Green Lantern #39 - DC

I'm a little sad that Ivan Reis didn't do the art for this issue, however . . Philip Tan does . . and it is incredible. As is his art on the cover below. Ivan did the cover at the left. Anyways, this issue we find out why the Vega system has been off limits to the Green Lantern Corps for so long. Basically, the Guardians came to an agreement with the only member of the Orange Corps there, Larfreeze. From what I can understand, they agreed to stay out of the sector as long as he didn't start any trouble. Well . . this issue, the Controllers come looking for the source of the Orange power. They want to start their own Corps. However, Larfreeze takes this incursion as a breach of the treaty between him and the Guardians. Afterall, the Controllers were associated with the Guardians at one time . . . like a million years ago. But, at the time, I was confused by something Larfreeze says, "What do the tall ones control? Nothing! They bore the Darkstars! the Effigy Platoon! the Beta Men! All weak doppelgangers of the Green Lantern Corps! All extinct like the angels in Vega. They want to protect the universe their own way. You can't protect anything that big! You can only protect what you can hold." So . . who are the Effigy Platoon and the Beta Men? I doesn't really matter, I'm just wondering. Anyways, Larfreeze wipes out the Controllers that came to his planet, and then . . . he takes the attack straight to OA. But the main part of all of this, I think is . . the Guardians come up with yet another law for the book of OA. And it's proposed by Scar . . the one that seems to be the most tuned into this Blackest Night that's on the horizon. "The Vega system is no longer outside the Green Lantern Corps' jurisdiction. And it is time we left this planet and got involved in this war ourselves." Plus there's still something to Hal having both the Green and the Blue rings right now. There's a signifigance that I think we don't see yet. And Ganthet and Sayd are still actively recruiting members for their Indigo Corps. "Hope and compassion must work together." Geoff Johns has put together an incredible story here. We find out more information, and things get more complex every issue. I'm lovin' it. And we still haven't even reached Blackest Night yet. As good as this story is . . and it's really just the prelude. I think we have another instant classic on our hands here.