Green Lantern Corps #39

Is there a more consistent comic than Peter Tomasi's Green Lantern Corps? I don't think so. This is a top notch book every single month.

With some complicated timelines to clean up, Tomasi immediately tackles the situation with some exposition in the opening pages. Kyle and Hal talk about how the Guardians bounced them back to Earth in time for Remembrance Day, commenting how Kyle got to visit Jade's grave and Guy got to visit with Ice and stop by Blue Beetle's resting place. As they discuss their personal lives (with a great revelation that Kyle's true love is actually Jade!) the two GLs meet up with Iolande and Soranik Natu. Guy gets in some good-natured ribbing of Kyle as they are forced to split up when the horde of black lantern rings swoop down onto Oa. There is a little more setup as Kyle, Guy, and the other GLs attempt to contact the Guardians with no success. Then the Black Lantern rings crash into the GL crypt, enraging the crypt-keeping GL who respects the dead so much. I can't remember that guy's name, but it was neat seeing another GL get important page time like that. (Plus he lived!) Finally, the issue catches up to the end of Blackest Night #1 as the GLs face off against their dead. The Black Lanterns see Guy as rage and the rest of the GLs as willpower, which was a fun contrast. The spooky close of the issue has Jade climbing on top of Kyle as he screams "God no!" Good stuff.

One of my favorite things that Tomasi has done is build the friendship between Kyle and Guy. They even yell out the same shout of surprise when they first spot the Black Lantern rings.

Patrick Gleason is excellent, as always. I hate to short change him, but I've been raving about his art for months now, and it holds up well here too.

Excellent