Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1 Review

 

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1 Review

Writer: Gerry Duggan

Artists: Matteo Lolli, Laura Braga & Vasco Georgiev

Colorist: John Kalisz

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Cover Artist: Edwin Galmon

Variant Cover Artists: David Aja, Ariel Olivette & Ethan Young

Editors: Jillian Grant & Paul Kaminski

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99/$6.99 Card Stock

Release Date: May 6, 2026

 

People may distrust his judgment. They may dislike his style. But like him or hate him, Guy Gardner gets things done. If he's not saving Lois Lane on a spaceship powered by Kryptonite, he's fighting in the Omega Tournament to preserve reality. But what do his fellow Lanterns think of Guy Gardner? And when Internal Affairs on Oa wants to investigate his activities, who do they call on for help? Let’s slip on our rings, leap into Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1, and see!

 

Story

After Starbreaker led a devastating attack on Oa, Enquar tore through space in his quest for revenge against the Green Lanterns' crimes against his planet. As worlds and suns die, refugees flood Oa. While the Green Lantern Corps tries to find everyone new homes, Guy Gardner learns about a sun that went supernova. When he investigates a planet in the doomed solar system, the population has vanished. Which may be good, except that one of its inhabitants owed Guy money.

 

Zardum, who polices the Green Lantern Corps, narrates this tale of one of his best operatives. But while shining the spotlight on Guy, the Internal Affairs officer also enlists another Green Lantern from Earth. While Zardum delivers his imperative, John Stewart makes one thing clear to the Green Lantern cop. Like his flamboyant friend, John Stewart will conduct the investigation his way in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1.

 

As Gerry Duggan keeps the story moving with action and humor in equal doses, the Lanterns’ concern for each other shines through. Still, after Starbreaker’s intergalactic reign of terror and Darkseid’s attempted Reality coup, Guy Gardner and John Stewart are both marked by death. So Zardum observes the Lanterns from Earth to determine if their brightest days lie behind them. And as he watches and waits, Zardum tasks a leader who embodies the Corps' future to investigate Guy Gardner's seemingly wild claims in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1.

 

Art

With his bowl cut and collared gilet, Guy Gardner makes a striking presence as he points to his perp, and then at the faces emerging from the Source Wall. Then Guy reclines on a beanbag, taking notes while surrounding his suspect with a stone block cell. After mounting a platform with his prisoner bound in a yoke, Guy raises a fist in triumph to the Drekonites surrounding them in the desert. As his fans extend their arms out the passenger cars' windows, Guy plays his electric guitar atop the engine of a celestial steam locomotive. When he pulls the train into the impromptu Malaqyte Station, a giant green thumb points back toward him as Guy leaves Jessica Cruz and her people to feed, house, and resettle the latest refugees on Oa.

 

As Matteo Lolli, Laura Braga, and Vasco Georgiev propel Guy Gardner across worlds and moons, John Kalisz lavishes bright colors on the cavalcade of characters and settings. John Stewart forms a demurer appearance. As he saves travelers wearing a black-and-green bodysuit, the yellow and orange surrounding the troubled vessel recalls the world where Guy liberated the Drekonites. Zardum’s clothes, cane, and prosthetic leg link him with Guy and John. Yet the Internal Affairs officer's red Tootsie Roll Pop links him with the object of Guy's concern in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1.

 

Dave Sharpe fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase letters and white narrative boxes with green letters. John's ring speaks green words into white balloons. Raised voices enlarge letters, change text color, and deform balloons, while lowered voices shrink words. Music notes adorn a splash page that science-fiction writer Michael Coney would love. Sound effects enhance battles, earthshaking developments, and the latest advancements in home security. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Everyone needs to make a good impression to get ahead. Yet, when a hunch doesn't pay off, Guy Gardner's methodology threatens to cut short his career. As his penchant for theatricality fills the Internal Affairs office with complaints, Zardum wonders if he can still trust his officer’s instincts in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1.

 

Rating 9.7/10

 

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The Flash #30 Preview

 

 

Bart Allen is always in a hurry to help others. But sometimes, Wally West wishes he would slow down and think before hurtling into danger. Bart got them into trouble by trying to circumvent Darkseid from taking over the Earth. After losing his powers and mostly dying, as Miracle Max might say, Bart reunited with the Speed Force. Now, he's rushing into danger once again. What has Bart learned from his recent race through time? And might acting on impulse this time lead to Darkseid's defeat?

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The Flash #30 Preview

Writer: Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Cover Artist: Dan Mora, Ramon Perez & Daniel Bayliss

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: February 25, 2026

 

Speedsters from the present meet Darkseid from the past!

 

The Speedsters’ race through time has led them to an encounter with a Darkseid from the past, and their escape leads them to a shocking reunion!

 

 

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The Flash #29 Preview

 

 

Bart Allen thought he knew how to defeat Darkseid. Instead, he discovered the dangers of acting on impulse. Wally West wants to ensure Barry Allen doesn't share the same fate. But can Wally protect Bart, Barry, and himself from Darkseid's speedsters? And have his desperate actions doomed Iris West?

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The Flash #29 Preview

Writers: Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Cover Artists: Dan Mora, Miguel Mercado & Saowee

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: January 28, 2026

 

A race against the Dark Legion!

 

The Dark Legion chase the Flash and Impulse to a pivotal moment in Flash history: the moment when Barry Allen was struck by lightning!

 

 

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The Flash #28--All Fight Month Round Six Preview

 

 

When Bart Allen sought victory over Darkseid by changing the past, Wally West pursued him through time. But Darkseid got there first, forcing Bart and Wally to fight the Legion of Darkseid. Like Bart, Wally West discovered that Darkseid had also changed the Speed Force into Omega Speed. Now, as Wally races Back to the Future to help Bart, he also believes that Bart's grandfather Barry is in danger. 

Like Maverick and Goose, Wally and Bart feel the need for speed. So, another speedster must represent the Flash community at the center of the Earth. But does Jay Garrick have what it takes to defeat Guy Gardner? And why are Jay and Guy both fighting mad?

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The Flash #28--All Fight Month Round Six

Writers: Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Cover Artists: Dan Mora, Eric Canete, Serg Acuña, Ethan Young & Lucas Meyer

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: December 24, 2025

 

DC K.O. All Fight Month, round 6 of 8! It’s the match you never saw coming!

 

 

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The Flash #27 Preview

 

 

Bart lives for the thrill. He has trained for every conceivable situation he might encounter, and aced every challenge he has undertaken. So when he's faced with a battle over all that is, an idea flashes into his head. Why not race through the timestream to outwit Darkseid in the past. Unfortunately, defeating a god isn't the cakewalk Bart imagined. Can Bart dig himself out of the paradox he created? Or has he just made the situation worse for everyone?

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The Flash #27

Writer: Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Cover Artists: Dan Mora, Ben Harvey & Steve Skroce

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: November 26, 2025

 

The Speedster Chase through Time continues! A DC K.O. Tie-In!

 

After Impulse’s shocking decision, the Flash races through the time stream before Impulse’s irrational actions can potentially doom the DC Universe. But someone is just a step behind the speedsters, while the Flash and Impulse run right into a shocking reunion!

 

 

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The Flash #26 Preview

 

 

Like Wally, we're all a mixture of virtues and vices. We aspire to be noble and love others. Yet we also wrestle with anger and sadness. But in his battle to understand himself, and be the best he can be, Wally often teams with other heroes to combat the dangers that threaten us all. With Bad Moon Rising behind him, how will Wally West face the challenges life brings him next? 

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The Flash #26 

Writers: Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Cover Artists: Dan Mora, Vasco Georgiev & Mark Spears

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue length: 32 Pages

Publisher: DC Comics

Release Date: October 22, 2025

 

Wally and Impulse race through time—with Mark Waid and Christopher Cantwell!

 

A DC K.O. Tie-In!

 

As the chaos around the DC Universe erupts during DC K.O., Impulse has an idea how to fix it: Impulsepoint—a terrible move that could wipe out everything unless the Flash can catch up with him as they race through time!

 

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The Flash #25 Preview

 

 

Wally West's life has gotten all kinds of complicated. Yet as he stands before Eclipso, Wally and his son convince Eclipso to let go of his anger. Wally and Jai assume that Eclipso will become a good guy, and everything can return to normal. Instead, they discover that, like Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, people on Anger Management courses can still unleash a lot of destruction. Can Wally and his family prevent Eclipso from unleashing cosmic destruction while driven by love?

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The Flash #25

Writer: Simon Spurrier

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Colorist: Matt Herms

Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Cover Artists: Davide Paratore, Tom Reilly & Mark Spears

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 pages

Release Date: September 24, 2025

 

Don’t miss the conclusion of “Bad Moon Rising”!

 

With the Earth plunging into total darkness, all seems lost as Eclipso has turned the moon into his engine of despair. But Jai West and one of the Flash copies have a last-ditch plan in mind—that involves the West family dog? It all comes down to this explosive final chapter of “Bat Moon Rising”!

 

 

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Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3 Review

 

Writer: Tini Howard

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Colorist: Erick Arciniega

Letterer: Ariana Maher

Cover Artists: Erica d’Urso & Matthew Wilson; Aka

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 29, 2023

 

While Rachel Summers searches the multiverse for signs of Morgan Le Fay, Betsy Braddock babysits her niece so Brian and Meggan can attend a West End musical. But instead of a quiet evening with Rachel, her brother calls for help fighting a Fury in Piccadilly Circus. Can Betsy prevent a slaughter of theatergoers? Let’s teleport into Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3 and find out!

 

Story

Abandoning Rachel to solo adventures in babysitting, Betsy travels to London. Amid the smoking rubble, the Fury announces it’s the nation’s new defender. Its first order of business? After placing mutants and witches in protective custody, it plans to apprehend Brian Braddock, protector of Avalon (also known as Otherworld), and Krakoa.

 

There are a few things that I didn’t get, such as a reporter’s statement about Ambassador Reuben Brousseau and how he fares later. Nor did I appreciate yet another issue without Britannica Rex. (Hey, a T-Rex Captain Britain: what could be cooler than that?) But this story delivers on so many levels that the good far outweighs the bad.

 

Along with the battle of Piccadilly, Tini Howard relates the history of the Furies and their Everforge. Morgan Le Fay wields her magic. Betsy checks in with Pete Wilson and Faiza Hussain. But really, the best part of Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3 is how hard Betsy and Rachel work at their relationship, even while Morgan Le Fay cooks up another next-level threat to gain unrestricted control of Britain's magic. 

 

Art

Vasco Georgiev takes us to the Braddock family kitchen, where even as Brian tries to talk her into coming with them, Betsy tries different tricks to sneak a spoonful of food into Maggie's mouth. We witness Betsy’s concern for Rachel’s excessive chronoskimming in the mansion's monitor-filled control center. We see Brian take up his sword and fight the red-and-blue Fury hurling threats and cars across Piccadilly Circus. We also visit Pete Wisdom's posh restaurant and Morgan Le Fay's medieval headquarters.

 

 

 

 

While I've mentioned Ariana Maher's tiny lettering before, what impressed me in this issue was how much dialogue she delivered. Vasco rarely devotes a single page to one scene, and each page averages four panels or more. He never works across multiple pages, so readers of later trades and hardcovers won't lose anything to guttering. As Ariana packs narrative boxes and dialogue balloons with lowercase lettering into each tiny panel, Vasco hits back with incredibly detailed art. He rarely shows a character against a blank background or fills space with direction lines. Whether large or small, nearly every one of his ninety-four panels delivers a fully realized scene in Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3.

 

While the Braddocks and Pete Wisdom are partial to checkerboard floors, Erick Arciniega loads up his palette with full spectrum color. I'm no more a fan of Rachel's flaming head than of Michael Jackson's burning hair, but Betsy's long purple tresses blend well with her Union Jack costume. The red, blue, and black Captain Furious takes center stage in London's smoking West End district as a green-and-gold-clad Meggan wields arcs of energy in the hazy red sky. Even after the battle, as the sun sinks into the rubble-strewn streets and Rachel and her warwolf puppy step through a red portal in a nearby park, nothing is lost to the invading darkness.

 

Final Thoughts

Filled with witchcraft, Fairie, mutants, and robots with dreams of greatness, Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3 delivers an interesting and exciting day in the life of Britain's courageous and caring defender. While short on mega-powered villains and world-ending threats, readers can expect a three-paragraph introduction, a report from The Reflector (the UK’s most trusted news source), a datafile, and twenty pages of story and art that impress, even when magnified at 150-200%. It's a substantial read that focuses on family, celebrates diversity, and contrasts what heroes and villains care about. Even without a T-Rex Captain Britain,  expert Marvelites and mutant newbies should enjoy this National Treasure.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

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Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Review

 

Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Review

Writer: Tini Howard

Artist: Vasco Georgiev

Colorist: Erick Arciniega

Letterer: Ariana Maher

Cover Artists: Erica d’Urso & Matthew Wilson; Ramon Villalobos & Jesus Abertov

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 29, 2023

 

Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers lead all known Captain Britains against Morgan Le Fay and her Furies. When she realizes the forces of Good will carry the day, Morgan Le Fay retreats. Betsy guesses Morgan will try to mold a potential Captain Britain, and Rachel locates one on Earth-76. Can Betsy and Rachel arrive in time to save a possible Captain Britain from falling under Morgan Le Fay’s sway? Let’s teleport into Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 and see what happens next!

 

Story

In her London flat on Earth-76, Lizzie Braddock searches her poorly stocked fridge for dinner. She's overwhelmed when Morgan Le Fay appears. She’s heard others talk about Merlin, King Arthur, and Morgan Le Fay but never believed they were real. Lizzie's a capable member of S.T.R.I.K.E. with the mutant power of telekinesis. Morgan offers to help her become more. When Betsy and Rachel arrive, Morgan asks Lizzie to help her defeat them.

 

We learn more about British mythology—and how it relates to Marvel’s Multiverse—in Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2. We also meet Captain Peggy Carter, a WWII super-soldier recently discovered in the arctic. Revived, she now defends Britain on behalf of S.T.R.I.K.E. We learn that Morgan can emulate Madrox’s mutant ability to raise her game. Every hero gets her moment as each faces off against the legendary witch.

 

 

 

Art

Betsy and Rachel levitate, fly, and look at ease in the air. Lizzie appears far away when viewed from inside her mostly-barren fridge. Morgan Le Fay's black dress flows and splays out at the bottom, reminiscent of Morticia Adams. Lizzie's window bursts and fragments as Morgan hurls her power at Betsy and Rachel. While backgrounds occasionally give way to direction lines, most panels provide a fully realized setting. Pleasing compositions make the story easy to follow.

 

Red unites Betsy and Rachel. Black-clad Morgan casts green everywhere she goes in Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2. Lizzie and Betsy share lavender hair, and Betsy's power manifests in that color. A Harry Potteresque scene shows Morgan stave off Morgan's power—not from wands but foreheads. When she's injured, strands of Morgan's black hair turn gray. All turns black in one panel when Morgan hurls her terrible power at Lizzie. All we glimpse is Lizzie's glowing form, outlined in red.

 

Dialogue balloons arrangement makes them easy to follow. Psychic communication appears in puffy clouds with a hint of an X. Stressed words are bold. The Furies get black dialogue balloons with white lettering. Sound effects are expressive and inventive. If only the upper-and-lowercase lettering didn't start small and shrink for lowered voices. Older X-fans: give the physical comic to your children and keep the digital copy for yourself!

 

Final Thoughts

The first issue lured me in with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now it seems Britannica Rex may not regularly appear in this series. Even the Furies—a combination of Abe Sapien and Chappie-style robot warriors—don't get much screen time in this issue. Still, I enjoyed meeting new characters and seeing Betsy and Rachel force the legendary Morgan Le Fay to switch tactics. While much shorter than its predecessor, Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 delivers a satisfying story with a uniquely British sensibility. Pair it with a strong cuppa and a Jammy Dodger for maximum enjoyment.

 

Rating 8.5/10

 

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