Green Lantern #37

Two Green Lanterns in one month! It sort've makes up for the marked dearth of Green Lanterns in December. Frankly, the beauty of the artwork by Ivan Reis makes up for any delay. Gosharootie, he draws SUCH a pretty Hal.

Hal has teamed up with the two Blue Lanterns, and are off to retrieve Sinestro. The Hope Lanterns are adamant that Sinestro be saved, and that his life is important in the upcoming Ware of Light. Hal, stubborn jackass that he can be, is equally adamant that Sinestro deserves his death sentence. Ganthet seems to feel that Hal is destined to become a Blue Lanterns, but St. Walker and Warth are uncertain, considering how pissed Hal seems to be.

Eventually, they do find Ysmault, and there is Sinestro still strung up on the Rage symbo, all bloody and horrible-looking. Hal immediately starts to reminisce about all that Sinestro has done To him and For him over the years, and he hesitates, even though his ring keeps repeating that Lethal Force is Authorized. As Hal stands there hesitating, Sinestro, who is actually looking pretty pitiful does manage to croak out a warning, as the seemingly innocuous red puddle behind Hal suddenly bursts forth, and...boy howdy, there are a passel of really really cranky Red Lanterns all over him.

So, lickety-split, Atrocitus has Hal strung up next to Sinestro, and in his usual fashion, he decides to come up with a prophecy for Hal. He declares that the Guardians will take his greatest love away, and that he'll rebel once more,and lose everything in the war to come. Sinestro, who hasn't lost an ounce of his inherent snarkiness hangs there sneering, and reminding Hal that Atrocitus is just a phoney, with a talent for reverse psychology. But he DOES think that Hal should definitely rebel against the Guardians. Hell, even I think that Hal should rebel against the Guardians! They have been particularly stupid lately, and probably DESERVE to be rebelled against. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Atrocitus sics Laira on Hal, just as a posse of Yellow Lanterns show up and free Sinestro, while at the same time, St. Walker and Warth show up and in a stunningly gorgeous two-page spread, free Hal. God, they should make a poster of this.

Hal, being Hal manages to get jumped by the girl, and Laira is all over him, as he tries to reason with her. He's just beginning to get through to her, when she is cut down by Sinestro and dies. Hal is all broken up, while Sinestro is surprised that he's upset, after all, he just saved his life. Hal finally loses his temper and starts whaling away on Sinestro, and fed up, he encases Sinestro in a green energy electric chair. The two Blue Lanterns are horrified and leap in, to stop him, but they are too late.

GREAT GOOGALLY MOOGALLY!!!

That's one HELL of a cliff-hanger! I did NOT see that coming! And I'm not going to show you or tell you, because you truly deserve to go out and read it yourselves and be stunned.