The Green Lantern Season Two #10 Annotations

Page 1- The return of Hyper-woman!

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...

Page 9- The Dark Multiverse!

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)

Page 10- "The bright things fear the dark..."

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

Sadly, next issue only comes out in February, with the finale, and Morrison's final DC work, scheduled for March :(

Worlds will die, hearts will break, and the union of will and love shall shock the multiverse like never before. Multi-Crisis on Intimate Earths!

The Green Lantern Season Two #9 Annotations

Page 1 - Planet Kranaltine: Throneworld of the Crown Imperium and Headquarters of the Superwatch. In Pre-Flashpoint continuity, Kranaltine is ruled by Prince Gavyn, one of the many Starmen.

We first saw this planet back in issue #9 of Season One, and now we are in the midst of Hyperman's Trial for the murder of Lantern Vray. Jordan was ordered to stakeout Earth for the perpetrator, and engaged the Hyperfamily back in Issue #5.

Hyperwoman had previously enlisted Powerlord back in Issue #3, where she acquired the Eterniglass in order to trap Jordan in a time-point so that they could kill him.

The Hyper-family first appeared in a Silver Age Superboy story (Superboy #144): they are a bunch of weirdo reverse Kryptonians who gaslighted silver age Superboy to use him as a guinea pig in their experiments. They escaped from their dying homeworld and settled on Trombus, a planet orbiting a orange sun (which gave them super-powers).

It's revealed in Issue #5 that Hyperman has killed Vray in order to satisfy his sadistic urges as a result of emerald wavelength poisoning.

Page 2 - Trial of Hyperman!

Hal attempts to debunk Hyperman's facade of drugged viciousness while recapping the events of Issue #5.

Sharp returns to the new "painted style" he's been using this season. I, of course, am a huge fan.

Page 3 - "Sentients of the jury..."

The defense brings up Hal's murder of Volgar Zo, the Dhorian planet trader he killed back in Season One #3. If you'll recall, Hal did this in order to be dismissed from the Corps in an ultra-sting infiltration of the Blackstars.

Hyperman looks hilarious to Hal's lack of amusement.

Page 4/5 - We get more info on the Wedding of Hyperboy and Princess Illistra: arranged marriages and trade deals included.

Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the "Southern Fish", and one of the brightest stars in the sky.

Hyperwoman went AWOL back in Issue #5 after claiming that "something is happening on Throneworld and that she is the only one who can stop it."

Page 6/7 - Hal catches Trilla Tru up to speed on the Ultrawar and his encounter with the New Guardians.

Though Hal rejected his position as the Limbo Lantern, it seems as if the experience inclined him to realize that he needs to stay close to those most important to him. Hal mentions that he has been steered to reunite with a number of his past exes; this was evident in the page back in Issue #7 with the past loves each embodying a light of the emotional spectrum.

This season alone, Hal met with:

•  Eve Doremus in #2
• Jill Pearlman in #3
• Olivia Reynolds in #4
• Nurse Olaqua in #6
• Thaal Sinestro in #8 (Anti-Matter universe)
• Carol Ferris in this issue

It definitely feels like this Season is ramping up to something lovely.

 Vegan as in the planet/star system Vega, not the diet.

Page 8 - The paneling layout is excellent on this page.

A big criticism of Morrison's run early on was his lack of continuity from Vendetti's Hal n' Pals ending, where Hal and Carol were reunited on the final page. The first issue immediately opened with Hal banging Eve outside during a erotic comet shower.

Page 9 - Wonderful cover recreation (definitely homaging Silver Age shock/twist covers)

Proposing with a Power Ring; always a ladies man eh Hal?

As for two universes, that would be Earth-0 and...

Page 10 - The return of Earth-11!

We last saw Star Sapphire Carol Jordan in Issue #11 of course of Season One. Earth-11 if you'll recall is the so called gender swapped Earth, though we learn later that that isn't all to it. Boom Cube is new (Boom Tube + Transmatter Cube?).

The style shifts on this page are beautiful.

Page 11 - The Golden Destroyer descends on the Multiverse!

Zundernell was revealed earlier this season to belong to the race of Golden Giants who inhabit the artificial toy world, but was abandoned by his people. In Issue #7, we saw him get transported away from imprisonment on UUGO while proclaiming that the Multi-Crisis has begun and the Nomad Empire is returning.

This page presents us with Zundernell in a new form as the cosmic weapon Golden Destroyer. As evident by Carol's dialogue on page 9, it seems like he is attempting to locate her specifically or alternate counterparts in general.

This page presents what looks like Zundernell scanning the Multiverse for possible incursions that could propel the Ultrawar. Sharp's cobalt Bleed returns from last season's issue 10.

Page 12 - Coming of the Incel Lantern!

Carol gives Vendetti fans their post Hal&Pals epilogue, explaining that he dipped on her after a little while, pretty in character for Jordan if you ask me.

Reminder that this is Hal Ferris of Earth 11. 

Page 13 - Male power-fantasy ring AI is very reminiscent of Earth 3's Volthoom Power Ring, except more pathetic than abusive.

Page 14 - "Well, here I am, sports fans!"

Morrison has always been savage with the commentary, not even the nice guys are safe!

Page 15 - Implied that E-11 Hal went across the Multiverse looking for his Sapphire.

Panel layout is great as always.

Page 16 - The Secret History of Earth 11!

Not a gender swapped Earth, but a feminist one! Incel Guardians = Incel Lanterns, with the Star Sapphires as the dominant police force in the universe.

Page 17 - Our real "Wedding of the Trillenium" would have come about if Hal had proceeded with his proposal to Carol.

E-11 Carol explains that if they had kissed, Zundernell would have tracked the resulting "Orgone Flash" and annihilated both of them. Orgone is a pseudoscientific concept variously described as an esoteric energy or hypothetical universal life force; people use it to protect from EMF's or whatnot.

Page 18 - A little iffy on this page.

The debris seems to imply that the Earth 11 Justice Guild built a Lunar Watchtower (similar to Morrison's JLA run) and it was destroyed by the Golden Destroyer.

Page 19 - Marsha Manhunter, that's great.

"All powerful Living Weapon from the Dawn of Time..." We saw a great deal of abandoned Monitor tech left on Earth 15 back in Season One #11, with Zundernell self teaching while marooned. Golden Destroyer could have been among the rest.

With what we've been told, Carol's plan goes a little like this:

• Trick Zundernell into thinking E-0 Carol is E-11 Carol
• Occupy E-0 Carol with E-11 Hal
• Prevent E-0 Hal from engaging with E-0 Carol in order to avoid Orgone Flash
• Bring E-0 Hal to E-11
• Draw Golden Destroyer attention away from E-0 Carol and E-11 Hal by kissing E-0 Hal

And with a kiss, the Destroyer finds his target...

Page 20 - Batwoman, Miss Terrific, and a female Green Arrow analogue.

Incel Hal gets dropped in a cross dimensional backhand.

Page 21 - E-0 Sapphire arrives, declaring war on Earth 11!

Miss Terrific confirms that what caused damage to the moon was...

Page 22 - Zundernell, Golden Destroyer!

Zundernell reveals his true motive to capture Star Sapphire, whom he describes as "the heart of all".

Nomad Empire mentioned again, claiming the need to "repossess what was once theirs". Could this be a callback to the Golden Giants from #4; Zundernell enacting their final revenge?

 Carol's hubris comes in the form of lack of consideration; Lantern for Lantern, Sapphire for Sapphire.

As the Wedding of Hyperboy and Princess Illistra enthralls the denizens of Kranaltine, the true Union of the Trillenium shocks the Multiverse as Will and Love remain in constant synchrony across endless worlds.

LOVESTRUCK LANTERNS: The Many Flames of Hal Jordan

 

WHAT IS THE ULTRAWAR: Cataclysm for the Corps in Morrison's The Green Lantern

 

The Green Lantern Season Two #8 Annotations

Page 1- So this issue is presented in reverse chronology (similar to Morrison's Pax Americana) and is focused on the Anti-Matter counterpart to Hal Jordan known as Weaponeer 666. The backwards narrative really fits in with the whole reverso-verse/anti-world environment we are presented. The whole "begin at the end" places emphasis on the narrative style as well.

Here we begin in the present with 666 being tortured by his superiors, the Qwa-Masters, in an attempt to discover why he destroyed the "Lightning Forge". Remember to keep the pain/punishment mention in mind as we go through this issue.

Starting this season, Sharp has began experimenting with more painted/photo-realistic art to much criticism. It suits this issue especially well due to the sci-fi horror "gigeresque" look that Sharp implements, though I've enjoyed this new technique throughout the entire series.

Page 2- One Hour Ago: Here we have 666 holding what appears to be a dead lover (who will be revealed later on) as he his confronted by the Anti-Matter Trilla-Tru, who calls back to her decapitation by a hulked out Crassus Qwipe 6 in Issue 6. The implication is 666 has screwed up beyond repair, with our pain motif triumphant over the ravaged corpse of love.

Page 3- Trilla seems livid, revealing both her intention to replace 666 for his insubordination as well as her reluctance to stop 666's lover from running into the explosion at the Lightning Forge.

Page 4- One Hour & Ten Minutes Ago: In a great contrast to the Weaponeers dialogue in the positive universe being backwards, now we have Hal and the other Lantern's speech reversed, only natural of course. Morrison's use of the Anti-Verse and its inverted universal order can be seen back in "JLA: Earth 2" where the League discovers that they can only win if they lose.

Hal leaves his counterpart with a realization and a warning: though he and the other Lanterns could eradicate the Weaponeers at any moment, they choose not to.

The Lightning Forge appears to be where the Weaponeer Qwa-Bolts are manufactured, harkening back to Qwardian/Weaponeer mythology of the Thunderers. 

Page 5- It appears that 666's intention was to have Jordan destroy the Forge, but our Emerald Knight outsmarted him, leading to him having to do the job himself at the cost of his lover. 

Page 6- One Hour & 18 Minutes Ago: Outside view of the Lightning Forge, with the Qwa-Master's going boom-boom in their pants.

Hal's mine projectile constructs are great.

Page 7- A devastated Trilla-tru arises (we'll see what happens to her soon) while 666 apparently informs Jordon of his motives?

Our mysterious lover is revealed as... Sinestro? The Anti-Matter Sinestro first appeared in issue 8 of last season, tasked with hunting down the Qwa-Man/666 for the Sector Dictators for bounty. Now he's apparently Anti-Matter Jordan's lover, in a somewhat understandable reversal of the norm?

Page 8- One Hour & 33 Minutes Ago: By godevil's name this panel economy is brilliant!

We get some great Qwardian geography in this series. I believe "Qwar-deen" was first mentioned last issue, but Sharp's pencils just bring the concept to life.

Page 9- Weaponeer counterparts for Maxim Tox and I believe a cross between John Stewart and Xax against a squadron of four Lanterns: Trilla-Tru, Jordan, Maxim Tox, and Volk.

The Stewart counterpart is referred to as "Qwa-Trawets" in more fun reverse terminology.

Page 10- Qwa-Trawets looks like he gets liquified by Volk's blast just as another counterpart appears. Instead of a volcano head, Volk's analogue is just a flaming beast.

Page 11- Trilla-Tru's roided Xudarian constructs give me life.

Page 12/13- Rematch between opposites, with Trilla-Tru facing off and ultimately defeating her dark twin in classic Lantern fashion. The mention of mutual annihilation via positive/antimatter collision has been brought up a number of times in this series, though the only discrepancy I can find in Morrison's work is from Earth 2; though if this rule was applied, we couldn't have had that story.

Page 16- Two Hours & 18 Minutes Ago: The long awaited return of the Anti-Matter Crime Syndicate!

Superwoman, Ultraman, and Kyle Rayner Power Ring analogues presenting tributes of both human sacrifices and what appear to be various power batteries. I don't believe the emotional spectrum exists in the Anti-Matter universe but I could be wrong.

We get a little bit of lore regarding the Anti-Verse, with Earth and the Syndicate's power in fact being sustained on Weaponeer technology. In a great bit of inversion, where the Lanterns are tasked with protecting/serving their sectors, the Weaponeer's are served by the planets under their control.

Page 17- We're greeted with the Borderman/Gamma Monster, one of whom we saw decimating the Superwatch on the Anti-Matter Mining Colony. Borderman resembles the Anti-Matter Man, a character form the Silver Age who battle the Justice League.

We also get a repeat scene from page 9 with a perspective change.

Page 18- Three Hours & 18 Minutes Ago: Post-bath coitus between Sinestro and 666 I presume?

A little background is given between the two, with the Jordan v Sinestro dynamic turned topsy turvy in this reverso-verse. 

Looking back now on Sinestro's motive during Season One and the new info on his wanted-ness by the Weaponeer's, I believe that he in fact lied about being paid to bring back 666. Sinestro could have possibly gone after his lover, who had at that point been captured by the Blackstars and smuggled through a myriad of worlds, and was transported back by the Borderman and the end of Issue 12.

I would just like to mention that Sinestro stated that he was able to defeat 666 at full power a couple of times due to his "Achilles Heel". Well, now we know what he meant by that...

We also finally get the explanation for 666's pain fascination, with the Weaponeer creed revolving around power = pain.

Page 19- Never did I think a relationship between Sinestro and Hal would be one of the most heartbreaking things to read.

"But this- losing you would hurt more than I could bear." Foreshadowing, or in this case merely reveal, 666's intention to have Sinestro die as to strengthen him. Twisted am I right?

It also makes a lot more sense why Qwa-Man/666 only got more powerful while he was weakened during his fight with the Lanterns on Weirwimm last season. More pain more gain.

Page 20- 43 Hours & 18 Minutes Ago: Taking place before Issue 6 of this season, the Weaponeers decide to go on a Lantern-Hunt in the Plus Matter Universe; this in fact is part of 666's plan to get Jordan to invade Qward and take down the Weaponeers.

Final revelation for 666's motives: everything to take down the Qwa-Masters.

Page 21- This makes 666 somewhat sympathetic in a macabre way, what with his sacrifice of his true love to aid in eliminating his overlords. Its not explicitly stated if Sinestro wanted to die to help 666 by running into the explosion, or if he just was a casualty, but nonetheless he got what he wanted.

Once again great art by Sharp.

Page 22- "It begins..."

The true War with the Anti-World is not between the Lanterns and the Weaponeers, but between 666 and the Qwa-Masters.

"HATE DEATH PAIN KILL!"

The Green Lantern #10 Annotations

The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison has been an absolute delight to read since its first issue dropped last November, becoming more enjoyable issue after issue.

I've wanted to do my own annotations ever since this series debuted,  inspired by the likes of "Deep Space Transmissions". This issue has a lot to unpack so I hope you enjoy!

Page 1 - Earth 36 is home to the super team "Justice 9". Members include Optiman (who was killed by Superdoom back in Morrison's Action Comics run), Red Racer (Flash analogue), and Flashlight the Green Lantern analogue of this universe. Red Racer and Flashlight were romantically involved until Racer's death during the "Multiplicity" arc in Tomasi's Superman run.

This "Custodian Dextra" also appears to be a Harbinger analogue.

Page 2 - Earth 47 is home to the "Love Syndicate of Dreamworld", who first appeared in Morrison's Animal Man run (Issue 24). "Magic Lantern" seems to be in conflict with aliens resembling the Blue Meanies from the Yellow Submarine animated film.

He is then contacted by the Galactic Guru who bears striking resemblance to the Living Guru, a character who appeared in Morrison's Doom Patrol run (Issue 53) during one of Danny the Street's Dreams.

Page 3 - Earth 32 is home to Bat-Lantern who first appeared in the Elseworlds story Batman: In Darkest Knight, which depicts a world where Bruce Wayne received a lantern ring from Abin Sur.

The Shark seems to be Penguin mashed up with... a shark I guess. Since Alfred's death back in the original story, Bat-Lantern seems to be maintaining a construct version of him dubbed as Penny-Two.

Page 4 - Picking up from last issue, Abin Sur and Hal Jordan are trapped inside a crystal-like device set upon them by the "Qwa-Man" or Antimatter Lantern.

Page 5 - We get the dialogue from the ending of last issue from the perspective of Fekk and Samandra, companions of Hal Jordan, who have been trapped on the other side of the crystal prison.

Bat-Lantern and Magic Lantern's witty banter is fantastic by the way.

Page 7 - Flashlight teleports the group away from Athmoora, leaving behind Fekk and Samandra, who comment that Hal has left them before to "fight hims battles up an' past the sky." An hourglass is seen in the bottom right panel, and could have some significance with the planet as a concerned Fekk looks at it.

Page 8 - Hal and the Qwa-Man fight between universe as they fall through the Bleed. Also kind of weird how the Bleed is cobalt/metallic instead of its usual red. Could possibly have something to do with the shattering of the Source Wall and the fact that the Multiverse is dying.

The pseudo-cg design is reminiscent of the late Scott Clark's art who illustrated the heavily criticized Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #8 (also written by Morrison).

Page 9 - As the battle comes to a climax, Hal is wounded while casting the Qwa-man into what is later revealed to be the Dark Multiverse. He faints just as he is rescued by the other Lanterns.

Page 10 - Hal awakens on "UUGO" (another planetary Lantern) and is greeted by Strong-Woman (aka Marta) who we last saw leaving to warn the United Planets and GL Corps of the colossal "Gamma Monster" that had decimated her teammates. She also mentions a "hole gouged through space-time".

Page 11 - "...they ripped its heart out" is a reference to Controller Mu operating on the Qwa-Man in Issue 1 (he literally says "extract the heart of the Weaponeer!").

Page 12 - Our first glimpse of UUGO, the conscious planet. Including Hyperia-3 (the living-sun lantern introduced in issue 4), Morrison seems to want to give Mogo some friends (and possible love interests). UUGO is also home to the headquarters of the "Green Lanterns of the Multiverse."

Page 13 - The "Guardians of the Multiverse" in their full glory, including Stan Lee's "Just Imagine"
GL Leonard Lewis (Earth 6), the magical Tangent Universe GL (Earth 9), the Batman Beyond GL Kai-Ro (Earth 12), and John Stewart from Obama-Superman's universe (Earth 23).

Hal explains that some profiteers (possibly from the mining colony) created a rift between the positive and Antimatter universes, allowing "sickness" to spread. He also mentions that this event has potentially caused Green Lanterns from all across the Multiverse to disappear.

Abin Sur reveals that he was forced to restrain the Qwa-Man on Athmoora until Hal arrived by a Blackstar "mindwriter" (hence the violent nature last issue). He then mentions that they've received a distress call from Earth 15 sent by their ally Star Sapphire of Earth 11.

Earth 15 was the planet that Superboy-Prime destroyed in Countdown to Final Crisis (Issue 24), while Earth 11 is home to the gender-swapped versions of DC Heroes. Earth 15 was also revealed to be the home of Volthoom the First Lantern (Green Lanterns #17).

Page 14 - While Tangent GL gives Hal a rundown of the Multiverse, Abin Sur mentions the "Seven Unknown Worlds of the Multiverse", an idea Morrison introduced during his Multiversity series (Multiversity Guidebook). The seven being Earth 14, Earth 24, Earth 25, Earth 27, Earth 28, Earth 46, and Earth 49.

One of the unknown worlds, Earth 14, was showcased during Tomasi's Multiplicity as home to the Justice League of Assassins (Superman  #14). John Stewart theorizes that the worlds could be "cosmic support structures", as "architecture = frozen music" hearkening back to the theme of music and vibrations associated with the Multiverse.

Page 15 - Bat-Lanten mentions the Green Lantern of Earth 2, Alan Scott, who apparently disappeared after finding clues to the "Cosmic Grail" of Earth 15. In the Earth 15 section of the Multiverse Guidebook, the Grail presented as a Green Lantern battery (which makes sense to why they would want to find it).

The group then gathers around the "Transmatter cube", a device allowing for instant travel across the multiverse. Grant first introduced the Cube in his Action Comics run (issue 9), where that world's Luthor had built it in a "drug fueled" haze, and it was subsequently used in his Muliversity series. This issue reveals that all Transmatter Cubes are one object present in all realities.

Page 16 - Our interlude takes us back to the Antimatter mining colony that we saw last issue, where a group of Lanterns assess the scene along with obscure silver age hero "Halk Kar". Halk Kar was introduced in Superman #80 (1953), where Superman helped him regain his memory after he crash landed on Earth.

The Lanterns present include Volk (Volcano head), Xax (the bug one), Chriselon (the crystal one) and Brokk (the jellyfish one). They have a humorous exchange with Halk Kar, emulating the interference with police procedurals by (in this case) a superpowered bystander.

Page 17 - Volk surmises that the cargo (containing the Qwa-Man) was transported through the rift created by the mining operation, where it then arrived on Weirweiimm (the bug planet seen in issue 4), then transported through Ventura by he smugglers where it would kill a Green Lantern and be experimented on by Controller Mu.

Chriselon confronts Volk regardng rumors of a secret conspiracy involving Hal Jordan and the Guardians, but they are intrupted by the arrival of the Gamma Monster that crushed the heroes of Superwatch.

Page 18 - The Lantern squadron arrives on Earth 15 only to find it reduced to a decimated wasteland.

Page 19 - As they look for Star Sapphire, Tangent Green Lantern states that "only the dead remain here", as she uses her Lantern/staff to summon them. Also, Bat-Lantern's pose in the right-most panel is fantastic.

Page 20 - Tangent Lantern summons the spirits of the dead trinity of Earth 15. On this "perfect earth", Superman was Zod, Batman was Jason Todd, and Wonder Woman was Donna Troy. Tangent Lantern tells them that the Multiverse is sick, asking them if the "cup" (The Cosmic Grail) holds the cure.

Page 21 - The Trinity denies this, stating that the cup holds only "poison", "darkness" and "cruelty". Bat-Lantern loses contact with the Guardians back on UUGO, while Tangent Lantern's staff explodes, causing her to age rapidly.

Page 22 - The group is then confronted by a tall, armor-plated being holding what resembles Tangent Lantern's Lantern/Staff. He refers to them as "Companions of the Living Lantern"; the Living Lantern being either Tangent Lantern, the Cosmic Grail they are pursuing, or something else entirely. He then states that he has a tale to tell, while a planetary object (perhaps Earth 15's moon) prepares to eclipse the Sun.

Thanks for reading!

Geoff Johns Justice League Reading Order

After creating my Grant Morrison Batman reading order, I decided to create another order based on a Justice League run I'm quite nostalgic for by Geoff Johns!

Enjoy!

Pre-Reading

• "Flashpoint" #1-5
• "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #1-12 (optional)
• "Aquaman" (New 52) #0-13

Chapter 1: Origin

• Justice League #1 - Origin, Part I : "Five Years Ago"
• Justice League #2 - Origin, Part II : "World's Finest"
• Justice League #3 - Origin, Part III : "Stranger In A Strange Land"
• Justice League #4 - Origin, Part IV : "Sea King"
• Justice League #5 - Origin, Part V : "God Of Evil"
• Justice League #6 - Origin, Part VI : "Apokolips Now!"

Chapter 2: New Enemies

The Villain's Journey

• Justice League #7 - "Prologue"
• Justice League #8 - "Team Up: Green Arrow"
• Justice League #9 - "The Call for Adventure"
• Justice League #10 - "The Belly of the Beast"
• Justice League #11 - "Atonement"
• Justice League #12 - "Rescue From Within"

The Secret of the Cheetah

• Justice League #13 - SOTC, Part I : "Cursed"
• Justice League #14 - SOTC, Part II : "Monster Of Steel"

Chapter 3: Throne of Atlantis

• Aquaman #14 - "Prologue"
• Justice League #15 - "Nuclear Option"
• Aquaman #15 - "Drowned City"
• Justice League #16 - "Sins Past"
• Aquaman #16 - "Death In The Deep"
• Justice League #17 - "A Watery Grave"

Chapter 4: Countdown

World's Most Dangerous

• Justice League of America #1 - "Dead On Arrival"
• Justice League of America #2 - "Secret Society"
• Justice League of America #3 - "The Forest and the Trees"
• Justice League of America #4 - "The Good, The Bad, and The Shaggy
• Justice League of America #5 - "The Outsider"

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Prelude to Trinity War

• Justice League #18 - "The Grid"
• Justice League #19 - "War Games"
• Justice League #20 - "Secrets"

Chapter 5: Trinity War

• The New 52: FCBD Special Edition #1 - "What Comes Next"
• Justice League #22 - Trinity War, Part I : "The Death Card"
• Justice League of America #6 - Trinity War, Part II : "Man With No Face"
• Justice League Dark #22 - Trinity War, Part III : "House of Cards"
• Justice League of America #7 - Trinity War, Part IV : "Open The Box"
• Justice League Dark #23 - Trinity War, Part V : "Corrupted"
• Justice League #23 -  Trinity War, Part VI : "Black Mirror"

Chapter 6: Forever Evil

Act 1: New World Order

• Action Comics #23.3 - "Up, Up, & Away!"
• Forever Evil #1  - "Nightfall"
• Aquaman #23.1 - "Sea Change"
• Justice League #23.4 - "The Wild Card"
• Justice League of America #7.4 - "Freedom Fighter"
• Forever Evil #2 - "Rats"

Act 2: Resistance

• Justice League #24 - "Forever Strong"
• Forever Evil #3 - "Prisoners"
• Justice League #25 - "Forever Lost"
• Forever Evil #4 - "Hide and Seek"
• Justice League #26 - "Forever Numb"
• Justice League #27 - "Forever Doomed"
• Justice League #28 - "Forever Worthy"
• Forever Evil #5 - "Hit and Run"

Act 3: Fearful Symmetry

• Forever Evil #6 - "The Power of Mazahs!"
• Justice League #29 - "Forever Heroes"
• Forever Evil #7 - "Crisis of Self"

Chapter 7: Injustice League

Curse of Power Ring

• Justice League #30 - "Kicking Down Doors"
• Justice League #31 - "Power Players"
• Justice League #32 - "Birth"
• Justice League #33 - "Puppet Strings"
• Justice League #34 - "Unlikely Allies"

The Amazo Virus

• Justice League #35 - "The Outbreak"
• Justice League #36 - "Quarantined"
• Justice League #37 - "Patient Zero"
• Justice League #38 - "The Secret"
• Justice League #39 - "The Infected"

Chapter 8: The Darkseid War

Act 1: War

• Divergence #1 - "The Other Amazon"
• Justice League #40 - "Prologue"
• Justice League #41 - "God vs. Man"
• Justice League #42 - "The New God"
• Justice League #43 - "Taken"
• Justice League #44 - "The Death of Darkseid"

Act 2: After Death

• Justice League #45 - AD, Part I : "Communion"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Green Lantern #1 - "Will you be my God?"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Shazam #1 - "Mightiest"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Lex Luthor #1 - "The Omega Judgement"
• Justice League #46 - AD, Part II : "The Purge"

Act 3: Gods of Justice

• Justice League #47 - "Syndicate"
• Justice League #48 - "Crime Pays"
• Justice League: The Darkseid War Special #1 - "Darkness Within"
• Justice League #49 - "Power Mad"
• Justice League #50 - "Death and Rebirth"