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Holy Willpower! DC's Most Powerful Red Lantern is a Green Lantern!
Things are about to get REALLY ugly for the Green Lantern Corps. Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1 (written by Jeremy Adams and Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Salvador Larroca, colors by Luis Guerrero, and letters by Dave Sharpe) unveils a terrifying twist that leaves everyone in shock: Mogo, that legendary planet-sized Green Lantern, has been turned into an incredibly powerfulRed Lantern! It changes the game completely.
TheGreen Lanterns are already dealing with a TON of problems because of the increasingly insaneLord Premier Thaaros; He’s attacking the Emotional Spectrum, even giving his ownLanternsthe ability to tap into other powers (such as Yellow Lanterns). This has greatly weakened the ability for this group to perform effectively, and its weakened status greatly contributes to that surprising shift.
After facing downAbsolute Power, the team – includingHal Jordan,John Stewart,Guy Gardner,Caolán Shepherd, andStar Sapphire Carol Ferris— are setting things straight with Thaaros. They just didn’t realize how much planning he’d already completed; setting a dangerous trap, and revealing another very surprising and unexpected change.
This episode kicks off with another surprise: Kilowog's return! Thought dead after thatGreen Lantern #7 (2024)Sinestro Power Battery explosion, this powerful Lantern’s back (as seen through those earlier appearances earlier). The thing that made this encounter much more surprising and deeply shocking? He’s aYellow Lantern! This greatly sets up this encounter because John Stewart, this formerly great ally is betrayed, with hisDark Star Ringstolen; initiating an intense and urgent situation!
Our heroes’ trip toThanagarto exposeThaaros’streachery fails terribly because of this event; Thaaros convinces everyone those guys are the real enemies! And what made things way worse: He's got thatDark Star Ringnow and unleashes Olgrun'spower on everyone. Then a battle erupts betweenThaarosand his planet, and everyone is attacked! It also includes this amazingly well-done reveal for the most effective part of this plot, but you can find more from this particular point below.
The ultimate reveal at this ending involved Thaaros’ summoning the ultimate ace up his sleeve—summoning thatplanet-sized Green Lantern MogointoThanagar'sorbit. Yet he wasn’t who we expected: Instead, a crimson rage consumesMogomaking this legendary being the newly-formed, ultra powerfulRed Lantern!
Red Lanterns are fearsome and unbelievably powerful; driven by immense rage that takes over, pushing those affected beings to lose themselves entirely; yet this is an absolutely perfect addition, considering that Mogo already possesses the most valuable and powerful weapon of all: his massive size, incredible strength and raw psychic abilities.
This massive issue and those related changes that are hinted within these pages brings a completely massive impact and those issues created by this new change create a truly stunning reveal for what exactly could be achieved and done through an unexpectedly changed hero!
Sadly, theGreen Lanternsare left helpless, still unaware of howThaaroscompletely converted his army from other shades; This changed hero demonstrates exactly how these things really can change at any moment— a devastating event that will surely continue the ongoing conflict between the two factions, further demonstrating how the war between these factions greatly continues. Given this massive increase in strength–with the planet Mogo being effectively uncontainable given his newly acquired powers; theGreen LanternsandThanagarface absolute annihilation by the most powerfulRed Lanternever to have existed! We simply have to ask one ultimate question: Will there even be hope for a potential win against an uncontainable enemy of that power? This plot opens the stage for the next chapter of Green Lantern’s own continued journey and future interactions.
Green Lantern Civil Corps Special #1 delivers a devastating punch and leaves fans in total shock; making that relatively smaller addition one of the greatest plot points created recently! Mogo’s transformation into the strongestRed Lanternever? Game changer. It's unexpected and completely adds layers to what could possibly be achieved and it’s not the end – it's the beginning of a new war that is extremely exciting, intriguing for those already long-time Green Lantern fans and it totally establishes this exciting next storyline; and this issue promises major upheaval and intensely difficult conflicts to follow; adding tremendous amounts of excitement!