The Diminishing Power Of Rage — Reviewing ‘Green Lantern Corps’ #3
by Scott Redmond
Summary
A solid balance continues as the series deals with greater issues as well as those of the vast but controlled cast of characters. It presents an inspired take on the Corps that befits the different sentiments of our current era.
Overall
9/10Chaos has engulfed the universe in recent times. The Green Lantern Corps have tasked themselves with cleaning up these messes. Even when one of those messes includes a former group of enemies facing extinction.
The fate of the Red Lanterns is revealed in Green Lantern Corps #3 from Morgan Hampton, Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarín, Oclair Albert, Jason Paz, Arif Prianto, Rain Beredo, and Dave Sharpe.
All-out action is the name of the game here. No wonder there was a need for so many hands on deck this time around. It speaks to how well the duo of inkers and colorists worked together that I wasn’t even aware there was a change until I was reading the credits to write this review. It’s much easier to bridge those different styles than it is to bridge the gap between different pencil styles.
There is a dense nature to what Prianto and Beredo are doing with the colors. This keeps things weighty, with enough darkness to befit the story, while vibrant at the same time. This is a story with two colorful Lantern groups. There are tons of reds and greens everywhere, setting the tone and holding things down.
Pasarín’s artwork follows the same mold., with tons of depth and dynamic energy. The inks from Albert and Paz help bring more of that weight and definition. There is a harder texture to many aspects to contrast with the smoother elements, giving it all a slicker appearance.
I like what Hampton and Adams are cooking here, putting the Corps in an intriguing position while showing how broken things are in the universe. This is not a book where the space cops are really going around just doing space cop stuff. There is more to it, especially with the burdens that John Stewart is carrying. There are great emotional beats mixed into the overall scope of the storyline.
Throwing in the Thanagarian God Horus and a possible future for those people was an unexpected but great touch. Having the series mix up the Lanterns and storylines should help with there being a ton of potential cast members to pull from.
Even with the smaller focus, there are still a lot of distinct voices here. Sharpe gives them all the right emotional weight, modifying them to really play into how the voices could and should sound. Volume and power are always clear, as the fonts shift when necessary.
Green Lantern Corps #3 is now available from DC Comics.
