Picking up where the last one ended Sinestro envisions a prophecy of the Green Lanterns at the hands of the Guardians and its connection to the Indigo Tribe. Sinestro interrupts a reluctant Hal Jordan and during their confrontation the wielders of the indigo light appears, abducting the two and forcibly induct Sinestro into a member of their tribe.
This was one exciting read, the story features the villain Black Hand, the herald of Nekron during the events of 2009 event; the Blackest Night. In the epic , Black Hand resurrects an army of the dead as Black Lanterns. The story also marked one of the first major appearance of the Indigo Tribe and their leader known as Indigo-1. The story concluded with their disappearance along with Black Hand, taken prisoner on their home world. He seems to have been rehabilitated under the influence of the Indigo ring.
The collection covers two story arcs; the Secret of the Indigo Tribe and Revenge of Black Hand, this story arc about his return home and mission to resurrect the as many as the dead as he can with the underlying subplot throughout the book is of the Guardians preparing for their newest plan to replace their Green Lantern Corps, setting the stage for another amazing Green Lantern story, Rise of the Third Army. It’s a very thrilling read concerning two great characters once again on the same side; Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Sinestro. It’s a great story with some fantastic visuals, with his power ring having limited functionality Hal Jordan must create other ways to get around as he can’t fly. This gives artist Doug Mahnke to be very creative for transport for Hal around the jungle of the home world of the Indigo Tribe giving way for few great moments. The story acknowledges the past Green Lantern stories, the formation and mission of the Indigo Tribe is very much tied to Abin Sur, the predecessor to Hal Jordan, the end fight between Hal, Sinertro and Black Hand is very reminiscent of the first time the trio first crossed paths in a graveyard in the revised back story Green Lantern Secret Origin. As you settle down to read prepare to read the final issue Green Lantern Annual #1 the dripping blood style Green Lantern logo, similar to the style of the Death of Superman story, lets you know that this 48 page special was going to be something else and it was. Ethan Van Sciver returns to Green Lantern, the hero he helped relaunch with Geoff Johns in their Rebirth miniseries that saw the return of Hal Jordan and launched a new Green Lantern series in 2005. It's fitting to have the artist back in the brilliant annual issue that sets the stage for the next big event in the Green Lantern universe.
The second volume of the amazing Green Lantern series is on track to setting up one big event and cross over, where the eradication of the Green Lantern Corps is at hand, but unlike other threats of before their extermination will be undertaken by their makers, the Guardians of the Universe, setting the stage for a soon to be epic; Rise of the Third Army. Longtime readers are rewarded with the origins of the Indigo Tribe, the ever-mysterious Corps were the only group not to have a back story since the Blackest Night, and it’s a creepy and eerie story.The tale makes use of prophecy scenes on page that Johns is famous for, creating a level of excitement for fans for what’s to come.
Green Lantern Volume 2 The Revenge of Black Hand is brilliant and better than the first, not to say the Sinestro Volume 1 arc was bad it was just a smaller scale story after the events of the War of the Green Lanterns arc that preceded it. The previous story had the reader guessing what Sinestro was up to or if we could fully trust him. That trail of thought leaves the reader in this story, the Sinestro arc was a more personal story as he attempts to free his home world from his own evil Sinestro Corps. This story sheds a little more light on his past and becomes more of anti-hero. Hal Jordan fans will be happier that the hero has more of active role in this epic that the earlier volume. After eight years and over 80 issues of Green Lantern Geoff Johns still provides fantastic stories in the series that shows no signs of dipping in quality or substance. Johns building to another fantastic story, revealing the origins and shedding more light on the formation of the mysterious Indigo Tribe while bringing the villain Black Hand back for another story before building to a shocking and eventful conclusion that builds the level of anticipation for the third volume in the series; Green Lantern Volume 3 The End.
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