The Stop Button

Damn, I want to hang out with Guy Gardner and John Stewart. Seriously. Green Lantern Corps reminds me of a TV drama with some mediocre supporting players and a pair of awesome leads. Peter J. Tomasi writes the pair quite well together. They hang out on a satellite together (not that there’s anything wrong with it) and they go be tough Green Lanterns and whatnot.

It’s fun. Sure, it’s horrifically violent and space seems to be full of mean aliens… but it’s still fun. Guy and John have comedic adventures. Tomasi writes the dialogue well enough to sell it all—alien declarative stuff, job interview banter, it all works out.

Sure, it’s light but Tomasi does manage to make his leads serious.

Fernando Pasarin’s artwork is great. He does action, space stuff, Earth stuff, talking heads. Corps feels like a traditional, sturdy but not strong DC series from the eighties.

CREDITS

Triumph of the Will; writer, Peter J. Tomasi; penciller, Fernando Pasarin; inker, Scott Hanna; colorist, Gabe Eltaeb; letterer, Pat Brosseau; editors, Darren Shan and Brian Cunningham; publisher, DC Comics.