First of all . . what a fantastic variant cover by Jim Lee. I think that it would out-shadow the main cover, if it weren't for Parallax being the theme. Yowtch! Anyways, at the end of last issue we saw that the Guardians allowed each of the various spectrums to deputize someone to their aid. This ended up being, Wonder Woman, the Atom, the Flash, Mera, Lex Luthor and Jonathan Crane. Hal isn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but . .'This isn't exactly what I pictured when I thought of backup, Ganthet.' And then we see what each of them are up to. Flash and Saint Walker are fighting the Ronnie Raymond Firestorm. Atrocitus and Mera are fighting Arthur, and her son. Wonder Woman and Star Sapphire are trying to save Donna. Sinestro is trying to keep Scarecrow in line. Larfleeze is fighting . . Lex Luthor. 'Share? Gimme that back, you thief!' But the main event here is that the Spectre is coming after Hal. Now, during Hal's previous encounter with Parallax, he had gotten inside of Hal, who then got inside of the Spectre. That's the short version. Anyways, the Spectre ended up helping separate Hal and Parallax, but . . as soon as he did, he took off.
Which leads Hal to think that the Spectre is actually afraid of Parallax. So . . the obvious solution . . it's time to dig Parallax out of the closet, sort of. The Guardians separated Parallax into four parts and then hid the various pieces away in the Lanterns of Hal, Guy, John and Kyle. But that's not the hard part. The hard part is that once they release it . . Hal's going to have to let it take control of him again. He just has to hope that he's strong enough to keep it on his agenda. And that's how the issue ends . . 'Jordan's not here anymore, Sinestro. It's just me. So . . Spectre. Where were we?' Geoff Johns has done a tremendous job with this story, and this book. I can't wait to see how he pulls Hal out of this mess. This issues' story is titled
Parallax: Rebirth. I'm just wondering what kind of twist Geoff is going to put on this tale. I miss Ivan Reis' art in these pages, but . . since he's doing Blackest Night he's still a huge part of the story. However, Doug Mahnke brings a certain type or 'eeriness' and 'darkness' to this story, and these characters, that I'm not sure Ivan could. On the final pages, Doug's interpretation of Parallax is downright creepy. It looked fantastic! I also liked that panels when Barry and Saint Walker were fighting Firestorm, and Jason was literally being ripped out of his body. The whole issue was incredible. I can't wait to read more.
First of all . . what a fantastic variant cover by Jim Lee. I think that it would out-shadow the main cover, if it weren't for Parallax being the theme. Yowtch! Anyways, at the end of last issue we saw that the Guardians allowed each of the various spectrums to deputize someone to their aid. This ended up being, Wonder Woman, the Atom, the Flash, Mera, Lex Luthor and Jonathan Crane. Hal isn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but . .'This isn't exactly what I pictured when I thought of backup, Ganthet.' And then we see what each of them are up to. Flash and Saint Walker are fighting the Ronnie Raymond Firestorm. Atrocitus and Mera are fighting Arthur, and her son. Wonder Woman and Star Sapphire are trying to save Donna. Sinestro is trying to keep Scarecrow in line. Larfleeze is fighting . . Lex Luthor. 'Share? Gimme that back, you thief!' But the main event here is that the Spectre is coming after Hal. Now, during Hal's previous encounter with Parallax, he had gotten inside of Hal, who then got inside of the Spectre. That's the short version. Anyways, the Spectre ended up helping separate Hal and Parallax, but . . as soon as he did, he took off. 
Which leads Hal to think that the Spectre is actually afraid of Parallax. So . . the obvious solution . . it's time to dig Parallax out of the closet, sort of. The Guardians separated Parallax into four parts and then hid the various pieces away in the Lanterns of Hal, Guy, John and Kyle. But that's not the hard part. The hard part is that once they release it . . Hal's going to have to let it take control of him again. He just has to hope that he's strong enough to keep it on his agenda. And that's how the issue ends . . 'Jordan's not here anymore, Sinestro. It's just me. So . . Spectre. Where were we?' Geoff Johns has done a tremendous job with this story, and this book. I can't wait to see how he pulls Hal out of this mess. This issues' story is titled Parallax: Rebirth. I'm just wondering what kind of twist Geoff is going to put on this tale. I miss Ivan Reis' art in these pages, but . . since he's doing Blackest Night he's still a huge part of the story. However, Doug Mahnke brings a certain type or 'eeriness' and 'darkness' to this story, and these characters, that I'm not sure Ivan could. On the final pages, Doug's interpretation of Parallax is downright creepy. It looked fantastic! I also liked that panels when Barry and Saint Walker were fighting Firestorm, and Jason was literally being ripped out of his body. The whole issue was incredible. I can't wait to read more.
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