But by having Oa join the United Planets, it also connects the Green Lantern Corps, quite intimately, to the rest of the cosmic DC characters and worlds. Theoretically, those would be under the jurisdiction of Kyle Rayner and Jessica Cruz, the two human Lanterns that didn’t specifically get assigned a planet.īut the idea of the Crux worlds creates a sort of natural hierarchy to the DC Universe, which answers the age old “why does so much stuff happen on Earth?” question, as well as creates two important destinations for future stories, whatever those two unknown planets are. We know about Earth, Oa, and Mogo, but there are two unknown planets there. The Guardians tell John Stewart about the ‘Crux Worlds’ of the Universe there were 7, but with the destruction of Krypton and Xanshi, only five remain. In this issue, we get references to the Fifth World, Hypertime, “Cosmic Odyssey,” and “Action Comics” #1. In doing so, Thorne has connected the Lantern titles to the overall DC Universe in a more compelling way than his predecessors on the title have in quite some time. But not only that, Thorne has incorporated a large swath of DC lore into the title. Two issues in, there are more new ideas in this title than have been introduced in easily a decade of Lantern stories. It is truly shocking that, after the, frankly, really poor “Future State: Green Lantern” title, that “Green Lantern” has been firing on all cylinders, but that’s exactly where we are. With John Stewart reassigned to the role of an ambassador, a surprise appearance by one of the newest Green Lanterns may be all that stands between the Corps and oblivion. As the summit of the United Planets and the Green Lantern Corps falls into chaos, an even bigger threat looms. Illustrated by Dexter Soy and Marco SantucciĪ Guardian of the Universe lies dead, and the universe teeters on the brink of war.
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