DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers and Review for Green Lanterns #29 follow.
Yes, there are other comic books out his week beside the mega anticipated Dark Nights: Metal #1 (full spoilers and review here). Green Lanterns #29 was probably my most anticipated book this week for example.
In the last several months of Green Lanterns we’ve seen the revelations on who the first 7 Green Lanterns were. During that time, in a modern day battle with Volthoom, who continues to look for his Travel Lantern from Earth 15, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz were somehow transported 1 million years in the past with a destiny of training the very first Green Lanterns. Unbeknownst to Volthoom, Rami the Rogue Guardian, used his Travel Lantern to create the first 7 Green Lantern rings ever adorned by the first 7 Green Lanterns.
With that, to recap, with the first 4 Green Lanterns, the 7 first lanterns are:
- Tyran’r of Tamaran
- Kaja Dox of Yod-Colu
- Alitha of Galactica aka the Third World
- Z’Kran Z’Rann of Mars
- Calleen of Alstair
- Brill of Grenda
- Jan-Al of Krypton
The last one came to an surprising fate leaving only 6 first Green Lanterns for Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz to train.
In the past, only Jessica Cruz has a Green Lantern ring, seemingly made from a piece of the ancient Travel Lantern, while Simon Baz does not, but he does seem to have a fragment of a Green Lantern ring in his body. He’s not helpless as…
…his Emerald Sight returns! He can see the past, present and future, but what is he seeing here as Volthoom…
…attacks the planet Zoron to get at Rami the Rogue Guardian seeking his Travel Lantern?
Simon Baz has a purpose after seeing the Emerald Sight vision and marshals the first 6 Green Lanterns
They all join Simon and Jessica, but…
…they appear too late with the planet Zoron destroyed; the debris includes 1980’s toys like the Rubik’s Cube interestingly.
The team is gutted, but contains the will to take the fight to Volthoom as…
…the recite the Green Lantern oath!
So…
An entertaining issue with action, drama and the sci-fi I have come to expect and love in this series. Writer Sam Humphries and penciller Eduardo Pansica make a great team. 8.5 out of 10.