Green Lantern Corps #7 *Preview/Spoilers*

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Green Lantern Corps #7 PREVIEW
Writer: Peter Tomasi
Artist: Claude St. Aubin & Scott Hanna

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I actually liked this issue a fair amount. It may've been a bit smaltzy, but it was still interesting. It reminded me of Taking Chance (a film I recommend to anyone).

I really liked seeing more about Morro and what goes on in the crypt.

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Wasnt really too pleased with this issue

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Remember when Soranik Natu (actually, do you guys remember Soranik Natu?) told her dead sector partners family about his passing, way back at the start of the new GLC? Yeah...that was a lot better than this.

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It was okay. Not mind-blowing, but not terrible. Of course we know this is going to go somewhere thanks to the solicits, so I'm fine with a slow start.

Morrow's scene actually had me raising an eyebrow. So the crypts are back? But with no actual bodies now. I'd have liked it better had they burned the bodies like in Legion of 3 Worlds; it would have been a nice fufillment of Ron Vidar's funeral and a lesson learned from Blackest Night.

Well, Lo3W probably isn't canon, but I still would have appreaciated it.

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Good issue, except for Guy's debriefing. That was just insulting.

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Morrow's scene actually had me raising an eyebrow. So the crypts are back? But with no actual bodies now. I'd have liked it better had they burned the bodies...

I couldn't remember whether they ever specified whether the actual bodies were there but I had thought so too.

Actually, I think this process makes a lot of sense. It gives the GLs a memorial but returns the body for the family/people to do with according to their custom. If they just burned or burried them all they could be violating religious and cultural beliefs.

Good issue, except for Guy's debriefing. That was just insulting.

To the Guardians or to us?

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To us. I'm including the reasons in my review...speaking of which, I oughta finish writing that.

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Good issue, except for Guy's debriefing. That was just insulting.

I really frowned at Guy's explanation to the Guardians. Granted, he did what's necessary to win the battle, but did he have to bring up atomic bomb? It was a stain of humanity when a weapon like that had to be used, and he is comparing that event with his own action. The two Sinestro members, who murdered THOUSANDS on their own with glee, I just don't see how he would think it's a fair comparison.

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Review time. You read my mind, Cyberium: http://indigotribe.wordpress.com/201...corps-vol-3-7/

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I really frowned at Guy's explanation to the Guardians. Granted, he did what's necessary to win the battle, but did he have to bring up atomic bomb? It was a stain of humanity when a weapon like that had to be used, and he is comparing that event with his own action. The two Sinestro members, who murdered THOUSANDS on their own with glee, I just don't see how he would think it's a fair comparison.

Well, the insulting part is what SD80MAC mentions: they'd already made the comparison with the ridiculous names, so this felt like the writer nudging you and going "did you get it, did you get it?"

As to your point, Guy mentions that it wasn't as bad as Japan. He compares the initial decision to Truman (not by name), as in if it had killed everyone it would've been justified, but it didn't even do that. But that's just Guy's argument. You don't have to buy into it (the ethics of the A-bomb are still widely debated), just that Guy is the kind of person who would say it.

The one positive thing I got from that was "bluechacos." That's a good Guy nickname for the GotU.

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Well, the insulting part is what SD80MAC mentions: they'd already made the comparison with the ridiculous names, so this felt like the writer nudging you and going "did you get it, did you get it?"

As to your point, Guy mentions that it wasn't as bad as Japan. He compares the initial decision to Truman (not by name), as in if it had killed everyone it would've been justified, but it didn't even do that. But that's just Guy's argument. You don't have to buy into it (the ethics of the A-bomb are still widely debated), just that Guy is the kind of person who would say it.

it's slightly out of character for Guy to even explain in length about his action like that. The second half of his argument, starting at "Two Sinestro Corps soldiers..." is plenty enough. Guy may be someone who does what's needed to finish the job but he's never proud of mass killing (hence the fear bomb tactic), using atomic bombing to support his argument is odd.

And yes, the topic is widely debatable, and the writer emphasizes it too strongly, made it almost like speaking his mind out loud. Whether or not the atomic bomb was necessary it will always be a tragedy, showing it support weakens Guy's character and writer's boundary. And seriously, comparing two Sinestro bastards who murder for fun with the atomic bombs on Japan?

I do wonder why the Keepers, who could will themselves to their own death, would be so vulnerable to fear bomb.

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I liked the issue. A middle of the road 3 stars IMO, but nothing to really complain about. I like the idea that John had to do what he did, and I completely agree with those actions. I just wish it had been someone OTHER than John who had to do it. Hasn't the poor lug been through he ringer enough over the years? I'm sure most of his woes have been retconned away, but still!

I liked that he had to be the one to take the body back to the family. Yeah we've seen this done before, but it still worked for me.

As for the Guy debriefing, I was fine with it. With how the Guardians questioned Guy, and his reaction to it. It seems to me that he WOULD compare what he did with the two bombs dropped on Japan in WWII. How is that out of character for Guy?

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As for the Guy debriefing, I was fine with it. With how the Guardians questioned Guy, and his reaction to it. It seems to me that he WOULD compare what he did with the two bombs dropped on Japan in WWII. How is that out of character for Guy?

Count me in this camp a thousand times.

While there's only so much "OMG I'm so sad I killed a guy, oh wait I'm a bad ass marine" from John I can take, Guy's interaction was the shot in the arm this issue needed, in my honest opinion. If this would've been a full book of John "Mopey I Hate Myself" Stewart, I'd have a hard time finishing it. It's almost like they're flirting with the rather poignant issue of the psychological stresses our boys overseas are suffering without having the balls to hit it head-on like a heroin needle hanging out of Speedy's arm. And all it does is serve to tear down what John Stewart is. Is he battle hardened, like his actions versus Mogo and now these recent issues suggest? Or is he a mopey, poor me vagina with legs? Or is he the intellectual architect with every detail expressed in his constructs? Bring them together where one services the other, not this vomit where the impression is that when it hits the fan, John kicks ass but afterwards, he's pigeonholed into being the anti-Guy, complete with uterus and estrogen.

But back to the original point, why WOULDN'T Guy use this comparison? And why WOULDN'T the comparison be applicable from the fictional stance of Guy as Truman? It may belittle the actual event to some, but this is fiction and the portrayal of a fictional character that used this real life situation to explain his thought process. Makes all the sense in the world, regardless of how butthurt one may be about us turning Hiroshima into a glass parking lot. ESPECIALLY when the true question mark of Allied strategic decisions is NOT the use of atomic weapons, but the firebombing of Dresden.

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I couldn't remember whether they ever specified whether the actual bodies were there but I had thought so too.

Actually, I think this process makes a lot of sense. It gives the GLs a memorial but returns the body for the family/people to do with according to their custom. If they just burned or burried them all they could be violating religious and cultural beliefs.

They did use actual bodies before. We saw Bzzd's funeral. And you'll recall Blackest Night when all the Black Lanterns rose from the crypt.

While it does make sense that they'd have a memorial on Oa, it's just ... inconsistant.

Although Abin Sur wasn't entombed in the crypts (in volume 4), so maybe there are times when it isn't done.