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Green Lantern: The Lost Army #2 Solicitation

by Desh on April 22, 2015

DC Comics has released the solicits for their July 2015 comics and merchandise, and among them is Green Lantern: The Lost Army #2. We’re shown the first worthwhile piece of artwork from this series and I am quite pleased by artist Jesus Saiz’s efforts. Take a look at the cover and sales pitch below.

GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY #2
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ
1:25 Variant cover by BEN OLIVER
On sale JULY 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will arrive in stores with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
John Stewart and a small group of Green Lanterns find themselves lost and far from home! Now, they’re going to have to team up with one of their greatest enemies to find a way back where they belong.

The only thing that disappoints me is the way the emerald aura looks around the Lanterns. It’s just a dinky green outline. This may seem like a weird thing to complain about, but in a Green Lantern comic, I think it’s a really important visual feature, and after having Marcelo Maiolo on Green Lantern Corps, who displayed the emerald energy better than anyone, what’s seen here is just weak.

I’m very happy that John and the Corps did not get redesigns like how many of DC’s heroes have, though I would have liked it if the artists used this opportunity to return John’s black gloves. I’m hoping his eyes are green instead of brown.

A point of interest is the female recruit whose face is conveniently blocked out by Arisia’s lovely hips and John’s elbow, and who also has Katma Tui’s skin tone. Could it be that long lost Lantern? Writer Cullen Bunn has said in previous interviews that we will see a character we haven’t seen in green in a while, and we’ve only seen Katma as a Black Lantern in recent history. We’ll see. Be sure to pick this issue up on July 15.

Oa, by the way

Comixology.Com is running a “Convergence Sale,” which includes one of John Stewart’s greatest comic book runs by writers Len Wein and Steve Englehart, and artists Dave Gibbons and Joe Staton. These 1980s comics are what took John Stewart from being a supporting character to a full fledged leading man. If you don’t have these issues, I recommend using this opportunity to pick them up, as they are definite must reads for any John Stewart fan.
Convergence Week 3 Sale!

If you would like to learn more about this particular run, head over to GreenLantern.Co’s Essential Reading and Viewing article Green Lantern Volume 2 #182-200 + DC Retroactive: Green Lantern – the ’80s.

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  • Electro Belton

    My prediction for the mysterious Lantern is Merayn Dethalis (via color change). In case you don’t remember who she is, Merayn used to be a member of the Darkstars along with Stewart. Soon after, they became more than Darkstars or better yet they fell in love for a number of years. Eventually on one of the penulminate issues of Green Lantern before Geoff Johns took over, she broke up with him via a literal ‘Dear John’ letter. (I still have that issue) If she were able to return in Green Lantern Lost Army, it’ll be the first time we’ve seen her in a DC comic in over 10+ years.

    • Hudson Faber

      That’s an interesting prediction. Why do you think it’s Merayn?

      • Electro Belton

        Idk, it just came up when I read the article about a ‘long lost character’ who we haven’t seen in awhile. I had this fan theory that if she were able to return in a DC comic again, she could be a missing Green Lantern (via retcon). In addition, she was involved in John’s life for quite a while during the mid 90s – early 00s.

        • Desh Derringer

          It’s interesting that you mention Merayn. I’ve been reading the ’90s Green Lantern and Darkstars stories that feature her. She’s a somewhat obscure part of John’s history, I think. There hasn’t been even a reference to her in years and years. It would be interesting to see her again.

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