Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #47 Review

Writer: Robert Venditti / Artist: Fernando Pasarin / DC Comics Things are heating up in Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps as the final battle against the brutal Darkstars draws near. Robert Venditti does an amazing job building tension as he puts both Hal and Guy to the fire respectively. Hal’s storyline is fairly entertaining. It teased us a little with some insight into the uniqueness of Hal’s ring and abilities, but honestly, I sort of wish this book would go further into the fact that Hal, at this point, is a “self-made” lantern. Still, Hal working his way through his doubts was an awesome moment to watch, worthy of geeking out over. However, once again this week, Guy’s storyline has stolen the show. Leave it to the Corps’ very own bull in a china shop to work through his conflict of allegiances AND his daddy issues all in an epic slugfest with his drinking buddy. Venditti has many of the voices in his supporting cast down, but he is the most adept and comfortable writing Guy of all people. There’s a predictable bit with Kyle, Cabby, and Orion that’s fun enough but perhaps too short lived.

Fernando Pasarin draws a damn gorgeous book, by the way. There are very some truly gorgeous classic moments reminiscent of those epic silver age covers from way back. The whole book looks fantastic but it’s the Hector Hammond/Hal Jordan bonding time that easily looks the best. Visually, this issue is less about big, fun constructs and more about powerful right hooks that shake th…