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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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Vivid Battle for the Light - Review of Green Lantern Corps: Lost Army

 

Cover of Green Lantern Corps Lost Army graphic novel from DC Comics

Review:

Green Lantern John Stewart's leadership abilities are put to an extreme test on nearly every page of this disorienting tale of the Corps. When he and a small group of Lanterns awaken on an unfamiliar planet, one which their power rings cannot identify or locate, survival and information gathering become the prime objectives. 

Not an easy task, either, with their rapidly dwindling power charges and constant assaults from that universe's Cleaners - creatures that consume outsiders similar to the human immune system, and the Light Pirates after every scrap of emotional light energy they can find.

Writer Cullen Bunn draws an intriguing comparison to a small military patrol, and mixes in numerous flashbacks and memories of Stewart's experiences as a Marine in Afghanistan. It's a clever reinterpretation of his back-story. And the parallels of that history and their current dilemma serves him well as he reflects on leadership, the need for action, for confidence, and the fine line between when truth or lies better serve the goal of survival.

Bunn draws together themes of power, leadership, truth and lies, friendship and enemies and the risks of common cause and shifting allegiances. The super-hero action is constant, yet it's the nuances at the edges that make one pause.

The real star of this book, however, is Spanish artist Jesus Saiz. His work here results in a stunningly gorgeous book. The characters and action positively jump from the page, with his smooth gradations of over-saturated hues leading the way. From the achingly beautiful barren wilderness landscapes on the first pages - orange-toned alien mountains everywhere - to the subtle pops of color and mix of shadows of a sunrise raid in Afghanistan, Saiz paints with light in a way that does full justice to these light-warriors.

Stewart and his troupe meet enemies both old and new, and a few old friends. Kilowog is there, as is Guy Gardiner; Arisia Rrab, Two-Six and Xrill-Vrek round out his team, with Salaak, B'dg, Jruk and other Corps members appearing before the end. But by the book's conclusion they are nowhere near home yet. The next acts of this story continue in Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion.

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Writer Cullen Bunn (SINESTRO) and artists Jesus Saiz (SWAMP THING) and others lead the Green Lantern Corps through an unknown universe and a frantic fight for survival.

The Green Lantern Corps. They have survived Sinestro, the War of Light, the Third Army, Krona, Relic and the Durlans—all through sheer force of willpower and loyalty to each other and the Corps itself. Now they face an even greater challenge: the unknown.

John Stewart, Kilowog, and a handful of Lanterns are lost on an unknown world and beset by strange beings that want nothing more than to erase them from existence. Stewart will have to bring these desperate Lanterns together despite the odds and rely on a few questionable allies in order make their way home. The problem is, they have no idea where home is.

Collects the entire GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY miniseries in one exciting volume!

Collects: the complete limited series

Authors:  Cullen Bunn
Artists:  Jesus Saiz
Published By:  Dc Comics
Published When:  April 12, 2016
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN:  978-1401261269
Pages:  152 pages


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