The Green Lantern #6 Review and **SPOILERS**

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Writer: Grant Morrison

Artist: Liam Sharp

Colorist: Steve Oliff

Letterer: Steve Wands

Cover: Liam Sharp & Steve Oliff

Variant Cover: Tom Raney with Alex Sinclair

Associate Editor: Jessica Chen

Editor: Brian Cunningham

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: April 3, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

You wanna join de Blackstars, eh? Yer gonna hafta do some doity woik, see? Yer gonna hafta prove yerself to the fellers and to the capo de capo, Controller Mu hisself, see? Don’t ask questions! Just head on over ta de review of Green Lantern #6, dey’ll loin ya de rules around here.

Explain It!

As it was when we left the last issue, Hal has to prove his allegiance to the Blackstars and the vampire lady by killing Adam Strange. This is actually all part of an effort by the Blackstars to take control of Rann without widespread violence; by proving their intent to murder its greatest champion, they hope Queen Alanna will subvert herself. Well, Hal shoots Adam Strange in the guts, and Alanna breaks down, so things go pretty much exactly as Controller Mu expected.

This gains Hal an audience with Controller Mu, who, now infused with the Power Cosmic or some shit, is completely bonkers. His plan is to bring peace to the universe through his “my way or the highway” brand of order, and suggests that the Blackstars are like his Power Ring, in that they’re extensions of his will. His while soliloquy reads like something overheard at the bar near closing time, and it’s surprising that Hal doesn’t just slap the guy silly—but he does have Adam and Alanna’s daughter nearby, playing with something shiny. Speaking of Adam Strange, he’s fine; Hal merely put him into a coma.

Controller Mu wants Hal to unlock the secrets of his Power Ring, but Hal sort of stalls and claims that he can’t. When Mu reveals that he knows Hal is a mole, things heat up quickly and Mu reveals a universe-collapsing bomb within his body that will go off upon his death. Hal is able to stop a charging Adam from blasting Mu, but not Alanna—a mother’s vengeance and all that. To stop the bomb, the Guardians infuse Hal with a super-charge of green juice, which seems to have done the trick and saved everyone…except for Hal, who is trapped inside of his own ring, with amnesia!

I finally understand the look Sharp and Morrison are going for with this series: it very much appears like old British sci-fi comics, like 2000 A.D., and even the earlier pulp material it was based on. Truth be told, I detected a bit of Al Williamson influence in these pages. I have no idea how that will fly with the general reading public, but it tickled me right in my Reggie bone, and I found this issue to be a complete blast. Sure, it got weirdly complicated when Controller Mu busted out the U-Bomb—it was unclear to me what his game was there—but I still enjoyed the trappings of a desperate bomb-defusing in the grand tradition of James Bond. Great fun, gents, huzzahs and what-have-yous all around.

Bits and Pieces:

There’s a stylistic gimmick happening here that somewhat supersedes actual Green Lantern characters or continuity. If you enjoy the gimmick, like I do, then you could enjoy this book. If you’re Eric, then this series will leave you furious.

8/10