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This is where it all started. The present cast of the GLC monthly had their genesis in this trade, where veterans like Guy Gardner, Kilowog, and Mogo were joined by rookies Soranik Natu, Isamot Kol, and Vath Sarn. Parts of this story and its' focus on the enlistment of raw recruits were related to the concurrently running Rann Thanagar War saga. A new Lantern from each respective planet was introduced to the Corps and to each other, with détente being accomplished between them despite their reservations via their unexpected partnership and the ensuing mutual peril that arose from it. The situation with Natu was entirely different. The native of Korugar had to overcome her own long term animosity towards the Corps due to her planet's past dark experiences with her kinsman and former Lantern and Korugaran tyrant Sinestro. This diverse group of quirky personalities must put aside all of their own petty differences and biases in order to deal with an outside threat from the always entertaining Spider Guild. The Guild are building space webs throughout the galaxy that are in actuality black holes which are sucking up and destroying suns, with Oa being next on the agenda. While the ending has a serious cheese factor to it, it does score high on the feelgood scale and thus successfully accomplished its' mission, to launch the monthly ongoing series with a literal and figurative bang. This book exemplifies the importance of laying the proper foundation for any new venture and in the process did an exceptional job in doing just that.
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Having returned Hal Jordan to front center stage of the GL corner of the DC Universe in Green Lantern: Rebirth, one of the next big tasks the GL office cut for themselves was to reboot the entire Green Lantern Corps up to maximum levels, with Oa and the Guardians in charge of a truly universe-wide Corps,with defenders from a vast multitude of species - including totally non-humanoid ones - powered up to defend all 3600 sectors of space from any threat or evil that might arise. With the decision made to re-institute a full Corps, the Guardians dispatch the rings out into every corner of space to seek out potential recruits and offer membership in the Corps. Of course, having been programmed by the Guardians, the rings - however well-intentioned - lack 'people skills', and sometimes get off on the wrong foot with those they're attempting to contact and convince to 'sign up'.
The new modus operandi for the Corps will be 7200 Green Lanterns, putting a pair in charge of each sector rather than the 3600 solo sector protectors of old days. Longtime Green Lantern stalwart Kilowog will be in charge of training. Kilowog...now here's a character that can take a while to grow on one if you're not overly familiar with him. At times he can come off as too much, a too-hardnosed, too-inflexible, too-stereotypical drill sergeant type. But that's only part of the character. He is half drill sergeant - though not nearly so unsympathetic or unlikable a one as he occasionnally appears - but the other half is part 'big brother to all the younger and/or newer GLs' and part 'mama bear protecting the cubs' as seen from time to time, and seen in this very volume, when any of the Lanterns are seriously threatened and in need of heavy back-up. In many ways, this collection presents the definitive portrait of Kilowog, just as Green Lantern: Rebirth did for Hal. Once you get to know the big guy, it's unlikely that there'll be many readers who don't find a special place in their heart for the ol' lug. Other familiar figures abound, either sharing the forefront, as is the case with Kyle Rayner (I'm very glad that, with books like this and the "Ion" maxiseries, Kyle didn't get shuffled off to a semi-limbo after "Rebirth") and Guy Gardner; or else in rather brief, supporting roles, as with Brik, for example.
New characters abound too, with one of the most interesting being Soranik Natu, the newest recruit from Korrugar (famous as being the homeworld of Sinestro). Also, as part of this volume's tying in to DC's cosmos-spanning The Rann-Thanagar War (Countdown to Infinite Crisis), two new recruits come from that conflict, from opposite sides in fact, and are horrified to wind up having to fight alongside one another to counter an immense threat.
That threat is emerging even as the full Corps is in the early stages of being rebuilt; as something unnatural is destroying entire stars (and annihilating the planets, often inhabited, that order them). Longtime GLs and newly minted ring-bearers alike are in a race against time to discover who or what is behind these catacylsms before untold worlds are threatened. Well written, imaginative, and with great, distinctive art, Recharge is a winner, and among the better massive-scale space epics out there. 9/10
Reprints all 5 issues of the "Green Lantern Corps: Recharge" miniseries, which preceded the GL Corps ongoing; includes the covers.
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"Green Lantern Corps Recharge" collects the 5-issue "Recharge" miniseries that preceded the "Green Lantern Corps" ongoing series. Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons blew all expectations out of the water with this mini-series. The art, by Patrick Gleason, was more than up to the task of illustrating a universe-spanning action. Guy Gardner's back in action as a Green Lantern, and he's as big a jerk as he ever was--a great return to form for "the best" Green Lantern. Johns and Gibbons also toss in some Easter eggs for longtime GL fans, such as the return of Bolphunga the Relentless from Alan Moore's classic "Mogo Doesn't Socialize."
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This was a great read and is worth the purchase. All of the major Green Lanterns appear with most of the action switching between Guy and Kyle with thier rookie lantern and KIlowag with two rookie lanterns. If you have any interest in Green Lantern I suggest you start here as it is a who's who of the big time Green Lanterns.
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Green Lantern is boring by himself.
One of the niftiest things about the whole Green Lantern saga is the interstellar marshal aspect of it, and lots of entertaining space adventures.
That had been demolished in the past, and here DC has decided to have another crack at it. Guy Gardner with authority, who'd thunk it?
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