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Review: Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire

         Green Lantern: Sins of the Star Sapphire collects Green Lantern Corps #29-32 and was published by DC Comics in 2009. It was written by Peter J. Tomasi with penciling done by Patrick Gleason and guest work by Luke Ross. The story is a prelude to Blackest Night and follows Green Lanterns Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner and other members of the Green Lantern Corps. as they attempt to stop a member of the Sinestro Corps. from murdering family members of new recruits. However, the all-female Zamarons who are led by the Star Sapphire and wield violet rings are powered by love, plan on forcing the power of love (cue Huey Lewis and the News) onto members of the fear wielding Sinestro Corps. in order to cure them.
         The core conflict of this series is the contrast between the Green Lantern and the Star Sapphires. The Zamarons believe that the universe can be saved by the power of love. The Green Lanterns Corps. (but mostly the Guardians of the Universe) believe that all emotion must be suppressed in order for the universe to be saved. These differing approaches send these two groups on the path to war with each other and the rest of the Lantern Corps. setting up the culminating event of Blackest Night.
         Another thing about this series is how Tomasi highlights how much more dangerous it is to be a Green Lantern since the various Corps. started on the path to war. Green Lanterns in this series are killed off suddenly and brutally. The artwork by Patrick Gleason and Luke Ross is very good as well and the shift from Ross’s art to Gleason’s was not a distraction.
         Overall Rating: **** 

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