Green Lantern: New Guardians #22 *Preview/Spoilers*

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Green Lantern: New Guardians #22 PREVIEW
Writer: Justin Jordan
Artist: Brad Walker

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Reading that preview, I have a sinking feeling that we are going to end up with a "Warp Six Speed Limit" situation, here.

Relic will prove to be a danger that must be taken down, but in the end everybody will realize that while his methods were wrong, his conclusions were right, and overuse of the various colors of energy poses some existential threat to the universe, and they have to put restrictions on how they use their rings. And everybody will get powered down to some degree, or Corps will have to severely limit their numbers, or more likely both.

Personally, at least as far as the GLC goes, I prefer that the use of the rings only be limited by the will and the imagination, and any "weakness" that limits their effectiveness (if there is one) be specific and able to be worked around, rather than broad-based and universal.

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It's my guess that this upcoming event is some means to limit the other colored corps/emotional spectrum/entities. If that's so, I have to applaud the writers, because I think Johns got pretty out of hand with them and their roles in the stories. Eventually it got to the point where all Green Lantern was about was Lanterns fighting other Lanterns. That stopped being intriguing to me after Sinestro Corps War. Everything after that was just beating the concept into the ground, in my opinion, and boy did he do that for a long time.

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They should have Carol leave Hal for real and get with Kyle

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Awesome issue.

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I like Relic.

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They should have Carol leave Hal for real and get with Kyle

Well they certainly laid the groundwork for it. Not saying it's going to happen, but they definitely opened the possibility of a Carol-Kyle relationship.

Also, I liked Relic's dream manipulation of Kyle.

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They should have Carol leave Hal for real and get with Kyle

I think that would be stupid. They seem to be hinting that but to have Carol go from a fight with Hal, they haven't officially broken up (again), cause of him having to lead the GLs now to Kyle who has an even greater responsibility of showing the UNIVERSE to the new Guardians and a guy who, lets face it, has a horrible track record with past girlfriends, to my knowledge is still dating Soranik Natu. I think the link or connection, whatever they said, they share is her teaching him to use the Violet light of the spectrum and the only one who isn't either a. A bad guy or b. Busy with something else, like Walker was busy in GL helping stop Larfleeze.

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It's my guess that this upcoming event is some means to limit the other colored corps/emotional spectrum/entities. If that's so, I have to applaud the writers, because I think Johns got pretty out of hand with them and their roles in the stories. Eventually it got to the point where all Green Lantern was about was Lanterns fighting other Lanterns. That stopped being intriguing to me after Sinestro Corps War. Everything after that was just beating the concept into the ground, in my opinion, and boy did he do that for a long time.

He beat the concept into the ground, then had the concept RISE! and beat it into the ground again.

I like Relic.

Also, I liked Relic's dream manipulation of Kyle.

Relic seems like a brilliant character for the new writers to introduce. He is a fresh start in a lot of ways - yes, he's new, but he's also "new" to the Universe, and his research is almost like the writers saying "ok, here's how things are now, and we'll tell you (the reader) through this new character who is learning them for himself."

Relic could be seen as a "new beginning" for Green Lantern, ushering in the new writers. Exeter could also been seen as being the "old guard". representing Geoff and the past few years of GL.

I think that would be stupid. They seem to be hinting that but to have Carol go from a fight with Hal, they haven't officially broken up (again), cause of him having to lead the GLs now to Kyle who has an even greater responsibility of showing the UNIVERSE to the new Guardians and a guy who, lets face it, has a horrible track record with past girlfriends, to my knowledge is still dating Soranik Natu. I think the link or connection, whatever they said, they share is her teaching him to use the Violet light of the spectrum and the only one who isn't either a. A bad guy or b. Busy with something else, like Walker was busy in GL helping stop Larfleeze.

Carol has more or less ended it with Hal, telling him she still loves him, but they can't be together. As far as they are concerned, they're done until further notice.

Kyle and Soranik broke up a while ago, when Soranik found out Kyle still truly loves Jenny. They, for all intents and purposes, are done.

Both Kyle and Carol are single, and they even sound good together as a couple, but I don't know if I like the pairing. It would be pretty shitty of both of them to hook up considering Hal and Carols past, and even Hal and Kyles past. If they went that route, it would be short lived, cause a lot of tension, and maybe, maybe bring Hal and Carol back together realizing why they are in love with each other still.

Personally, I'd rather not see them go down this road. I"m enjoying what we're getting so far, and I don't think bring in a love story will help.

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I'm really liking where this is headed. Relic is great. I'm kind of indifferent to the Kyle/Carol thing. Venditti needs to turn up the juice on Green Lantern, because the "spin-off" books, GLC and New Guardians are really leaving that title behind.

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Carol has more or less ended it with Hal, telling him she still loves him, but they can't be together. As far as they are concerned, they're done until further notice.

That was more or less bad writing though. As much as I enjoyed Issue 21, that part of it made absolutely no sense and was merely Robert Venditti trying to get Carol out of the book.

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Kyle and Soranik broke up a while ago, when Soranik found out Kyle still truly loves Jenny. They, for all intents and purposes, are done.

Except, of course, with Alan Scott over in Earth 2 (and gay to boot), the chances that Jenny ever existed at all are slim, tossing that reason for a breakup out the window.

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I dunno I see a more Brother/Sister relationship with Kyle and Carol more than a Kyle/Carol love relationship. But who knows what will happen. I just love the connectivity of the 4 books it's like I'm reading a mega story every month.

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I dunno I see a more Brother/Sister relationship with Kyle and Carol more than a Kyle/Carol love relationship. . .

And that could very well be. It was very ambiguous. Actually in GLNG 21 I thought Carol treated Kyle like the gay BFF. "Hey Kyle, let's talk boys and stuff!"

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Except, of course, with Alan Scott over in Earth 2 (and gay to boot), the chances that Jenny ever existed at all are slim, tossing that reason for a breakup out the window.

Now that I think about it, was it Jenny, or was it Alex? I can't remember anymore. Good point though.