Green Lantern Corps #62 Review

3 out of 5

    First thing's first, I am suing this issue for false advertisement! This cover shows an angry John Steward using his ring and the bottom reads, "John Steward has killed a Lantern before, and he will do it again!" Sounds interesting, right? Sounds like something important might happen in this issue, right? WRONG! Nothing remotely close to that happens in this issue. That major disappointment aside, Green Lantern Corps #62 wasn't a horrible book.

    The story takes place right after the War of the Green Lanterns, and all of those involentary recruits that Krona forced into the Corps are giving up their rings and returning to their old lifes, except one. She wants to make a difference in her sector. The only problem is the rest of the Green Lanterns won't show here any respect, so she decides to take the council of the only Lantern more alienated than her, John Steward, the killer of Mogo. Blah Blah Blah, John Steward shows her the ropes and the whole issue wraps up nicely. No John Steward getting angry and trying to kill another Lantern.

    The script is written well, even if the actual story itself is a little boring. There is very little action in this issue and the action that did occur never really convinced me any of the characters were in danger. You do feel that John Steward is alienated by the rest of the Corps, which is one of the main themes of the issue, but I thought it was wierd that the little blue men did nothing to punish John. SPOILER!!!! I mean if Hal Jordan gets kicked out for killing a genocidal maniac that is mind controlling the entire Corps, then why would John not get kicked out for killing the argueably most important Lantern in the entire Corps? SPOILER OVER!!!!

    There is really nothing important to say about the art. It is servicable. That's it. Nothing special. Nothing really even pops out about it. It is just plain and average. Not bad. Not great.

    Overall this book was a disappointment because it failed to live up to it's cover, but the story inside was not that bad. Pick it up if you really like John Steward, but I really couldn't recomend it to you otherwise.