Thursday, January 31, 2013

Green Lantern Corps: Rise of the Third Army HC [2013] by Peter J. Tomasi


GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOLUME 3: RISE OF THE THIRD ARMY HARDCOVER
The Guardians have promoted Guy Gardner to Lantern Sentinel while they ask John Stewart to find out where Mogo is reforming. The Guardians are dividing and conquering the Green Lantern Corps using the Third Army. Guy heads to Earth to save his family from a prisoner who was released by the Guardians.

Kilowog and Salaak discover the Guardians edited the feed that would have exonerated John Stewart from murder. But the Guardians kept the recording hidden leading to Guy and John to destroy the Alpha Lanterns. Now no Green Lanterns are allowed to leave Oa. Meanwhile the Guardians ask for the resignation of Guy who failed to save the people he was escorting and the death of multiple Green Lanterns. Guy resigns and sent back to Earth and interferes with a Federal Investigation which gets him arrested by his sister Gloria.

Lantern Salaak discovers the Guardians plot of the Third Army and they imprison him. The Guardians target Guy Gardner for assimilation by the Third Army.

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Green Lantern Stewart and Fatality retrieve pieces of Mogo
- Gardner fights along his brother and sister against the Third Army
- Both Green Lantern Baz and B’Dg arrive to assist Gardner
- Green Lantern Baz uses F-18 missiles to incinerate the Third Army

GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #1
The conclusion of the Rise of the Third Army ends and the beginning of Wrath of the First Lantern begins. The Guardians of the Universe bait their Green Lanterns Corps back to Oa by disrupting the Central Battery. Now the Green Lanterns are immobilized so the Third Army can assimilate them with ease.

Stewart and Fatality attempt to locate Mogo who protects them and destroys the invading Third Army. Gardner and Kilowog assemble a team of Green Lanterns to stop the Guardians from carrying out their plans. White Lantern Kyle Rayner arrives to save Gardner from the Third Army and get his ring back. The Manhunters arrive under the command of Atrocitus. The Guardians try to draw more energy from the First Lantern to stop the Green Lantern Corps, the New Guardians led by White Lantern Rayner, and the Manhunters.

The First Lantern Volthoom is freed seeking revenge against the Guardians by destroying everything they have ever created so he can control the universe once again.

This hardcover collects
Green Lantern Corps #0
Green Lantern Corps #13–17
Green Lantern Corps Annual #1
                                            
RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5