#Yellow lantern starro free#
Neither entity quite seems to grasp the aspect of free will that makes the Corps so great, but both understand that there’s something to be gained by having them all together in one place, just as their creators and readers do. After all, Starro wants to bring the entire Corps under the sway of his hivemind, and even more significantly, Brainiac’s goal is to trap them within a dome and preserve them there forever. In fact, this entire storyline seems to be about how great it is to have the entire Green Lantern Corps assembled together in one location, and that even extends to the villains. Venditti and Sandoval clearly have a lot of love for the Green Lanterns Corps and their history, and that love absolutely shines through in the finished product. Passing the Bechdel Test doesn’t always mean that a piece of media is necessarily feminist or even good, but in this particular case, it means that the creative team cares quite a bit about even their most minor characters. It also allows this issue to pass the Bechdel Test (two named female characters must talk to each other about something other than a man), which isn’t often something the Green Lantern franchise can boast about. Two old friends find a moment to commiserate on the battlefield before they must move on - it just rings true. I think my favorite of these interactions is the one between Soranik and Io, simply because it’s so brief. None of these interactions are central to the plot (or effect it at all, really), but they do allow Venditti and Sandoval to show off their vast cast, and thus make the Corps feel more human. There’s several instances throughout Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns Corps 9 where the narrative pauses for just a few panels in order to allow a couple of characters to interact - Guy and Tomar-Tu, Soranik and Io, Tomar and his mother, etc. This is the first real opportunity Venditti and Sandoval have had to dig into the B-List and below Lanterns, and it’s clear that they think it’s important to give these characters their moment in the limelight, even if it’s a brief one. That isn’t limited to these characters’ abilities either (though Fan’s hearing, Soranik Natu’s medical skills, and Salaak’s encyclopedic knowledge of the universe all come into play this issue), but also includes their relationships.
#Yellow lantern starro full#
If you’re not only going to have the Corps star in a title, but trap their full roster under a dome, you might as well take full advantage of as many of those characters as possible, right? It’s John Stewart making smart use of his resources, and likewise, Venditti making smart use of the Lanterns available to him. I honestly couldn’t tell you if Rot Lop Fan has appeared in this title previously or not, but as a character he’s existed since the eighties, so there’s nothing weird about his suddenly popping up at the just the right moment to save the day. Probably the most obvious example comes from how John Stewart defeats Starro - he instructs Rot Lop Fan (a blind Lantern with astounding hearing) to identify and disable the sub-aural wavelength Starro is using to communicate with its drones. In Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 9, Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval put on a clinic in this regard, not only taking full advantage of the mass of characters they’ve trapped together beneath Brainiac’s dome, but pulling out a few big surprise appearances from the franchise’s past as well.
Each of these Lanterns bring something different to the table, and the best writers are able to mine these characters for all they’re worth, figuring out how and when to best deploy their casts’ various abilities and relationships in order to best serve their story. The Green Lanterns are too numerous to count, and that’s not even getting into new recruits or the other Corps. Spencer: One of the greatest appeals of the Green Lantern Corps is that there’s a limitless cast of characters to explore.
As always, this article contains SPOILERS. Today, Spencer and Patrick are discussing Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps 9, originally released November 23rd, 2016.
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