Green Lantern Corps #38

Each month, I read the latest issue of Green Lantern Corps, and think to myself that Tomasi and Gleason can't possibly top themselves, only to be surprised when they do it again the next month. And here,they've surpassed themselves again.

Holy Guacamole!

As you all recall,the Green Lanterns have more or less quelled the riot in the sciencells, although at great cost, and Scar, the traitorous Guardian has seized this moment to destroy the great protective shell surrounding Oa. Naturally, this leads to some concern on the part of the surviving Lanterns, the rookies are starting to panic, Kyle is troubled,and Guy is waxing philosophical, while Salaak isn't getting much in the way of answers. Kilowog decides that there's no use crying over it and to man up and start putting out the fires...in some cases, quite literally. Meanwhile, the Alpha Lanterns apparently have...and agenda.

Back on Korugar, Soranik is dealing with the revelation that Sinestro is her father. Iolande rather sensibly is wondering if it is all just a trick, but Soranik is pretty darned certain, and I suppose that she'd know. But she also feels that her Foster parents were the ones that raised her, and her natural parents...including her mother, can go jump in a lake.

Over on Daxam, the newly empowered populace is making short work of the Sinestro Corps, and prudently, Mongul decides that perhaps Daxam isn't exactly the best answer to his problems after all, and decides to evacuate.

The guardians and the rest of the Lanterns returning from their little brouhaha with Larfleeze receive something of a surprise when they look up and notice that the protective barrier around Oa is missing. However, true to their dickish nature, they pretend that nothing untoward has happened. What is WITH those guys lately?

The rest of the Lanterns are concerning themselves with mopping up the mess after the riot, when Salaak quietly informs Guy and Kyle that...something odd is going on with the recaptured prisoners and the Alpha Lanterns. Uneasy, Guy and Kyle boogey over and discover that the Alphas are methodically executing the prisoners, by authority of the Guardians! Naturally our boys aren't having any of THAT going on, and they immediately dive in and start yelling.

I wish...I WISH I had a scanner that was functioning,because this may be one of my favorite panels ever. Kyle is yelling what the Hell are they up to, while Guy goes up behind Chaselon/Alpha and KICKS him in his crystalline ass. It...it is such a
Perfect Guy thing to do. This is one of the reasons why I love Pat Gleason as an artist so much. He puts so MUCH into each panel, often little throwaway moments that may not need to be there, but add so much to the characters.

Anyway...Kyle and Guy are simply outraged that the Guardians are executing helpless and unarmed prisoners without due process...especially since some of those prisoners actually helped them in the riot, such as Kanjar Ro and Bolphunga. They keep trying to reason with the Alphas, to little avail, when Scar shows up and rips the roof off of the building, and proudly shows off to all the assembled Lanterns exactly what the Guardians are doing. I get the impression that they are all uneasy,but don't know exactly how to react. Lanterns are conditioned to obey the Guardians after all. Poor Kyle just can't believe what is going on, while Guy is a little more pragmatic, when Scar decides that she doesn't need to deal with these two troublesome Honor Lanterns, and teleports them back to Earth.

Just in time for Blackest Night.

I knew that the Guardians were being little rotters for sending Larfleeze after Ganthet and Sayd, but when they start picking on my favorite boys...They Have Gone Too Far! I hope, I REALLY hope that those miserable little blue munchkins get what's coming to them.