I cannot praise this book enough and I am going to be really sad when the series ends. Read Full Review

HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #46 moves "Darkstar Rising" into the personal arena, as new Darkstar Guy Gardner goes after his abusive father. Robert Venditti gives Gardner a strong story to work with, but doesn't do quite as well with the rest of the cast. Read Full Review

We are seeing temporary alliances from characters who share, or potentially share, a common enemy, and it's flat out cool to see. From Stewart and Zod, to Jordan and Hammond, Robert Venditti has put together a marvelously interesting story, and I am so excited to see where he is going to take it. Read Full Review

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #46 is another rock solid issue that swerves the plot of "Darkstars Rising" in a couple of unexpected directions. There's plenty of personal drama in this one, particularly in Robert Venditti's strong script as it pertains to Guy Gardner's confrontation with his past. Nine out of ten lanterns. Read Full Review

This detour has been a bold move, but it's worked. I'm hoping the eventual Darkstars war proves just as engaging even if I'm not in a rush for it to arrive. Read Full Review

Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps (2016-) #46 is the fifth issue in the Darkstars Rising story arc, and although we have been immersed in this story for some time, Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps still feels fresh and exciting thanks to moments of great emotional intensity. Read Full Review

Bottom Line: I believe I've said this before but I never thought I'd care this much about Guy Gardner. Venditti's puts together a highly convincing script that manages to set the stage for what promises to be a hell of an ultimate showdown. Read Full Review

Guy Gardner's personal decision could have drastic consequences not only for himself, but also for the Green Lantern Corps and the universe as a whole. While John Stewart's recruiting trip has proved to be successful so far, Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner are struggling to reign in their recruits. The Darkstars have the upper hand, but it is only a matter of time before the Green Lanterns take the fight to them, with or without the help they sought out. Read Full Review

Even though the war moves at a slow pace, I am enjoying the small character moments that Venditti manages to sprinkle in despite the scale of this conflict. Another fine issue. Read Full Review

This plot has been a never ending source of twists and turns and surprises. Every time it seems like the path is clear, something else is thrown in the way. Last issue we were shocked when Guy became a Darkstar, and this issue it's that Arkillo ran to stop Guy. What will be next? Read Full Review

Tons of payoff for longtime readers of Green Lantern this issue, with a bunch of plot threads and callbacks present, not very new reader friendly but very rewarding for a fan. Amazing arc! Read Full Review

The final arc of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps has brought in elements from the entire run of the series, as the advent of the Darkstars has left the Green Lanterns fleeing to any corner of the universe where they might find an ally " including among former enemies. Read Full Review

I like that this issue goes from the big themes of the last one to something smaller and more personal. It gives some great insight into the characters while providing some development. I've never been a fan of Guy Gardner, but this issue gave me the spark of thinking about him differently as a character. Henry's art is great as well and the details in his work help enhance each panel. Read Full Review

A fine issue without much content. Read Full Review

Despite some flat artwork, "Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corp #46" makes up for it by successfully mounting the tension of the Darkstar threat and providing the reader with several excellent character moments that demonstrate the core beliefs of the core and the individual characters we have come to love. Read Full Review

This issue lacks the punch and immediacy of previous issues, but is still a fine read. The visuals are also not as strong; they work, but aren't as strong as what's come before. Lantern fans will be happy this, but others will probably be indifferent. Read Full Review

Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #46 was a very good chapter that added more of a personal touch to the "Darkstars Rising" arc. Centering the story around Guy Gardner's origins how that motivates his first action as a member of the Darkstars made this a standout issue in the middle of this arc. Adding in what Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner are doing makes things even more tense for whatever endgame Robert Venditti is building for "Darkstars Rising." If your a Green Lantern fan this is story that you should be checking out if you aren't already. Read Full Review

The book has suffered from some really inconsistent art choices over the last few months, but Henry is one of the stronger artists to work on the series. His art meshes well with Pantazis' color work, giving the book a bright and unmuddied look that works well with the colorful characters (pun intended) in the series. Read Full Review

Guy's dad gets his comeuppance, but good! Beyond that, everyone sort of stands around, shifting from foot to foot, waiting for the director to call the scene so they can head back to their trailers. There's some nice-looking pages here, but I think you can put a pin in it and pick things up in the next issue; the closing caption promises some actual action. Read Full Review

The Rise ofthe Darkstars has not been the major story arc I was expecting. It hasntimpacted the whole of the DCU like Id hoped. Its like a musical note thatnever quite reaches its proper pitch, so Im ready to move on to the third act" the aforementioned battle. But wait " didnt the last major story arcconclude with a major battle? Yes, I believe it did. Read Full Review

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

When we last left Hal and Pals, Guy and Arkillo were having a drink, Kyle and Space Cabbie went to New Genesis for help, John confronted Zod for help, and Hal broke out Hector “God Brain” Hammond for help. The issue ended with Guy becoming a Darkstar and flying off. Well, this issue picks up by showing us where Guy is going.

We see Roland Gardner, Guy’s dad, standing outside the bar fighting the urge to go inside. He’s remembered all the times he beat up on his son and regrets every last one. Later, we find out that he’s been sober for roughly 6 weeks now and comes to the bar once a week to fight his urges and toughen himself up.

Next, we jump to Hal and Hector on a deserted planet. Hal brought him there so he could show him what his “God Brain” abilities are and what they can do without hurting anyone or anything. Hector explains that he was never unconscious and actually heard everything Superman and Hal were talking about on their visit months ago. Hector then goes into Hal’s mind and shows him what he wants, all Hal’s enemies dead.

Hal explains that those were mere questions and thoughts but not what he actually wanted to happen. Hector tells him that Hal is part of the reason the Darkstars are here. The feelings of guilt, doubt, and failure that he had helped contribute to the reformation of the Darkstars. Hal later wonders if the Element X armor from Metal helped contribute the reformation of the Darkstars as well. Hector then proceeds to take Hal’s ring, powers, and memory. I’m willing to guess that this is all in Hal’s mind, but we shall see.

We jump to Zod and John. Zod decides to help the Corp to get back at Tomar Tu and Tomar Re for the destruction of Krypton, since it was under Tomar Re’s watch. John tells Zod that he came to Zod to help him with the teleportation issue and not because of Zod’s strength. John was hoping to harness the abilities of the sunstone, which is the Kryptonian stone used to make their ships and even Superman’s fortress of solitude, to help slow down the Darkstars.

John is hoping that those same abilities can neutralize the teleportation of the Darkstars somehow. Eradicator formulates a schematic that will work and John gets working on building them with his constructs. Meanwhile, we see Kyle and Space Cabbie are stuck in New Genesis jail to find out that Highfather will not help them. You could sense that Orion will probably sneak away to go and help since Kyle did save his life a couple months ago but it’s not stated.

And finally, we end the issue back where it started with Guy ready to kill his dad for beating him all those years ago while in a drunken stupor. Roland comes to terms with it and sits there ready to take it until Arkillo jumps in and steps in the way challenging Guy to another fight. Arkillo tells him that if Guy wants to kill his daddy he’ll have to go through him first.

I’m not going to lie, this issue was a little bit of a downer to me. I feel like we were building up to something big only to have a pit stop for an issue that didn’t progress the story at all. And from someone who wasn’t a fan of Metal because he couldn’t understand it and feel it was poorly explained, I hate the idea of explaining the Darkstars by using METAL!! So, the reason the Darkstars are here is because of Element X and Hal’s thoughts.... really? We didn’t even need a “why”. The story was going smoothly until you tried to tie in Metal. And can we stop making Hal the scapegoat for all that goes wrong in the universe?

The next issue looks like it’s going to continue to go off the reservation when we get the “Rematch Heard Round The Galaxy”. If that is what we get, I will be totally disappointed in the direction of this story. A story that began with the Controllers, tied in Zod, brought us New Genesis, Yellow Lanterns, and even a throwback to Hector Hammond takes an issue to accuse Hal as the cause, blame Metal in which no one understood what the heck happened there, and ends with Guy’s daddy issues is very upsetting. AND, we need to wrap this up by issue 50. How? Do we get a rushed ending?

Robbie V has been a stud on Hal and Pals. This team in general has been hitting home runs issue after issue. Hal and Pals has been one of the most consistent stories told in all of Rebirth and too this point. I could always count on an average to better than average issue from this team. And now with the series appearing to end, I don’t want it to go down in flames. We need more of what we’ve been given since issue 1. If Robbie V needs more issues to tell his story the right way, he needs to go to editorial and tell them that he’ll end it but maybe it wouldn’t end at 50. Maybe he needs more time? But don’t throw in this bogus stuff that doesn’t explain the story just to quickly wrap everything up. This story that began so great and incorporated elements of his entire run from way back in issue 1, deserves a solid and epic ending.

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