Green Lantern Corps #20 Review
Writer: Morgan Hampton
Artists: Fernando Pasarín, Oclair Albert & Juan José Ryp
Colorists: Arif Prianto, Matt Herms & Romulo Fajardo Jr
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Travis Mercer & Romulo Fajardo Jr
Variant Cover Artists: Jorge Fornés & Rian Gonzales
Editors: Jillian Grant, Kathleen Wisneski & Paul
Kaminski
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock
Release Date: September 9, 2026
Guy Gardner was a screw-up all his life. Then he became the
Allsight and forged a relationship with the Emotional Entities. He taught Corps
Leader Jessica Cruz to recognize that the Lanterns needed to respect the
Entities more, lest they fall into the same trap as the Manhunters. Now, as
they work together, Guy and Jessica hope they can prepare the Lanterns for
Darkseid's return.
Still, John Stewart and Jo Mullein have been struggling
lately. After repelling the Manhunter threat, they're taking time off to
confront unresolved issues. What difficulties will John and Jo confront during
their sabbaticals? How will the Corps on Oa adjust to wielding power from the
new Emotional Well? Let's put on our power rings, leap into Green Lantern Corps
#20, and see!
Story
Life on Oa is changing. Before John Stewart sacrificed
himself to protect Oa from the Starbreaker Corps, he helped design new housing
districts so Lanterns representing all the colors in the Emotional Spectrum
could live together on Oa. Now, Guy Gardner and Jessica Cruz have constructed
an Emotional Well. This gives the Emotional Entities a new home on Oa, and
helps all the Corps channel the new "Chrome" energy it produces. Yet
since the Emotional Entities helped Aya, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, and all the
Lanterns repel the Manhunter invasion, one of their number has vanished.
While Guy Gardner investigates this worrying disappearance,
Green Lantern Corps #20 also follows John Stewart and Jo Mullein as they rest
and recuperate away from Oa. As John returns to Earth, Morgan Hampton shows John’s
return to his life there from Katma Tui’s perspective. Neither John nor Katma
wished to return to Oa. Yet, after his other self died, John returned to help
his fellow Lanterns. Katma Tui also feels the tension of having other selves
who died in service to Oa. While she enjoys watching John reconnect with his
Human heritage, Katma yearns for a purpose when they return to Oa.
While the Lanterns attempt to adjust to changes on Oa, and
Katma Tui yearns for a more meaningful relationship with her adoptive home, Jo
Mullein struggles with leaving Oa. After his mother’s death, John Stewart no
longer feels a connection to Earth. Yet Jo Mullein fears returning to the
connections on Earth that threaten to imprison her. So, before she returns
home, Jo stops off on Zillaboq for a few drinks. Yet, her decision proves both
fortuitous and disastrous, as she discovers a new threat to Oa that imprisons
her in Green Lantern Corps #20.
Art
As Fernando Pasarín, Oclair Albert, and Juan José Ryp show a
microspecies swollen to mammoth proportions, the camera zooms inside a bar
within the city of towers sprawling across the animal's back. Like the bouncer,
the bartender's head suggests his species has long memories. Yet the people his
society chose as protectors wear an imperial symbol on their chests. On Earth,
Katma clutches onto John, only releasing him when he lays flowers on a grave. A
stone angel with widespread wings watches them like another celestial
protector.
As Arif Prianto, Matt Herms, and Romulo Fajardo Jr lavish a
palette of bright, attractive colors on Green Lantern Corps #20, green and blue
fill a bar filled with representatives from many worlds. The blue and green
link Jo with John and Katma on Earth, and a battle between Lanterns on Oa. The
red and silver Blackstars evoke the Manhunters that recently attempted to usurp
control of the Emotional Spectrum. Yet Katma’s skin, somewhere between violet
and red, and her cybernetic leg also link her with the Blackstars.
Dave Sharpe fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase
letters. White letters in black balloons with red outlines and serrated edges
signal danger. Katma Tui, Guy Gardner, and Jo Mullein’s thoughts appear in
narrative boxes with varying shades of green and white. Colorful and
transparent sound effects accompany confrontations, destruction, and an
interstellar investigation. Yet enlarged black dialogue provides a clue to a
mystery threatening the Green Lantern Corps’ home. Thanks to DC Comics for
sharing this story with us.
Final Thoughts
While commercial interests bolster Vandal Savage’s attempt
to police Gotham, corporations attempt to provide security on other worlds. Omni
Omega+ Entertainment Corp bought the bounty hunting industry. Then, its
executives assert sole law enforcement duties for entire planets and attempt to
trademark the Green Lantern symbol. Now, a new corporation seeks to rule the
cosmos with an iron hand in Green Lantern Corps #20.
Rating 9.8/10
To look inside see Green Lantern Corps #20 Preview.
For what happened last time, see Green Lantern Corps #19 Preview.
For what happened before that, see my Green Lantern Corps #18 Review.
For what happened even before that, see my preview of Green Lantern Corps #17.
For what happened even more before that, see my review of Green Lantern Corps #16.
For Jo Mullein's fears of returning to Earth, see Justice League: Dream Girls—A DC Pride Event #2 Preview.
