Man o man is this a fantastic book. Peter J Tomasi is doing an incredible job with the stories in this book, and I still think that Patrick Gleason is the perfect artist for this book. He's not the best artist our there, but . . he is the perfect artist for this book. He brings such life to these characters and he's made each one of these aliens specific and unique unto themselves. And there's a whole lot of aliens in this book. First we've got Mongul who has come to Daxam. For some reason he's intent upon making this planet, and it's people, his new home for the Sinestro Corps. He conquers the planet, and once done . . . refuses to kill one more Daxamite because doing so would give him one less slave to rebuild the planet in his image. He's also summoned the entire Sinestro Corps here because he want to put down the law. In doing so he accepts his first challenge to the leadership from Arkillo. We know who's going to win, but . . it'll be interesting anyways. Meanwhile, Sodam Yat's parents are trying to reach him . . he is the new Ion after all . . to tell him what's happening back at home. Also, Kyle and Guy are trying to come to terms with the new law that the Guardians have put out there. Especially since Kyle saw Natu in the Star-Sapphire crystal. Actually they saw each other. Ironically, right when the law is put out there . . a new romance begins to bud. Also they have to figure out what to do about the 204 rings that have come back from the people that quit because of it. Mogo is designed to search for the new ring-bearers, but . . apparently it's a different situation for replacing someone who's resigned. That hasn't happened before. There treading on new ground here. And we see a Star-Sapphire, Miri, cross paths with Lantern Saarek. He's the one who talks to the dead. It's a unique experience to say the least. Finally, in the back-up story . . Origins & Omens . . we get a rather bleak fortune telling by Scab about Kyle and Guy. At least we think it's about them. "They will fight and die in this war . . . and as foretold by the black . . they will be consumed." Things are looking kind of bleak. And Blackest Night hasn't even started yet. This is a fantastic series. I love this book. And it just seems to be getting better all of the time.
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