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GREEN LANTERN #52

BLACKEST NIGHT’S penultimate chapter is here, and you do not want to miss this issue. Trust us on this one.

Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and Cover by DOUG MAHNKE and CHRISTIAN ALAMY
Variant Cover by SHANE DAVIS and SANDRA HOPE

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  1. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    I only know one thing about this issue.

    This shit just got real.

  2. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Mad reals.

    Also, LOVE the word balloon on the cover. A lot of people hate to see them, but this one is just so perfect.

  3. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    Nobody expects the Sinestro Inquisition. So very excited for this.

  4. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I just need this comic. Just this one. Not Nemesis, not Chew, not Walking Dead. Just this one.

  5. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I still expect someone else.

  6. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    @JJ: What about Iron Man????? 

    I think the cover would work better without the word balloon. Otherwise, good stuff.

  7. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 22, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    The word balloon looks out of place with the variant. On here it’s fine.

  8. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 22, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    not a good jumping on point.  damn that Geoff Johns and his convoluted writing..

  9. Avatar photo viceversa says:
    March 22, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    i puked with some excitement upon seeing this cover

  10. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 22, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    @viceversa- what color lantern does that make you?

  11. Avatar photo viceversa says:
    March 22, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    well, by the mess on my keyboard, i’d say i’m a pale yellow lantern

  12. Avatar photo rift1128 says:
    March 22, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    That cover is awesome… I’ve been catching up on my Power Rangers.. I mean Green Lantern in between issues and seriously one of the best comics… cant wait. 

  13. Cedric says:
    March 22, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    I’m actually waiting for the blackest night trades. But seeing stuff like this..makes the waiting even harder

  14. Avatar photo supertrackmonkey says:
    March 22, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    Great job Mr. Johns. Give the DCUs resident facist the white power.

  15. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    @Rift1128: be careful. I compaired the different coloured lanterns to the power rangers about a year ago and was torn to shreads over it. You have to admit they do kind of look like power rangers.

     

  16. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    March 22, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Really hoping Sinestro as a white lantern isn’t a brief stint. The rise and fall of his story would make this epic transformation feel so right, I’m just worried because now there is no leader to the Sinestro corps now that Mongul has been dethroned. I am worried that this won’t last, but hoping that it will.

  17. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    March 22, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    The Power Rangers/colored lantern corps connection is really obvious and in your face. Bright colors help you immediately identify characters. Group them together and the color jumps out at you. The Japanese animators have been using this device for decades everywhere, not just Power Rangers. Voltron anyone?  Does that mean Johns is appealling to the kid in us with his Lantern Corps? Duh. Can he still weave interesting stories with interesting characters on top of that child-like glee over multi-colored rainbow people? I think so.

  18. Cedric says:
    March 22, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    @JimBilly4. Good comment. Geoff Johns isn’t afraid to mix the fun simple elements, from kids stories we used to love, with some more intriguing stories and characters.

  19. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    @jimBilly4: i never passed judgement on the power rangers or the contextion to this comic.

  20. Avatar photo NathanNicdao says:
    March 22, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    Sinestro is bad ass in that cover. The dialogue is a bit awkward, though.

    I still wish it was Sodam Yat, though.

  21. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    Sinestro’s been hitting the gym, i think. he looks huge in that cover

  22. Avatar photo NathanNicdao says:
    March 22, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    @Cedric: I’m trade waiting BN too.

    @edward: the white power is creatine.

  23. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    March 22, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    @edward – he’ll probably go back to being a toned skinny guy in BN 8.

  24. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    he still seemed way bigger in that last page of Blackest Night 7. he’s as buff as i am now

  25. Avatar photo glwarm76 says:
    March 22, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    The Cover rocks.

  26. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 22, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    let’s all just be glad Sinestro does not have a talking tiger sword.  however, I think I would have liked him better with a flute dagger.

  27. Avatar photo gnanniv says:
    March 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    I hate that talking tiger sword.

  28. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    is talking tiger sword fundamentally more stupid than a green ring that talks?

    NOPE!

  29. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    fundamentally more stupid, no.  but THAT particular talking tiger sword was dumb.  the dagger flute was somehow cooler.  transferable shield too.

    but I think we can agree that what was an upgrade was the hot brunette pink ranger for the hotter blonde (and Australian) pink ranger. 

  30. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    That Dagger flute…..I wanted that toy in the worst way when I was 5.

  31. edward says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    Ok, how about this – Saint Walker’s head looks like a giant sperm

     

    this that more stupid than talking tiger sword? 

  32. Avatar photo OnASunday says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Let Mongul have the Mongul Corps! White Sinestro Corps!

  33. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    well, if Sinestro were still a Green Ran… I mean Lantern, then Saint Walker would give Sinestro a power boost.  the dagger flute made the Green Ranger more powerful.

    therefore: if dagger flute > Saba, and Saint Walker = dagger flute, then Saint Walker (sperm head and all) > Saba 

  34. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 22, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    @TNC I was recently at the Disney Store, and they’ve re-packaged the Dagger Flute! Once in my AP Calc class in Senior Year, a friend of mine started whistling the song to summon the Dragonzord. Within in seconds, the entire class was humming "Dun-dun-dun, done-a-na."

  35. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 23, 2010 at 12:01 am

    http://www.amazon.com/Power-Ranger-Battle-Deluxe-Dragon/dp/B002S52UBM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1269316819&sr=8-1

    you could buy it AND support iFanboy! 

  36. Avatar photo gnanniv says:
    March 23, 2010 at 12:12 am

    Love the Dagger Flute.

  37. edward says:
    March 23, 2010 at 12:50 am

    @ABirdeyesView: I’ll be honest. I don’t know what a talking tiger sword is. Let alone a Saba

  38. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 23, 2010 at 1:08 am

    @Prax: *gasp* Really!? My dreams of owning one can finally come true!!

  39. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    March 23, 2010 at 1:24 am

    I still have the Dragon Dagger in my parent’s garage somewhere…

  40. Avatar photo TheGoddamnDeadpool says:
    March 23, 2010 at 2:05 am

    Is it wrong that at 18 years of age I still love Power Rangers? Possibly even more than Green Lantern?

  41. Avatar photo JesTr says:
    March 23, 2010 at 8:08 am

    This is definitelty the first thing I read on Wednesday!

  42. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 23, 2010 at 11:19 am

    @DRAKE: Way up there. By my retarded comment I meant to affirm myself against the hype. Well other hype about other comics.

    Basically what I’m saying here is that I’m a moron.

  43. Avatar photo dirtyharry2030 says:
    March 23, 2010 at 11:57 am

    I am hoping for some really messed up stuff from white lantern Sinestro, like him going power mad and using the white light to permanently kill off some some lanterns and maybe a couple of other characters. I think he needs a big event do something really awful that affects the dc universe in a profound way to cement him as one of the darkest and meanest villains. In my opinion, he hasn’t done that much to be hated so much.

  44. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 23, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    @dirtyharry It’s important to remember that Sinestro is not pure evil (Space Hitler ‘stache-aside) but rather misdirected. He just wants to be the best Lantern he can be, and that means becoming a dictator, to him. Indeed, the whole point of the Sinestro Corps War seems to be to prove how hypocritical the Guardians are than for Sinestro go gain any real power.

  45. Avatar photo ivithebatmanivi says:
    March 23, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    Oh yay! MMPR Talk! Sentai is awesome and I have in my glass case the Dinozord set w/ the DragonZord and Titanus.

    Sad part is I got them in the early 2000’s, putting me at my early 20’s to get them.

    Its funny how we’ve heard the parallels of Sinestro to Hitler. I recently heard someone make the comparison of Sinestro Corps War as an allegory to Homeland Security for the GL Corps. Really as readers we do pick up dots and try and connect them. I figure, as long as I’m enjoying it, makes no real difference to me.

    Looking forward to the final chapter in BN.

  46. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 23, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Oh boy. Sinestro is a Hitler parallel? And now he wields the white power?

    Oh my.

  47. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    March 23, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Yes, Johns must phrase things carefully here. The word "Power" should be banned for use in context with both the white and black lanterns. Lanterns and light, ok. Power, supremacy or panthers of any sort, no go.

  48. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 23, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    @edward- Saba is the name of the aforementioned talking tiger sword.

  49. Avatar photo supertrackmonkey says:
    March 23, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    In Johns I trust.

  50. Avatar photo dirtyharry2030 says:
    March 24, 2010 at 6:36 am

    @PraxJarvin: Good point, but that doesn’t mean he can’t totally lose it and notch up the nuts-o-meter meter a little bit. After all, he was a dictator on his own planet and he killed a bunch of Lanterns and civilians on earth during the sinestro corps war. That’s cold blooded and indiscriminate murder right there by him and/or his corps.

    I just hope that this doesn’t redeem him in any way. I personally beleive his character should be given the opportunity to really mess thingas up here. You can’t give a man like that such a powerful power and expect him to be able to hang on to the little morals he has left.

    I think the Sinestro War made it obvious that he and his corps are prepared to murder lanterns and cicilans and anyone else to get what he and they want. This new power should give him jsu the tool he needs to get what he wants any way he has to.

     

  51. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 24, 2010 at 7:33 am

    Well murdering Lanterns is one thing, but murdering cicilians, that’s genocide. So I’d say that’s crossing a line.

    …

     

     

    *blink*

  52. Avatar photo glwarm76 says:
    March 24, 2010 at 10:38 am

    Which cover is everyone getting? Im tempted to pick up both but I’ll probably just go with Mahnke one. 

  53. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 24, 2010 at 11:25 am

    I got the Mahnke one.

    i gotta say. I really liked this and it’s a pretty messed up issue.

    *spoilers*

    I really liked the history of the universe through White Lantern Sinestro’s eyes. Very cool! I love how they designed parallax and Ion and everything the evolution/creation issue, you gotta admit that evolution makes an excellent backdrop for sci-fi stories!

  54. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 24, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    oh and is the cover pictured above the variant? Because that’s the one I got.

  55. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 24, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    This was my POTW but I did have a few nitpicks. I think for a ‘penultimate’ issue, a lot of things seem to be fixed too easily. Xanshi was one of those things. I never felt a threat from that dead planet this whole event nor did ‘killing’ it felt too hard for the Lanterns. Then Nekron gets pushed aside so easily by Hal in this issue. Isn’t this the same Nekron who had dozens of Lanterns shooting at him with no effect?

    With those complaints aside, I still enjoyed this issue. Johns is great at writing a White Lantern Sinestro and the history of the corps entities was beautifully done. Also it’s nice to see John Stewart in this issue even if he has been underplayed for much of this event. Then we have Mahnke,,,,,oh god I love Mahnke so much. I want to marry him so he can give me artwork like this everyday. 

  56. Avatar photo magnum240 says:
    March 24, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Hal offhandedly stopping a tidal wave?  I’m assuming we were just supposed to realize that took more effort than we saw. 

  57. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 24, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    @TNC-Yeah, but in Hal’s defense, it was a pretty big wrecking ball he created.

    @magnum240-I was a bit thrown off by that as well, but didn’t really give it much thought afterwards. 

    This was a good issue, but damn the artwork was all over the place. It’s to be expected with 3 different inkers I guess.

  58. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 24, 2010 at 11:49 pm

    @drake: True, it was pretty big. But still it is a bit weird how he was able to knock Nekron off for a bit but we’ve seen countless times dozens of lanterns fight him and he doesn’t even flinch. Hell not even the Spirit of Vengence could make him flinch.

    It’s a tiny nitpick sure, but still bugged me a bit. Cause it bothered me a bit on how everyone was trying to save Sinestro…..and then I realized Nekron was suppose to be right behind him. Then I see that tiny panel and it puzzled me.

  59. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 25, 2010 at 12:30 am
    Great issue. A few quibbles with the art, but where it counted the art was spot on. White Lantern Sinestro is pretty good, he’s got a giant white…. SABER! (See what I did there?) Loved the White Lantern history and such. The Xanshi thing was well handled, I thought, on the character level. Both John Stewart and Fatality came to terms with what happened in the past and were able to get over. And that’s the whole point of this event. It’s a little story about having experienced lost, having the loss confront you, and then finding someway to overcome it. And it’s clear with Johns’ background where this story has been coming from.
     
    @TNC If you think how they took out Xanshi here was weak, you should see how it went down originally. It was truly lame. (The fact that there wasn’t a black lantern bomb at the heart of the planet to taunt John did disappoint though.) Again the most important aspect of the Xanshi battle was John finally getting over it. After 20 years.  Because the reason he didn’t do anything with it before is that he didn’t want to destroy the planet again. (Imagine the psychological ramifications of that!) But Fatality offers him the only thing he really needs.
     
    @magnum240 The ring can do whatever Hal wants it to do. 😉
  60. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 25, 2010 at 12:31 am

    Err… Excuse the big type. Don’t know what happened there. Also… forgot to say… 5/5 and POTW for me.

  61. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    March 25, 2010 at 2:32 am

    I really enjoyed when John just cut off Black Lantern Katma Tui. Pretty much how I think everyone feels about the resurrected loved ones at this point. 

  62. Avatar photo Arrrggghhh (@Arrrggghhh) says:
    March 25, 2010 at 2:52 am

    Nice setup heading into the final issue of Blackest Night.
    Fantastic writing and artwork . . . but a much deserved pat of the back to all 3 colorists.  There’s a lot of creative color techniques going on in this issue . . . very impressive.

    I gotta believe Johns was heavily inspired by H.P. Lovercraft . . .
    The 2-pg. spread with Sinestro surrounded by the light entities could easily work as a Lovecraft cover.  (I would thought that the "Love" and "Compassion" creatures would have been more . . . shall I say . . . beautiful or at least slightly attractive looking. Right?)

    No matter how this ends up – there is no doubt that Johns has totally changed everything about Green Lantern.  It’s going to be interesting to see where this all goes in the years to come.

  63. Avatar photo Mangaman says:
    March 25, 2010 at 3:35 am

    I am so fucking awesome. My prediction about the one guardian on comicbookresources was right. Quick recap: I stated that there would be a white lantern who would proclaim himself guardian after the other guardians die. What I didn’t predict was the other entities being totally wierd ZORD-esque animals/spirit beasts. I feel like I’m reading a Power Rangers comic book. (Oh yes I did!)

  64. Avatar photo Mangaman says:
    March 25, 2010 at 3:40 am

    *facepalm!*

    >_< @edward & @jimbilly: …well… didn’t see you post there, kinda stole my thunder. Another witty retort wasted…

  65. Avatar photo JumpingJupiter says:
    March 25, 2010 at 9:37 am

    See, I liked the explanation for how the creatures came to look like they do. They took on the forms of the first creatures to experience certain "emotions" so look like "in-between" beasts in the evolutionary curve.

  66. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 25, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    @Prax: But there was never a moment, to me, where Stewart gets over the fact of destroying the planet. He just acts all macho and acts like he doesn’t care. Even the issue focusing on him didn’t have anything where he felt truly upset seeing this planet come back.

  67. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    March 25, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    This was high quality, but there were definitely some downers in it. Seeing the conclusion to John’s whole deal with Xanshi made me think it wasn’t really well excecuted.

  68. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    March 26, 2010 at 8:33 am

    love is embodied by… THE PREDATOR!! hahahaha

  69. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    March 29, 2010 at 10:40 am

    @TNC I took the whole Hal hurting Nerkon as Nekron being distracted by the White Lantern and Hal just taking advantage of an oppurtunity. I think if Nekron had seen the wrecking ball coming it would have been totally different

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