]

Thanks to the weekly crisis website for these scans!:)

Sinestro is BOSS. He does not need help from HAL JORDAN!

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[Kid Seven]

Great issue! Two questions in my mind now (and I don't think they've been brought up yet):

1. There was speculation that Indigo-1 might be Arin Sur. We saw with the last page that this isn't the case. Thoughts about who she might be, especially given her newly-revealed connection to Abin Sur?

2. The Xanshi scene reminded me of Fatality's encounter with John Stewart during the "Agent Orange" storyline in which she said something to the effect of " Xanshi's not as innocent in the War of Light as you might think". I can't imagine what the reveal is. My hunch is something to do with the Indigos, but only because we know so little about them.

[The Lucky One]

Liked carol's comments about her costume.

Me too, although I would have thought Star Sapphires would be free to make modifications to their costumes like Green Lanterns can. (I mean, you figure not every woman who gets an SS ring will look like a supermodel, and that costume on an overweight person? Um...)

But you know Carol knows what she's doing. Hell, if I were a woman and had a body like that, I'd show it off too. :wink:

-D

[Karl O'Neill]

Me too, although I would have thought Star Sapphires would be free to make modifications to their costumes like Green Lanterns can. (I mean, you figure not every woman who gets an SS ring will look like a supermodel, and that costume on an overweight person? Um...)

But you know Carol knows what she's doing. Hell, if I were a woman and had a body like that, I'd show it off too. :wink:

-D

True!

To quote those american chat shows.

"If you got it, Flaunt it":biggrin:

[Karl O'Neill]

Even the buy pile gave this issue some props.He is usually slamming the green lantern franchise.

[Slaughter]

Me too, although I would have thought Star Sapphires would be free to make modifications to their costumes like Green Lanterns can. (I mean, you figure not every woman who gets an SS ring will look like a supermodel, and that costume on an overweight person? Um...)


Well, some look different, like Miri, who got her hubby killed by Mongul.

One curious things about the Sinestro is that everyone has the same uniform, like a army uniform. No variations or anything.

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

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Mahnke did a really good job this issue!!

[The Lucky One]

One curious things about the Sinestro is that everyone has the same uniform, like a army uniform. No variations or anything.

Considering they're led by a fascist whose ultimate goal is a universe of perfect order where everything is under control, I don't think it's that surprising. :wink: Wouldn't surprise me if Sinestro designed the rings so that the costumes can't be altered. Creativity leads to troublesome thoughts of independence, don'tcha know.

-D

[Joker2503]

I never noticed it until this issue, but Sinestro Corps members also have an armband on their left arms with the Corps logo. Johns has called Sinestro "Hitler in space" before, and that was a nice Nazi-esque touch on the uniforms.

[Raker616]

Very good issue, Johns did a great job balancing out the story and plot it all moved along perfectly nothing felt rushed or out of place. Mahnke continues to step up his game, he's been given alot to work on and compare considering how great Reis has been on BN but he's holding his own. Overall I loved Sinestro putting the smackdown on Mongul Jr. it's been along time coming. Indigo-1 is kind of a dick, I know she's thinking only big picture but she's really straddling the line between jerk and hero. Finally nice to see Hal getting some face time unlike the last book, I really enjoyed seeing him and Carol team up and take out some BL's and start being more offensive instead of defensive.

[Lupek]

As much as liked Sinestro taking down Mongul, the best moment for me was Sinestros concern/compassion for Slushh and his troops.

[stingerman]

Great issue!

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

As much as liked Sinestro taking down Mongul, the best moment for me was Sinestros concern/compassion for Slushh and his troops.

Yea, I got a weird vibe from this, like he's their mother or something!! He didn't see too caring during the Sinestro Corps War.

[IvCNuB4]

I'm wondering if Johns just slipped another easter-egg in there for us. Look at page 4. Slushh envelopes all the BLs that are attacking Sinestro. Once they are inside Slushh, you can see in panel 2 that the BL ring slips off their fingers, so the rings had to "rise" them again. So it looks like there may be another way to defeat the BLs in addition to using Green + any other color to sanitize the rings ....

[Joker2503]

I'm wondering if Johns just slipped another easter-egg in there for us. Look at page 4. Slushh envelopes all the BLs that are attacking Sinestro. Once they are inside Slushh, you can see in panel 2 that the BL ring slips off their fingers, so the rings had to "rise" them again. So it looks like there may be another way to defeat the BLs in addition to using Green + any other color to sanitize the rings ....

I thought the "Rise" was for Slushh's previous victims. The skeletons floating around inside him were the ones who became Black Lantern's. I don't think the already-Black Lanterns re-rose.

[The Lucky One]

Yea, I got a weird vibe from this, like he's their mother or something!! He didn't see too caring during the Sinestro Corps War.

I think he sees them as kind of pets. Yes, there is some level of emotional bond there and you do see them as living beings with feelings and some measure of intellect, but they're certainly not your equal, and at the end of the day you are the master. However, if someone else threatens your pet...

-D

[Karl O'Neill]

It was Steppe who was killed by slussh in the superman prime sinestro corps special.

http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/profile.php?name=steppe

http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/images/steppe.jpg
http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/images/death/steppe.jpg

[bongoes]

I thought the "Rise" was for Slushh's previous victims. The skeletons floating around inside him were the ones who became Black Lantern's. I don't think the already-Black Lanterns re-rose.

It said Amon Sur of Ungara. Who Slushh just absorbed.

[johnnyhotsauce]

Great issue! Sinestro whooped on Mongul, and dropping a power battery on him = priceless. :biggrin:

And does this mean there are 2 sets of BL HawkMan and HawkWoman flying around now?

[Sean Walsh]

......it's like Doug Mahnke's art gets monumentally better with each issue. :smile:

[Pixie_Solanas]

Frankly, Sinestro is a helluva lot more interesting central character than any of the Greens. And it's not even close. Magog can get his own title, how about scuttling off GL Corps and giving Sinestro a title?

[brb2323]

Fantastic issue!!! Sinestro is a total badass!!! This was one of my favorite books of all the Blackest Night stuff so far. I think because of Sinestro, Carol and Hal being the main focus of the issue was what made it for me. As mentioned in many a post before, I too look forward to John Stewart's story. I don't think he has, or will be ignored- i just think his major story is yet to come. I think it will be a very important part of the story once all said and done.

top ten pulls:
Captain America
Green Lantern
Powers
Criminal
Invincible Iron Man
Amazing Spider-Man
Invincible
Nova
Detective
Secret Six

[Samuraixsithlord]

I think he sees them as kind of pets. Yes, there is some level of emotional bond there and you do see them as living beings with feelings and some measure of intellect, but they're certainly not your equal, and at the end of the day you are the master. However, if someone else threatens your pet...

-D

It's more like they're his troops, and he's the five star general. Leader's don't stay leaders bay being cruel to the people beneath them, that just causes mutiny. Sinestro obviously treated his corpsman well and cares about them to a certain extent. They did try to free him during Rage of the Red Lanterns.

[Samuraixsithlord]

I loved how when Sinestro called it The Sinestro Corps, the artwork was alot more impressive then when Mongul called it the Mongul Corps.

[Mundungus]

I, too, was confused by Slushh's absortion scene. Though further examination just now seems to indicate that by the time he had reached Amon Sur he had already absorbed the other Black Lanterns. I don't know why it separated them from their rings, but it didn't last long.

Count me among the people who thought the two lovers were Khufu and Chay-Ara. I think that was the biggest moment for me, having that kind of pay off. I am VERY interested to see how this and the BL Hawks plays into future developments involving the characters and their mythology.

"He saved us."

"Who is he, father?"

"Sin...Sinestro..."

Uh oh. Could a Sinestro loyalist faction begin to develop? The Korugarian race seems to fairly weak-willed and will subscribe to whatever power base shows up.

Also, if Arin was Sinestro's lover, then is Arin Soranik's mother? Or was someone else her Mom? Wouldn't that make Soranik half-Ungaraian?

[thebhamgunslinger]

......it's like Doug Mahnke's art gets monumentally better with each issue. :smile:
I agree.

Now if we could just get a decent artist on Green Lantern Corps.

[Karl O'Neill]

Mongul is on ice for a while now.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gd8NBIma-zo/Ssatah5o9mI/AAAAAAAAKWc/IwykvqJ9QHg/s1600/greenlantern46%2B-%2Bmongulvssinestro.jpg

[CYOTI]

The arm that he reattached in GLC comes loose in the later panels.

[aut0matic]

I agree.

Now if we could just get a decent artist on Green Lantern Corps.

gleason's the better artist imo, but everyone has their own opinions.

i just hate how mahnke draws sinestro however the hell he wants. his sinestro looks EXACTLY like hitler in the scan posted above, notice sinestro's significant change in hair and mustache... it's too much. not a big fan of his portrayal of hal, either but he DOES draw a badass MM.

[bongoes]

I agree.

Now if we could just get a decent artist on Green Lantern Corps.

I like Gleason, plus Manhke and Gleason share a studio so I think they're gonna try to keep them both on.

[Mundungus]

Patrick Gleason is awesome and should not be removed from GLC under any circumstances except an even cooler project to work on, which is hard to find.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Keep Gleason on GLC. I'd hate to actually see his work if he ever moved to the main GL book.

[Karl O'Neill]

I also love pat gleasons art on GLC.

Keep him!

[Bevbos]

I agree.

Now if we could just get a decent artist on Green Lantern Corps.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I personally think that art is top-notch. Especially the depictions of the more monstruous lanterns - the Sinestro Corps and Red Lanterns, etc.

[Inactiveman]

I never noticed it until this issue, but Sinestro Corps members also have an armband on their left arms with the Corps logo. Johns has called Sinestro "Hitler in space" before, and that was a nice Nazi-esque touch on the uniforms.

If you haven't noticed they've also changed Sinestro's hair style to look more like Hitler's.

[aut0matic]

If you haven't noticed they've also changed Sinestro's hair style to look more like Hitler's.

dude, look at the mustache. it's ridiculous.

[Shatterpoint]

Now they need to establish Sinestro as having a failed artist's career in his young adulthood, leading to his destruction of... er... chaos on Korugar.

[Jarath]

Surely SInestro should be allow to change his hair an moustache? Even villians can get bored with the same look.

[HopeLantern]

Didn't know where else to post this, but for those interested, in the back of todays
"Batman and Robin #5", there's a note by Didio that Batman and Robin #7 won't be out until Blackest Night #6, as Batman and Robin #7 effect the entire DCU

[ryerye17]

Didn't know where else to post this, but for those interested, in the back of todays
"Batman and Robin #5", there's a note by Didio that Batman and Robin #7 won't be out until Blackest Night #6, as Batman and Robin #7 effect the entire DCU
That's silly.

[IvCNuB4]

Really ? Please enlighten us ....

[bongoes]

That's silly.

I don't think so. Black Hand is carrying Bruce's skull around. Batman and Robins next arc is about what happened to Bruce. Bruce is obviously important to BN so I'm assuming something about Bruce is going to be revealed in BN #6 and expanded on in B+R #7. Therefore B+R #7 can't come out until BN #6 is out.

[IvCNuB4]

That's what I'm thinking, too. Or somehow Damien, Ras, and Lazarus Pits play a key in all these Blackest Night resurrections ....

[Den]

Finally got my hands on my copy. I admit it, Sinestro has an intriguing narrative voice. :)

[CYOTI]

Now they need to establish Sinestro as having a failed artist's career in his young adulthood, leading to his destruction of... er... chaos on Korugar. I think he was an archaeologist before being a GL, which is pretty close to being a failed artist.