Tony Bedard: writer
Tyler Kirkham and Harvey Tolibao: pencillers
Batt: inker
The Comic
Enter: Agent Orange.
I seriously think that I would buy an Orange Lantern book just to follow Larfleeze, the sole member of the Orange Lantern Corps. But now we have him appearing in New Guardians, and it provides a really good story.
Larfleeze lays waste to the Guardians, we get an idea of what his own Guardian has been up to, Kyle decides to leave the corps and go on his own, Akrillo and the Blue Lantern get a moment together that shines, and then we meet the ship for the big bad of this story, a spaceship the size of a solar system.
Not all members of this New Guardians crew get their moment to shine, but we have a majority of them able to have their own moments within. Bleez runs away, which hopefully means that she comes back with her personality in tact like it is in Red Lanterns.
What else I find surprising about this book is that it really does feel like it is in its own little universe. If you read the first four issues as a whole, you get a sense of all the characters. The Indigo Lantern is the least developed in my opinion, but I'm sure he'll have his moment soon. He has just seemed like he has always followed someone else's lead and hasn't gone out on his own.
If you read this issue by itself, you would be brought up to speed rather quickly. Motivations are determined for a majority of the characters in this issue. We get some exposition that doesn't feel like exposition. And the artwork keeps up the pace. Each alien character has a distinct look and I loved the action page of the Orange Lantern Corps.
The cover credits two artists in this issue. The interior only credits one. I don't know where the mistake was made, but I couldn't see off hand a difference in the artwork that distinguished one from the other. So either the cover had a mistake, or Tolibao started drawing more similar to Kirkham than the last issue.
The Cover
This cover is nice and colorful, but there are a few things missing. If this is supposed to feature the whole cast and crew of the New Guardians, where is the Blue Lantern? You have his lantern, but not him. And where is the Star Sapphires' lantern? The background color seems like it shouldn't fit. But I honestly can't look at the cover and thing of a single one that would work besides black.
Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 7/10
Recommend: With this issue, the series gets its stride. I understand that team books take a few issues so it can give you some character moments for each team member, but now that that is out of the way, let's get to some action.
Buy Next Issue: The cliffhanger reveals an alien spaceship emerging from a white hole and the ship is the size of a solar system. You better believe that I'll be back.
Previous Issues
Three Issue Trial
Green Lantern: New Guardians #3
Green Lantern: New Guardians #2
Green Lantern: New Guardians #1
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