In the 80s when Green Lantern turned into "Green Lantern Corps" and then again into "GLC:Quarterly" I had high hopes for the book. On paper, the idea of 3600 Green Lanterns having adventures throughout the entire galaxy was like Robocop meets Star Trek. How could it fail? Well, the originals fell under terrible sales, lack of interest and poor writing. The book was canceled and the GLC was all but done away with.
While the rebooted all new GLC has been an amazing book, this is the cream of the crop.
Emerald Eclipse (a sequel to "Sins of the Star Sapphire") is the Green Lantern Corps at their absolute best. Maintaining a cast of five regular mainstays that we have to care about independently is daunting enough; but "Corps" makes do with 30+ and by the end of this (and subsequent) volumes you'll be on a first name basis with each one.
At the core of Emerald Eclipse, four very unique stories are occurring:
The first, and most prominent is not at all featured in this book. That's the ongoing "War of Light" which has only just started to come to a head, starring the other book's GL frontrunner, Hal Jordan. Mentions of Jordan and various run-ins with supporting characters/events carrying over from his main book are sprinkled so precisely throughout "Eclipse" that you'd think he was the star of the show just missing a page away. For any non "Lantern" readers, it's enough to make you say "I want to see what's happening with the other guy"
Secondly, coming off an emotional tirade of "Sins", "Eclipse" addresses the fearful mentality of seasoned vets and rookies alike suddenly questioning their superior officers. With new laws being written into the book of OA and fear spreading throughout the Corps over what their ideologies are evolving into, a crisis of conscious runs rampant throughout the troops. This hits at the worst time after a prison break incurring a fight with the Yellow and Red Lanterns.
Thirdly rising star and frontrunner for this a recent Corps titles, Sodom Yat, the new Ion, has to put aside his own feelings when the Sinestro Corps War arrives at his doorstep.
Whereas "Sins" took a much more passive aim at the "Corps" storytelling, "Eclipse" is a thrill-ride from start to finish.
For those of you interested solely in "Blackest Night" while not as involved, as the main Lantern title, Emerald Eclipse will drop you on the Blackest Night doorstep same as Agent Orange does. Eclipse follows two of the Lanterns on a covert mission to battery of the black, picking up exactly where (green lantern #43) Blackest Night opens.
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