Pro

-Man, if there is a guy that is almost a shoe in for 'Artist of the Year' it would have to be Ivan Reis. What he's done for five straight issues have been amazing. There are some two page spreads in this issue that would put other artists to shame. In fact there was a lot of two page spreads in this, so Reis definitely had his work cut out for him for this issue. So much detail in every single panel though too. I've mentioned before on how his take on the Flash is just amazing and better then Ethan Van Sciver. Well now that we see all of the Flash family for this issue, I have no doubt that Reis should do the Flash ongoing. No offense to Manapul of course...

-So many moments in this it's amazing! Oh my god! Bruce Wayne is back! The rest of the DCU is ready to kick ass! Oh no's! The DCU heroes have now turned into Black Lanterns! Oh my god! Barry and Hal are next!! Again all of these moments are exciting and definitely seem to come from the mind of Geoff Johns. Speaking of 'Holy shit moments'....

Con

-Practically no story progression in this. In fact if we had to count it, all of the story comes from Green Lantern #48 this week. There is nothing in hear that says 'we moved the story along'. All this was for this issue was 'holy shit moments' and nothing else. That's just not enough for me guys, I'm sorry. Sure these moments are great and they are shocking, but that's not enough for an issue for me. I want story progression, especially if we are now at the halfway point of this thing. If I have to see story progression in the tie-ins and other GL books, than that is a huge problem.

-Other little things annoyed me, like the stuff with the Lanterns in the beginning. That stuff with Larfleeze felt so damn forced to be funny and it just wasn't. Then you have Carol Danvers.....basically being useless more then anything else. I should've mentioned that in the Green Lantern #48 review but seriously. What purpose does Carol serve in this? Sayd and Ganthet has had more lines then her!

-Other bad jokes in this, specifically with Hal. His one liners were clunkers and it felt like I was reading the script of a bad action movie. Even the banter between Hal and Barry wasn't enough for me.

-Finally, way to blow an interesting angle with the new Dove. Apparently she has the power to destroy the Black Lanterns and the Teen Titans mini (at least I heard) showed how important she was as a character. What do we get for this issue? Just a throw away line and panel showing her 'powers'. Disappointing.

You know what this feels an awful like? Secret Invasion #4. Both feel practically the same when it comes to the events. They both started out promising, had great storylines (in other comics) to pump us for the event, and now.....Both are looking really disappointing. Just like Secret Invasion (and practically Geoff Johns) it has disappointed me because it's nothing but 'cool comic book moments' and barely any real story to it. Okay so the dead are coming back and Nekron is pissed.....But is that all we're gonna get for the next three issues? Sure it has amazing artwork by Reis, but so did Secret Invasion with Yu. It's amazing just how close this is to that disappointing and frustrating Marvel event. The only hope I have is that this was just a set back and the next issue will deliever something more. If Geoff Johns doesn't do that, I'm not going to stay around to get burned by an event once again.