First of all, I can't believe that no one has pictures of these 'variant' covers posted yet. They're some great covers, but unless you paid $25 for the issues, you don't get to see what they look like. I think that's sad. Anyways, we get some origin stories this issue. We actually get to see Kilowog's origin. Well . . not exactly the origin, but . . we do pick up on his story from the first days of him being recruited into the Corps. We find out that he was recruited around the same time as Tomar-re. I didn't actually think that he had been in the Corps that long. Anyways, he's put through the paces by his drill instructor, Lantern Ermey. He's actually the one that came up with the term 'Poozer'. "That's what I call useless rookies, Poozer. Especially you, Brillolog from planet Ballowax!" He kind of reminds me of Guy Gardner. Anyways, we see from this story that there's going to be some personal demons Kilowog is going to have to face with these Black Lanterns . . including his fellow recruits and Lantern Ermey. That should prove interesting. This story was brought to us by Peter J Tomasi and Chris Samnee. Next we get the origin of Arisia. On her world, the Lantern heritage stayed within the same family. Brother, Uncle, Cousin . . whatever. At the beginning of the story Arisia's father is their current Green Lantern, and he's doing everything he can to train his daughter and prepare her for her destiny. However, when he dies, her Uncle takes up the mantle first. Then sadly, and joyously, he Uncle dies and she assumes the ring. The people that she's going to have to face are going to be members of her own family. How sick is that? This story was also by Peter, with Mike Mayhew doing the art. It really looked incredible. Finally, for the third story,
we see the sketch pages of Blackest Night #0, with director commentary by Geoff Johns, Editor Eddie Berganza and Associate Editor Adam Schlagman. I thought it was fantastic. First of all, the pencil drawing by Ivan Reis were just incredible. I can't believe how talented this guy is, and I'm glad that others are finally starting to notice. Ivan is really an artist in every sense of the word. I also liked all the commentary because it game me some insight into subtle nuances and 'themes' that I hadn't realized. Especially when Eddie comments, "It's ironic that the fastest man alive needs to catch up." Barry and Hal are the main characters of this story, but the dark and light of the DCU are what the really theme is. This is exemplified by Batman and Green Lantern. But we get a hint that the Flash, Barry, and the Atom are going to play big parts in all of this. And that Green Lantern #44 is a very important issue. It's funny when Eddie asks Geoff how he came up with the Oath. "I started backward with 'the Dead shall rise'." "The Blackest Night fall from the skies . . the darkness grows as all light dies . . we crave your hears and your demise . . by my Black Hand . . the dead shall rise!" And finally Geoff reveals, "Scar is our corrupted Guardian. Scar is nothing compared to the being behind the Black Lanterns." I don't usually like when stuff is reprinted . . especially this soon after coming out, but . . I thoroughly enjoyed it this time. First of all, not everyone had access to it . . 'Free Comic-book Day' and all. The pencil drawings were incredible, and . . the commentary really shed a lot of light onto the whole project. I thought it was fantastic.
First of all, I can't believe that no one has pictures of these 'variant' covers posted yet. They're some great covers, but unless you paid $25 for the issues, you don't get to see what they look like. I think that's sad. Anyways, we get some origin stories this issue. We actually get to see Kilowog's origin. Well . . not exactly the origin, but . . we do pick up on his story from the first days of him being recruited into the Corps. We find out that he was recruited around the same time as Tomar-re. I didn't actually think that he had been in the Corps that long. Anyways, he's put through the paces by his drill instructor, Lantern Ermey. He's actually the one that came up with the term 'Poozer'. "That's what I call useless rookies, Poozer. Especially you, Brillolog from planet Ballowax!" He kind of reminds me of Guy Gardner. Anyways, we see from this story that there's going to be some personal demons Kilowog is going to have to face with these Black Lanterns . . including his fellow recruits and Lantern Ermey. That should prove interesting. This story was brought to us by Peter J Tomasi and Chris Samnee. Next we get the origin of Arisia. On her world, the Lantern heritage stayed within the same family. Brother, Uncle, Cousin . . whatever. At the beginning of the story Arisia's father is their current Green Lantern, and he's doing everything he can to train his daughter and prepare her for her destiny. However, when he dies, her Uncle takes up the mantle first. Then sadly, and joyously, he Uncle dies and she assumes the ring. The people that she's going to have to face are going to be members of her own family. How sick is that? This story was also by Peter, with Mike Mayhew doing the art. It really looked incredible. Finally, for the third story, 
we see the sketch pages of Blackest Night #0, with director commentary by Geoff Johns, Editor Eddie Berganza and Associate Editor Adam Schlagman. I thought it was fantastic. First of all, the pencil drawing by Ivan Reis were just incredible. I can't believe how talented this guy is, and I'm glad that others are finally starting to notice. Ivan is really an artist in every sense of the word. I also liked all the commentary because it game me some insight into subtle nuances and 'themes' that I hadn't realized. Especially when Eddie comments, "It's ironic that the fastest man alive needs to catch up." Barry and Hal are the main characters of this story, but the dark and light of the DCU are what the really theme is. This is exemplified by Batman and Green Lantern. But we get a hint that the Flash, Barry, and the Atom are going to play big parts in all of this. And that Green Lantern #44 is a very important issue. It's funny when Eddie asks Geoff how he came up with the Oath. "I started backward with 'the Dead shall rise'." "The Blackest Night fall from the skies . . the darkness grows as all light dies . . we crave your hears and your demise . . by my Black Hand . . the dead shall rise!" And finally Geoff reveals, "Scar is our corrupted Guardian. Scar is nothing compared to the being behind the Black Lanterns." I don't usually like when stuff is reprinted . . especially this soon after coming out, but . . I thoroughly enjoyed it this time. First of all, not everyone had access to it . . 'Free Comic-book Day' and all. The pencil drawings were incredible, and . . the commentary really shed a lot of light onto the whole project. I thought it was fantastic.
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