Odyssey, time bandit from the stars and Kyle Rayner’s flatmate now he’s back living in LA, has been plucked from Earth obscurity to star in a Hollywood film. Unfortunately, pictures of her at the premiere have brought out the trolls. Having been out in space doing Green Lantern stuff for years, Kyle is shocked by the random nastiness, so dons his metaphorical armour to be Odyssey’s knight of the keyboard.
And…
An invitation to breakfast from superheroine Jade snaps Kyle out of keyboard warrior mode. Meanwhile in space, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, shapechanger Jayna and new ally Tobi Y2K are on a quest.
And what they see is rather lovely…
Back on Earth, Odyssey’s publicist tries to convince her that even negative buzz is good when a knock comes at the door.
In the local park, Jade – also an actress – is sharing her point of view on trolls with Kyle.
Awwww… sadly, the lovely moment is interrupted as Kyle gets a call.
Kyle suits up, Jade joins him and they meet the troll, who isn’t what they were expecting…
Elsewhere, wheels are turning that are bound to bring Kyle pain – physical and emotional.
This is upsetting. Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE, gruff good guy, now apparently just another General Lane/General Eiling military type, happy to do bad things to good people in the name of the United States.
I mean, longtime fans will know ‘Major‘ has to be Captain Atom’s evil counterpart Major Force, who, shortly after Kyle became a GL, murdered his girlfriend Alex. I wonder if he knows just how much power Kyle can access these days…
Writer Jeremy Adams has really hit his stride on this book since Kyle became lead Green Lantern; he’s such a likeable character. Hal is still around, ready to take the spotlight at some point, but seeing Kyle back on Earth, reigniting his old romance with Jade, is just great. And the new threats he’s been serving up via the medium of an Oan jailbreak are huge fun.
After a couple of issues of less than fabulous art, Xermanico declares himself well and truly back with a killer splash page. All through the book we’re treated to his slick stylings and fantastic facial expressions – our three heroes look terrific, the bit part players are convincing and the new villain is horrific.
Speaking of whom, he calls himself Zmora…is he related to the Zamorans, the cosmic Amazons who power Star Sapphire?
And how does he know Kyle already lost Alex due to his being a superhero?
Back on the art front, colourist Romulo Fajardo Jr steals the issue with that rainbow space page – it is gorgeous. And Dave Sharpe provides appealing lettering, I especially like his scratchy front for the murderous Zmora.
How about Xermanico’s cover? It’s clever stuff, though I do wish she’d lose the Harley Quinn hair and get a do honouring the character Adams intended her to be, Dart from Atari Force. Go on, try and unsee it!
Green Lantern #35, aka Legacy issue #604, is a cracker from beginning to end – don’t miss it.
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