Thursday, August 25, 2011

War of the Green Lanterns Aftermath HC [2011]

WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH HARDCOVER
The finale of the War of the Green Lanterns reaches its stunning conclusion as the Green Lantern franchise prepares to be relaunched this September. The renegade Guardian Krona used Mogo to build his army of Green Lanterns as John Stewart and Kyle Rayner attempt to stop him. John Stewart absorbs the Black Lantern energy within Mogo and destroys him.

Meanwhile Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner break Parallax out of the Central Battery to free the Green Lantern Corps. The final battle leads to Hal Jordan killing Krona thereby freeing the Entities within the Guardians as Thaal Sinestro returns as a Green Lantern. The Guardians discharges and dismisses Hal Jordan as he has killed a Guardian.

War of the Green Lanterns:Aftermath follows the conclusion of Green Lantern #67 while The Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors have self-contained stories. The Green Lantern series will return in September starring the returning Green Lantern Thaal Sinestro.

WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS: AFTERMATH
- The Green Lantern Corps are suffering from post-traumatic stress
- Resentment over Sinestro returning as a Green Lantern and Stewart killing Mogo
- Some of the Corps are planning on breaking into the Citadel to execute Sinestro
- The Guardians orders Krona to be buried at the Crypt of the Green Lantern Corps
- The Guardians are forceibly trying to remove the Green Lantern ring from Sinestro
- Kyle Rayner is sent to Earth while Ganthlet gives the body of Krona to Atrocitus
- The debris of Mogo is thrown into the sun as a funeral pyre

GREEN LANTERN CORPS
- John Stewart teaches a new Green Lantern Rookie how to handle difficult situations
- Soranik Natu breaks up with Kyle Rayner after he lied to her about being his true love
- Alpha Lantern Boodikka struggles as both her emotions and personality are restored
- The Green Lantern Corps put aside their differences to evacuate a planet

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS
- Guy Gardner answers a distress call to rescue and escort dignitaries back to their homeworld
- The distress call was a ruse to lure Gardner and to obtain his Green Lantern ring
- A Green Lantern Corps Precinct House is under attack and destroyed
- Debris from Mogo destroyed an ancient prison holding a creature called Gigorr
- Gardner picks his own team members to deal with the threat of Gigorr
- Gardner discovers decomposing Green Lanterns inside the belly of the beast
- Gardner uses the rings of the decomposing Green Lanterns to destroy Gigorr
- Gardner and Batman investigate the death on broad an international space station

- Gardner begins questioningthe suspects while Batman investigates the body
- Batman discovers who killed the US Air Force captain as the station attacks its crew
- The murder who was working for the League of Shadows wanted the space-plane
- Batman saves the grew while Gardner apprehends the murder

This hardcover collects
Green Lantern #67
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1-2
Green Lantern Corps #61-63
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #11-13

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5