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GREEN LANTERN CORPS #45

The battle for the Green Lantern Battery on Oa comes to a bloody end as the new front in the War of Light emerges!

Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art and cover by Patrick Gleason & Rebecca Buchman
Variant cover by Greg Horn

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  1. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    This could be cover of the week for me. Not just because of the chainsaw though 😉

    This should be a lot of fun, as the last two issues have been some of the best material Tomasi/Gleason has been producing.

  2. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    I forget what happened to Kilowog’s face and it’s been annoying me for weeks.  Anyone care to lend me a hand?

  3. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Can’t remember.  Shit doesn’t start getting solidified in my head until the second reading.

  4. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    February 15, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    I know I read it, so it was either in SCW or Emerald…Eclipse?  Whatever the arc before Blackest Night was called.

    Side note… there are way too many Green Lantern stories starting with "Emerald."  Couldn’t even begin to tell you which one is which.

  5. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    February 15, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    This is a cool cover. Guy taking a chainsaw construct to the Corps a$$!

  6. Avatar photo ABirdseysView says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    oh hells yes!

  7. Avatar photo DarthDuck says:
    February 15, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    This’ll be my first issue since getting this via DC Direct.  Anyone have any experince with that?  Will I get in on time or in two weeks?

  8. Avatar photo supertrackmonkey says:
    February 16, 2010 at 12:19 am

    We all know Guy survives because he is staring in a new book with Kilowog. 

  9. Avatar photo skeets says:
    February 16, 2010 at 4:48 am

    Really? The star of a book doesn’t die??? Way to ruin it DC!

  10. Avatar photo dirtyharry2030 says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:03 am

    For me, the current GLC books have been the best thing to come out of BN so far. Great work going on here.

  11. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    February 16, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Cool. Really excited for this.

    @Champ You realize it’s constructed to be the mirror image of the cover to GL #51.

  12. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    February 16, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    This is the cover of the week for me. And it is only because of the chainsaw.

  13. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    February 16, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    @Prax: Huh, your right. I didn’t notice that at all…..Although to be fair there are more GL’s in this cover then GL #51. So I think that makes it not as obvious on first glance.

  14. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    February 17, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    Another great issue. Gleason has done an amazing job for almost a full year now, impressive considering he wasn’t this consistant over a year ago. Mogo continues to be a badass though, I would love to see a comic based on Mogo….

    …..Okay maybe not.l

  15. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    February 17, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    cover of the week candidate

  16. Avatar photo dneufeld says:
    February 17, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Great issue and a nice cap off to the arc.  I’ll be sorry to see the Tomasi/Gleason team go, I’ve been enjoying this title more than GL for most of the last year or so.  Oh well, luckily, the future looks bright. 

  17. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:56 am

    This was a good issue, but Mogo’s starting to become something of a Deus Ex Machina problem solver…

  18. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    February 18, 2010 at 1:25 am

    This issue really could have used a B-Plot. I was also hoping that Kyle would inspire hope in Guy and magically get a Blue Ring, instead of the Mogo-out. But still, enjoyable issue. 4/5. It really is clear to me that Guy is Tomasi’s favorite character, though.  

  19. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    February 18, 2010 at 11:44 am

    I think this issue set up the premise/first arc of Emerald Knights.  Guy’s gotta go find the blue lanterns, afterall.

  20. Avatar photo Noto says:
    February 19, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Best use of "Son of a Bitch!" (or any vulgarity) in a comic since the Goddamn Batman told you who he is.

  21. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    February 19, 2010 at 3:07 am

    Really nice art, but what a waste of an issue. Did we need a whole issue of drawn out leach sucking, giant battles of red & green bubbles in the air? Did anyone REALLY think Guy would stay a Red Lantern? Why not just do the leach thing on the first page or two, then move on with the story?

  22. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    February 19, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Is there anything Mogo can’t do? I’m fully convinced the thing probably shit’s rainbows and unicorns; he’s so damn magical.

  23. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    February 19, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    @Drakedangerz Mogo is Justin Gray.

  24. grantbrydon says:
    February 20, 2010 at 5:39 am

    This issue was ok, i did feel as if Tomassi is just waiting around for Blackest Night until he can continue with what he wants to do however..

  25. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    February 20, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    Really compelling issue, but as usual there’s just little moments that turn me off. Guy’s dialouge, lame scientific explanations for things, and some awkward art. I’ve really liked the last 2 or 3 issues of this though. Sad to see the team break apart but its been a solid 4 star run.

     Also, does anyone remember when all the Indigo tribe was called on to visit the Corps homeworlds? Can’t seem to find this in the previous GL, GLC, or BN books.

  26. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    February 20, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    @Jaque It’s mentioned – briefly – in GL #50. It’s explicitly stated in "Blackest Night: The Atom & Hawkman"

  27. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    February 21, 2010 at 2:45 am

    This was flipping awesome! Favorite part was Guy sitting up from the water saying ‘son of a bitch’ made me laugh out loud. This book is that perfect balance between big widescreen action and great character moments.

  28. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    February 21, 2010 at 6:59 am

    POW!

  29. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    March 3, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    As to why Mogo didn’t do it at first: he states quite explicitly that there is still red lantern blood in Guy, so it was not a perfect solution. Mogo thought some sort of super-ring, battle your own demons therapy was the better choice, but the Corps didn’t give it a chance. I hope Guy keeps it for a long time, trying to control it, tapping into it when he needs an extra boost, battling the demons that result. But where did the rest of the red lantern blood go? Into Mogo. Mogo is a planet, so the dilution is high… for now. I would be damn surprised if that doesn’t come back to bite the Mogo and the Corps in the ass later. So there is another reason Mogo might have hesitated. He may have known that suckling up Red Lantern blood had some serious risks.

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