Green Lantern Corps #36

Green Lantern Corps #36

Prelude to BLACKEST NIGHT! The penultimate chapter of "Emerald Eclipse" arrives as the sciencell riot runs rampant. Oa burns as the War of Lights rages within. Many sectors away, Sodam Yat must make the ultimate sacrifice as he attempts to save the xenophobic people of his native world Daxam.

Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art and cover by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman
Variant Cover by Rodolfo Migliari

Size: 32 Pages

Price: $2.99

iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 2%

Reviews

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changingshades 05/13/09 Yes Read Review
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Avg Rating: 3.9


Comments

Jumping on board with this issue. Super excited!

Posted by mrmister on 05/11/09 at 06:10 PM

@mrmister - You won't be disappointed as this has been a great book since Tomasi came on as writer.

Posted by torippu on 05/11/09 at 06:13 PM

That be one kick ass cover.  Can't wait to see what happens with Sodam Yat, that guy is awesome.

Posted by drakedangerz on 05/11/09 at 06:15 PM

@mrmister: Yay!

@drake: That is a pretty great cover.

I'm always a fan of this book, can't wait to see the outcome of the whole Sodam Yat thing. Hopefully he doesn't die (Black Lantern?) because he's one of my favorites. =[

Posted by kwisdumb on 05/11/09 at 07:17 PM

Hope the art can stay consistent in this issue. Cause I see a pattern of Gleason being great on one issue; then sucky on the next.

Posted by TheNextChampion on 05/11/09 at 07:34 PM

I think I'm gonna give this a try as well.

Posted by Cadgers on 05/11/09 at 07:39 PM

sodam yat probably doesn't die - he's in the future, still alive, in legion of three worlds.

Posted by TehDave on 05/11/09 at 08:53 PM

Reading the Green Lantern books have been so exciting. I can't wait to see what happens this issue. Isn't Sodam Yat mentioned as dying in the original War of Light Prophecy? I wonder how/if that will play out.

Posted by Rustyautoparts on 05/11/09 at 09:06 PM

hey! the little boys i give sedative filled candy to at the park call me 'Sodom' too!!

Posted by edward on 05/12/09 at 12:36 AM

@edward - I used to hang around schools & offer candy to little kids. I was seven at the time. *rimshot*

Brown Lanterns Unite!

*fart*

Posted by WadeWilson on 05/12/09 at 05:01 AM

This is on of my favourite books at the moment.

I lreally like Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman's artwork. Emerald Eclipse has been the better of the 'Prelude to Blackest Night' run (2:agent orange).

Corps is easily outshining Green Lantern, for me.

Posted by dirtyharry2030 on 05/12/09 at 06:39 AM

Yeah Agent Orange hasn't been bad, but it really could have been done in a one shot it seems. This story on the other hand has been nothing but bad ass.

Posted by Parker on 05/12/09 at 09:41 AM

@Rustyautoparts -

i don't know that it will pay off anymore, the weird thing about the original prophecy is that it also had Mogo being killed by Ranx, and Sodom Yat blew Ranx to hell so I kind of viewed that as things being amiss with the actual prophecy.  Kind of why Sinestro getting the Green Lanterns to kill was actually so important, because its made the prophecy defunct just a bit...you know, unless Ranx is a Black Lantern now too in which case just forget what I said.

Posted by speaknspell on 05/12/09 at 11:04 AM

Yea, I figured the story would diverge somewhat from the prophecy, otherwise the Corps would die out after Blackest Night. I'm just curious to see what they decide to do with it.

Posted by Rustyautoparts on 05/12/09 at 11:09 AM

I remember (not long ago) I was sayin' how underrated this book is & this week it has the most pulls on iFanboy.com by over 100 pulls! Big ups to the iFanbase!

Posted by WadeWilson on 05/13/09 at 05:09 AM

This was a pretty good issue, not POTW worthy but good. I'm shocked Gleason was able to do two great issues in a row.

Posted by TheNextChampion on 05/13/09 at 01:57 PM

@ TNC: your right. Usually one issue is really good, then the next is ok, then back to good. But it's also understandable. There is a lot going on in this book. You need time to set everything up. With Blackest Night on the way, I look for this book to continue this trend.

Posted by supertrackmonkey on 05/13/09 at 02:08 PM

Did not disappoint, very solid issue. 

Posted by mrmister on 05/13/09 at 05:07 PM

Really enjoyed this issue, there was a nice split between action and story, though maybe we could have split up the Sinestro/Soranik stuff a bit, otherwise the book seemed a little front heavy. Still good stuff. This was my POW. It wasn't the best ever, but compared to everything else was weak. I thought Gleason's art was better this issue compared to last.

Also... the last panel is a pretty big development for the future! 

Posted by PraxJarvin on 05/13/09 at 05:56 PM

I'm rather new to the GL/GLC books... anyone care to explain at that Ion stuff at the end for me?

Posted by Slockhart on 05/13/09 at 08:12 PM

Very very solid issue.  I'm enjoying GLC far more than GL at the moment.  And, surprisingly, I am starting to like Sinestro more and more.  Freaky

Posted by drakedangerz on 05/13/09 at 11:42 PM

"I don't need a paternal slap on the back from a murderous rogue dictator who dragged my planet & the universe's existence to the brink of destruction!"

Let's be honest -- we've all said this very sentence once or twice in our lives.

Another solid issue, pretty text heavy too, it felt like about 3 comics worth of info/story packed into 1 issue.

Posted by WadeWilson on 05/14/09 at 08:13 AM

Totally my POTW. It was close between this and Secret Warriors but this pulled it off with the last page. Awesome art by gleason.

Posted by rift1128 on 05/14/09 at 09:04 AM

4-stars all the way. Not POW status, but a great look at Sinestro, and a very good issue all around.

Posted by kwisdumb on 05/14/09 at 09:04 PM

I went to two stores and didn't see this anywhere. WTF?

 

Posted by Diabhol on 05/14/09 at 10:26 PM

sinestro is going to sacrafice himself at the end. obvious

Posted by peterporker on 05/14/09 at 11:04 PM

Yeah this issue was totally packed full of stuff.

There is only one problem. If Daxam has a yellow sun, and all the residents get their powers turned on, now you just have a planet full of racist supermen. Or is the whole pointgoing to be that Sodam showed them not all aliens are bad?

Posted by Parker on 05/15/09 at 01:48 PM

love this book. there are so many good characters in it.

@parker- a planet full of potentially villainous kryptonian-like people? wait for "World of New Daxam"

Posted by sandgrounder on 05/17/09 at 04:16 PM

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