Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #3

December 10, 2010

Title: Last Will: A Lie of the Mind

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Pencils: Fernando Pasarin
Inks: Cam Smith
Colorist: Randy Mayor, Gabe Eltred
Letterer: Steve Wands
Cover: Rodolfo Migliari
Editor: Adam Schlagman
Publisher: DC Comics

Guy Gardner has led his team of Green Lanterns to Odym, home of the peaceful Blue Lantern Corps. As they speak to Brother Warth, though, they find themselves under assault by a Red Lantern whose fate seems to be intertwined with their own. Back on Daxam, meanwhile, Sodom Yat wakes up to a planet that has turned against him.

Peter Tomasi has done something very interesting with this title. He’s taken some of the threads from his run on Green Lantern Corps, mainly the Sodom Yat story but also some smaller threads involving Guy and Kilowog, and spun them off into their own series while leaving the parent title intact for Tony Bedard to play with. Guy was a main character in GLC, of course, but none of the plots Tomasi wrote revolved around him the way they do here. The way he’s going into a mission that seems destined to doom him, the idea that he can’t complete this mission unless he maintains the Red Lantern contamination in his blood – it’s cool, compelling stuff that really suits this character extremely well. I also really liked seeing Brother Warth used to such good effect in this issue. Visually, I’ve always thought he was one of the best-designed characters we’ve yet seen come out of the other Corps (besides Green, I mean), but this is the first time we’ve really gotten to see him used as a primary character, even if it’s just for one issue. I must say, I want more. I like what I’ve seen.

Fernando Pasarin, again, has turned out great artwork. His Brother Warth rocks, his other characters are strong, his faces are full of emotion and his layouts tell the story without fail. This creative team has really made me a fan of this book, with or without the Brightest Day label.

Rating: 8/10