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YES!! I saw that too. Man, now I wish I'd finished reading L.E.G.I.O.N. (And maybe that R.E.B.E.L.S. ting, too-- that was them as well, right?) I don't understand why whats-her-face is part of the Sinestro Corps, though that book being chained to her does amuse me greatly. It was interesting, though. Very interesting.

Wait - I thought the character in the backup was a new character, just from the same homeworld as the lovely Mallor lasses. Am I wrong? Who is she? Where has she been seen before?

I mentioned the "lady" from Talok IV in that other thread in the main Legion forum. I also thought she was a new character though -- am I wrong?

Her name is Lyssa Drak. This is the first I've seen of her so far...

Wouldn't she also be from a different Talok? I always get it confused, but I think the Mallors are from Talok VII or VIII, right?

Mallors - at least the ones we know - are from Talok VIII. Is this the first we've heard of someone from Talok IV?

I'll be reading the issue later in the month (I schedule my visits to the comics shop around the weeks where a new issue of X-Factor arrives) but reading these posts leaves me with mixed feelings. I love anything about Talokians, but I hope this is a new character. I don't want Lydea brought back because I don't like most of the things DC has been doing lately with their non-icon characters. And I don't want Lyrissa brought back because she had a full character arc and one of the most tragic deaths in the history of the DCU, which I think should not be negated or cheapened.

I don't think i've ever heard of Talok IV.

Talok III has been mentioned as the homeworld of Mikaal Tomas (a Starman) in the Robinson series.

Bad news:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=110415

I'm still convinced that it's his passion for GL which has been the secret ingredient over the last 2-plus years. His loss will be felt.

And it would have to happen right before the big Sinestro Corps epic. Couldn't he have waited just a few months more?

Interesting developments regarding Star Sapphire, the Guardians and the Zamorans in this issue. Wacky motivations that actually sort of make sense (I can only imagine how my world view would shift if I'd been cooped up with those Guardians for millenia...).

I think all those 'your fate is to mate with me' villainesses should form a team and scour the DCU from one megaversal plane to another. Surely, in 52 realities, *one* of them'll get what they're after. Talk about your 'Birds of Prey'...

Let's see... Star Sapphire, Maxima, does Lady Styx apply? Who else?

Oh, yeah-- I'm finding Shady's uniform on the grisly new character particularly disturbing. At least she's not wearing the tuning fork. There, I draw the line.

I'm loving the current storyline in GL! Daniel Acuna's art and coloring are *phenomenal* and it's great seeing one of my favorite 'super-hero girlfriends', Carol Ferris, back - along with the uber-sexy and cool Star Sapphire!

And to top it all off - another Chaselon appearance! Yes! He rocks! I just hope they're not showcasing him a little bit so people will know he is and then Geoff can kill him off in the Sinestro Corps War. That is SO his MO.

Interesting take on the Zamorans and the crystals. I hope Geoff doesn't get out of hand with each color representing an emotion ("Rainbow War" doesn't sound like something I want to read). It'd quickly get as out of hand as Superman and all that colored Kryptonite.

And while I don't have anything against the Zamoran redesign, it also seems an unnecessary retcon that every time we've seen them before it's been an illusion.

I remember when Steve Englehart had the big revelation that the reason we never saw any female Guardians was because the Zamarons WERE the females of their race! It was one of those "so obvious you'd never think of it" moments. The current story definitely seems to be adding several additional spins on it, and not very nice ones...

I'm still rather frustrated that Gerard Jones never got to do his big "Guardians vs. Guardians" epic. I suspect there's still a ton of stuff out there left unresolved because of the last 15 years.

I must say, as much as I'd come to genuinely HATE Carol Ferris, I do also recall when Gerard Jones "cured" her of her recurring problem(s)... and it's actually refreshing to see there is a real "human" person in there! It's like I've heard it said-- there are no bad characters, just bad writers. This is one more thing that makes me think GL is currently being written BETTER than ever.

I remember reading some of the "Guardian vs. Guardian" stuff that never got published and I'm glad they didn't do that story for two reasons:
-- the reveal that the Guardians orchestrated Hal's father's death to make him the best GL.
-- turning Hal into "The Protector". bleh.
I don't remember though - was it that the Guardians were fighting each other or was it going to be revealed that the Guardians we had been seeing since the beginning of the series were fake?

I've always liked Carol and she had a really good showing here. The image of her in the cockpit last ish really conveyed a lot in terms of her growth and it was great to see her happy as opposed to the wet blanket role she was forced to be in too many times. It was also cool to see "Green Sapphire" but too bad the fight didn't last long.

Also interesting to note that Hal seemed a bit hurt that Carol got married not too long after Hal's death (C'mon Hal -- that just screams "rebound" -- get it??)

This book keeps getting better and better.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text"> Carol getting to play superheroine -- now that is cool. </span></span>

I'm really enjoying the Sinestro Corps back-ups, too. All my fears about Lyssa Drak seem to have been unfounded, and I think she has the potential to be a totally awesome supervillainess.

I just hope my fears about Peter Tomasi's departure from the editor's desk negatively affecting the Sinestro Corps storyarc turn out to be unfounded. What I'm hoping is that all the most important stuff was already set up before he left, so that there's almost no possibility of his sucessor screwing things up.

I have loved this title since it started. The current arc is pretty good but I'm not loving it as much as others.

I like the Zamarons stuff. But I've never been a big fan of Star Sapphire and the Carol Ferris thing.

The art and colors along with theme is just a bit too rainbow warriors for me. Still pretty good though. The quality is pretty high all around.

The Corps War is BIG TIME! This is a true followup to "Rebirth" in tone and scope! I guess I can understand Johns' reasons now for grounding Hal so much to start the series, especially if he was building towards this. It was still a little too much of an abrupt change of focus, but I'm really glad to see that he's going to follow up on all that "Hal's light shines brightest" stuff he was talking about before. Seeing Hal come back was great, seeing him in the JLA again is awesome, but seeing him take charge again and shining as the "greatest" of the Corps would make his *return* complete!

Not for nothing, but the solits that show Kyle as one of the "Challengers" is a real killjoy in terms of him becoming Parallax - we know he's in no real danger of dying or becoming a bad guy (unless it's one of those red herrings DC seems so fond of these days...)

My sentiments exactly.

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this or not but...

In the latest issue of S.F.X magazine (a British sci fi mag), there is an interview with Nathan Fillion (of Firefly) and one of the questions that they asked which comic book superhero would he like to play.

He said Green Lantern.

I'm assuming he meant the Hall Jordan version.

I could soooooo see that. I think he would be GREAT.

Any feedback on that one guys?

Yeah, I could see it! I loved him on Firefly and I think "Captain Tightpants" could totally pull it off!

So, nothing about the latest chapter of The Sinestro Corps War in GL # 22? The vertical splash page of Hal and Kyle fighting? The horizontal splash page of the Green Lantern Corps charging? The cliffhanger with the awesome Lyssa Drak? God, I love this story.

Sorry, I was too busy having a heart attack and crying about Kyle. (Not literally crying... anymore.) I have to say the "lost" corpsmen really bring an interesting perspective to the conflict with their very strong feelings toward our hero Hal.

I love this event. It's so great. I love that the books are enough independent of each other that if I wasn't reading both, I could still just read one. And I love the complexity. Geoff is definitely still my hero. *fangirl sigh*

Ahh, Geoff. The first comic of his that I read was Green Lantern: Rebirth # 6, fresh off the comics rack at Borders. And the first thing I thought was: this guy is writing the kinds of stories I wished were being written back in the nauseating nineties. Thank God for Geoff.

Seriously! Geoff is my hero! I effin' love him! But, then, we already knew that...