Here she appears to be convening with a group of individuals in Sector None, possibly the Nomad Empire of the Golden Giants. Uber pissed at Hal's beatdown and subsequent process of her hubby has driven her to recruit these behemoths to enact bitter revenge.
I'm pretty sure they're the Toy Giants due to their rhyming as well as the common interest of retribution against the emerald knight. Interesting that they know of the Ultrawar as well... Could they have sent Zundernell to assassinate Hal and Carol?
Page 2- The Golden Destroyer vs The Star Sapphire!
Zundernell is revealed to be the Destroyer, not a weapon used by him.
Bro looks massive btw. Roided as mess.
Page 3- "Sound the Death-Knell!"
Over-speak, Over-sky, Opti-humans; Morrison sure loves his emphatic nouns.
Batwoman, Sister Terrific, and Female Green Arrow return from last issue.
Page 4- I love the frown on the green box construct.
"Air-hostess" is one way to put it.
Page 5- Quitley style in excelsis. We also get a little more elaboration on the inverse dynamic between Earth 11 Hal & Carol.
I guess we're back to the Star-Sapphire alternate persona from pre-Johns retcons during his run.
"War over a misunderstanding..." Ultrawar strikes again!
Page 6- Showdown of the Sapphires!
Reverse gender roles on Earth 11 crack me up. Batwoman revealed to be Kathy Kane (Katrina Netz?) on this Earth.
Page 7- Chad Hal's "brah" is great.
Seems like he has a toxic parasite relationship with the Lantern Ring (not unlike Volthoom) paralleling Earth 0 Sapphire and the Predator entity with both yielding alternate personas triggered by toxic love.
Morrison's multiverse vibration trope is brought back, taking out Zundernell with a mere dissonance.
Page 8- Exposition page!
Its revealed that Zundernell was transformed back in Issue #7, activating the Golden Destroyer identity and sending him across the Multiverse to kill Green Lantern/Star Sapphire duplicates.
Sister Terrific then explains that Zundernell's transformation has allowed him to tune the Multiverse like a radio to locate the Sapphire/GL analogues, as well as unleash the horrors of...
I spy nightmare analogues (and its freaking hard with the painted style; no shade Liam)
- Lantern Gauntlet type Darkseid
- Emerald Knight Richard Nixon
- Starro spore GL
- A Manhunter
- Pink skeletal Pterodactyl (Possibly from Silver Age Green Lantern #30 "Tunnel Through Time")
- An evil Ring with a demonic face (Volthoom analogue?)
- Green Dragon/dog creature (Maybe Silver Age Green Lantern #38 but it's a stretch)
As the Dark Multiverse horde begins to phase into Earth 11's dimensional plane, Batwoman gets cut by what appears to be a Dark Multiverse analogue of Lord Malvolio.
UUGO and the Green Moon, headquarters of the Guardians of the Multiverse, return to aid against the Destroyer. If you'll recall, UUGO was introduced as "Planet Green Lantern" back in the Silver Age Green Lantern #24, where Hal helped him disperse a violent pressure buildup inside of his core.
Page 11- A Team-up of Two Carols!
Carol cements the Will & Love target that Zundernell has been tracking.
Season One #11 presented us with Zundernell's deceased squire Glyptus, whom the Sapphires use to draw him out of the Golden Destroyer persona.
The cupid arrows are a great detail.
Page 12- Guardians of The Multiverse!
Len Lewis, Stan Lee Just Imagine Lantern, continues his and Carol's discussion from Issue #7, claiming animosity while referring to Zundernell as a Toy of the Nomad Empire. At this point, it's safe to say that the Destroyer was summoned by the Golden Giants.
Zundernell can't handle it anymore, torn by a clash of polar identities, activating his self destruct.
Page 13- The Lanterns send the Golden Lantern off Earth 11 and onto UUGO for containment.
Page 14- Hal and his Ring (or should I say Pengowirr) have a great dynamic that brings so much more to the Lantern mythos.
New power battery upgrades given to Hal at the beginning of this season = new abilities which come in handy in this situation. Golden Giants are definitely appearing in the next two issues, and with greater numbers than before.
RIP Zundernell.
Page 15- Hal & Carol part ways as he rebuffs her advances.
Page 16- The Trial of Hyperman continues!
I love the design of Justice M'lud.
Page 17- Mechandro narcs on Powerlord, probably because he got yeeted back in Issue #5.
Hyperman's personality altering kryptonite is revealed to be in fact crystal meth! In retrospect, its kind of funny to think that Hal Jordan survived with a crippled power ring against a junkie Superman.
Page 18- Hyperwoman arrives with a barrage of interstellar marital issues. Crazy that Morrison turned this bumbling family of Super-knockoffs into a dysfunctional band of psycho murderers.
Page 19- Superwoman and Strong Girl of the United Planets Superwatch; featured in the back half of Season One.
Hyper-woman gives them a warning of what's to come, what with her enlistment of the Nomad Empire earlier this issue.
Trilla-Tru deserves the credit for this bust, she's definetly been one of the standout aspects of this run and I hope she appears following Season Two's conclusion.
Page 20/21- The Wedding of Hyper-Boy and Princess Illistra comes to its climax! Speak now or forever hold your peace!
Great splash btw. Hyper-Boy neglects his parent's ulterior motives, "Why can't I be the princess!"
"How about we just have a war instead?" Ultrawar strikes again!
Page 22- Now for the real proposal...
Let him down easy Carol!
Page 23- Hal comes to the raunchy realization that he almost committed selfcest! Yikes!
The "will they/won't they" continues as will and love must diverge once again.
Page 24- "Contest of Crowns", hrm.....
I know that next issue takes place on Athmoora, the D&D planet from Season One #9, with lovable sidekicks Fekk and Samandra.
Here's the solicit: Hal Jordan’s future as a Green Lantern is threatened when the Young Guardians’ plans to restructure the Corps move into high gear. What’s a guy to do but take a vacation? But when Jordan arrives on the swords-and-sorcery world of Athmoora for some R&R, he comes face to face with the biggest threat the universe has ever known—and a coalition of foes determined to bring his career and his story to its apocalyptic end! You cannot miss the game-changing two-part finale of Morrison and Sharp’s epic run...
I predict that the Nomad Empire of Golden Giants amasses Hal's rogues gallery from across both Seasons for a final showdown. Possible enemies include:
- Belzebeth
- Controller Mu/Blackstars
- Weaponeer 666 and Revenge Squad
- Volgar Zo & Dhorians
- The Shepherd
- Evil Star
- Myrwhydden
- Glorigold & Brontorr
On page 9, the green dragon creature is a version of Parallax, the emotion beast of fear. And the green lantern possesed by Starro seems to be an alternate version of Guy Gardner.
ReplyDeleteOh, and that Lord Maolvolio looks more like Alan Scott, with his blond hair.
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