Ok we ended last issue with Natu dead. After her partner Myrrt had already been killed. We just met her in the mini, and now she's dead? So Guy is trying to figure out how she died, and the 3 main figures that govern this planet Iolande, Ragnar and their father are dealing with their own death, their other son. But Ragnar is a GL groupie. That's all he's dreamed of doing his whole life. So when one of the rings comes to him saying that he's been picked to guard their sector, he's ready to go with no looking back. Meanwhile we have a couple other Corp members, Vath and Isamot, dealing with a planetwide emergency in sector 2682. Vath's partner Isamot seems to be MIA though. So when a couple more GL's show up to help him, Vath uses the help to try to search for his partner. Back on OA we learn that Guy tricked Ragnar into coming to OA because he wants to arrest him for his brothers death, and for all the heroes he killed in his sector. He wanted to be a GL so bad, that he went across his sector and killed anyone that he might be in competition with, to move himself to the top of the list as a replacement when Myrrt died. It turns out that Natu wasn't actually dead. She's some kind of Doctor or Biochemist or something, and when she recognized the poison that Ragnar had given her, she knew how to conteract it. Natu and Guy are ready to punish him, when Salaak arrives. Being a Protocol Lantern, he tells the other lanterns what they can and cannot do. Since Ragnar is the Prince of Betrassus, and a member of the ruling family, he has diplomatic immunity. So he orders Natu to return him to his home world and let him face punishment for his crimes there. He is beheaded, but, before the final act, Natu gives Myrrt's powere ring to Iolande to be the new Lantern of sector 1417. She wanted Ragnar to see that in his final seconds. Meanwhile Vath finds his partner on Thanagar helping to rebuild the planet. He also says that he is in love and that is why he ignored Vath's calls for help and stayed planetside. And, now that this case is solved, Guy has taken shore leave and gone to Restoria for a vacation. What he doesn't know is that a Bounty Hunter, Bolphunga, is hot on his trail and looking for revenge. This book is excellently written by Dave Gibbons, and Patrick Gleason's pencils get better every issue. His style is also perfect for a space drama with multiple species of characters. And who doesn't love the GL Corps??
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