Picking up where Green Lantern: Lost Army left off! As the universe around them reaches entropy, the Green Lantern Corps must find a way home! Along the way, they’ll face dying gods, worlds torn asunder and a desperate group of survivors whose only hope is these cosmic heroes.

I liked Green Lantern: Lost Army, and what it was trying to do. It was fantastic, but the series was very enjoyable and shook up the rather formulaic rut the Green Lantern Corps had been in for some time. It took them out of their environment, slimmed down the cast, and put them in a new situation.

Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion #1 picks up on that series, continuing the Corps attempt to get back to our universe and time. You don’t need to know what has happened before, which is solid, but it does help. The short version, the Corps is stuck in the universe that existed before ours.

This concept and idea gives writer Tom Taylor a lot of space to do new, crazy ideas, and he takes some advantage of that here in the first issue introducing us to the inhabitants of this previous universe that are trying to survive their contracting world. It’s a cool concept, and the visuals are solid giving us a fantastic sci-fi adventure.

Taylor also gives us a nice parable wrapped up in sci-fi. Whether it’s done on purpose, I’m not quite sure, but there’s subtle discussion on immigration, immigrants attempting to escape death, and an individual’s responsibility to help those immigrants. Is this a metaphor for Syrian refugees on top of crazy sci-fi concepts?

Taylor is helped by Ethan Van Sciver who comes back to the Lanterns. I’m so happy about this, as Van Sciver for me is the artist I associate most with this world and the one who was handling art when I really got in to the various series involving these characters. He gives us some very cool visuals that stand out and do feel appropriately alien, yet familiar.

The first issue is fun, it’s as simple as that. For long time fans, it’s a new direction, and new concepts that give the entire concept of the Green Lantern Corps a breath of fresh air.

Story: Tom Taylor Art: Ethan Van Sciver
Story: 7.6 Art: 8.1 Overall: 7.7 Recommendation: Read