Art: Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne
The more I read about Larfleeze, the more interesting he gets for me. He gets a lot of face time in this issue. Larfleeze has decided to live in Earth because of the fact that humans share the same insatiable desire as him.
Most of the time, he comes off as a comic relief whenever he makes an appearance. But I bet that is Larfleeze's charm. Geoff Johns sure knows how to develop this character, as Larfleeze discovers about Santa Claus. That part really come off as funny to me because of Larfleeze's background.
Moving on, Hal Jordan obviously goes to talk to Larfleeze to return the things he stole from the locals. But also to talk about the growing subplot about the mysterious hooded guy acquiring the entities of each color. We learn that the entities are here on Earth so Hal asks Larfleeze how he imprisoned Ophidian (orange entity) into this power battery.
But soon Hector Hammond arrives on the scene and takes away the orange power battery. Obviously Larfleeze doesn't want to give it so Hammond just ate the whole thing. In this scene, we got a short peek about Larfleeze's old life before he became Agent Orange. Shortly after, Ophidian took over Hector Hammond and turned out to be one of the creepiest creatures I've seen in the book.
There's also a new subplot involving The Question and Saint Walker. Walker gave some kind of a eulogy to Victor Szasz with The Question on the scene. He talks about how "all will be well" and tells us Adara (blue entity) is coming.
But the main reason this book is great is because of Doug Mahnke. I'm starting to consider him as the best artist in the Green Lantern books. In the scene where we see Larfleeze and his orange constructs and the things he stole from the locals, Mahnke's art showed great detail. Also, the panel where Hal is talking to Larfleeze that he lives in a different galaxy, the construct Hal made showing different planets and the words "You Are Here" show his creativity.
Overall, the story moved forward with a good pace, and with Larfleeze in it, the story turned out to be fun. But with Mahnke's art, the issue turned out even better.
Rating: 4.5/5
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