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Green Lantern (2021) #9 Review

  Ok everybody, it’s time to get some theories confirmed in Green Lantern #9, written by Geoffrey Thorne with art by Tom Raney, Marco Santucci, and Maria Laura Sanapo, colors by Michael Atiyeh, and letters by Rob Leigh. John has gone through a portal and arrived on the world of the Lightbringer, which we now know is the name of this gigantic incomplete being standing among a sea of what appear to be buildings, but are actually Matrix-style pods each containing hundreds of people.  These people are the populations of all the planets who were brainwashed into becoming loyal followers of the Lightbringer, all for the purpose of hooking them up to these towers and feeding their collective life force to that incomplete giant. All of this is being orchestrated by our mysterious hooded man in the chair, who identifies himself as Esak, a God of New Genesis, and during a confrontation with Lonar, lets it slip that his goal is apparently to resurrect the New Gods, starting with Light...

Green Lantern (2021) #8 Review

Hey everybody, it’s time to get into Green Lantern #8 written by Geoffrey Thorne, art by Chriscross and Marco Santucci, inks by Juan Castro, colors by Michael Atiyeh, and letters by Rob Leigh.   The title this time is “Lucis Lator” which is Latin for “The Bearer of Light”. John, Lonar, and a small team of Quest Lanterns arrive on the planet Anacitus to save Kilowag, Hannu, and anyone native to that world who hasn’t been brainwashed into joining the cause of the mysterious Lightbringer.  Everyone John wants to save is scattered around, so John puts them all inside multiple protective shields, then links those shields with tunnels, so everyone can reach the escape ship that lands inside one of those safe areas.  Lonar insists that John needs to stop thinking like a Green Lantern and look at the big picture, embrace what he’s become, and fulfill his role as an ascended being.  John thinks Lonar is full of crap, but can’t pass up the chance to fly through the Lightbring...