Now this is more like it. I'm beginning to think that Blackest Night saga will not be seen in its fully glory until I read all related material. This story happens during the same time as previously reviewed, Blackest Night. Here we basically follow Hal Jordan the whole time, we do break off and follow John Stewart, but mainly Hal. My major complaint with the Blackest Night was that it seemed disjointed and lacking in back story for many of the key events. This book goes a long way to filling in those gaps. We follow Hal as he traverses the universe recruiting/collecting the other color corps to help defeat the black lantern corps. The more I read green lantern stories, the more I really enjoy watching the relationship between Hal Jordan and Sinestro. Sinestro is one of those few characters in literature that you can truly hate and love at the same time. He so badly wants to do want he views as the right thing that he becomes truly fanatical to the point of almost throwing out all logic. But when Hal and Sinestro get together, you can see glimps' of both of there great will and desire. There are a number of big appearances in this book. We are revisited by The Spectre and Parallax which reminds us of many of the things that Hal Jordan has done in his life while being possessed by both. Carol Ferris also graces us with her presents as a Star Sapphire. We also have Atrocious, Larfleeze, Lex Luther, Barry Allen, and others. This book doesn't really have an ending as the ending is contained in the Blackest Night. Since the book did not fill in all the gaps and back story, I look forward to reading the other Blackest Night books.
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