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A review by crookedtreehouse
Green Lantern Corps, Volume 6: Blackest Night by Peter J. Tomasi
4.0
If you've been reading the Green Lantern Corps volumes leading up to this event, then this is the gentlest transition of all the Blackest Night sidebooks. It's the natural continuation of the the tales of Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Soranik Natu, Mogo, Saarek, Sodam Yat, Stel, Salaak, and everyone else featured in the ongoing series. The chemistry between the characters continue to build, even as the book seems to launch from action scene to action scene. The first four issues are a satisfying story. The epilogue is....fine.
If you haven't been reading the Green Lantern Corps books, this is probably a huge, confusing mess of too many characters, and not enough breathing room to figure out what's going on.
It is unnecessary if you just want to read the Blackest Night book. And it's not as accessible as the Batman, Superman, or Green Arrow side-stories because holy Oan clusterfluff are there Too Many Characters.
But, again, if you've been reading and enjoying the regular Green Lantern Corps title, this doesn't feel like one of those event books that distracts from the overall story. This has been the goal for the ongoing story since Johns took over Green Lantern, and it slides perfectly into the larger event.
If you haven't been reading the Green Lantern Corps books, this is probably a huge, confusing mess of too many characters, and not enough breathing room to figure out what's going on.
It is unnecessary if you just want to read the Blackest Night book. And it's not as accessible as the Batman, Superman, or Green Arrow side-stories because holy Oan clusterfluff are there Too Many Characters.
But, again, if you've been reading and enjoying the regular Green Lantern Corps title, this doesn't feel like one of those event books that distracts from the overall story. This has been the goal for the ongoing story since Johns took over Green Lantern, and it slides perfectly into the larger event.