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Written by: Jeremy Adams
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Art by: Xermánico
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Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
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Letters by: Dave Sharpe
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Cover art by: Xermánico
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Cover price: $4.99
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Release date: April 23, 2025
Green Lantern #22, by DC Comics on 4/23/25, gives Hal a heap of trouble when Hector Hammond gets his powers back. Meanwhile, Kyle and the scavenger team find a long-lost hero on a Reach outpost.
Is Green Lantern #22 Good?
Recap
Plot Synopsis
In Green Lantern #22, the action (and the cameos) reach a fever pitch. We begin with the cliffhanger where Hector Hammond uses his regained powers to attack Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, and Dove. The heroes win through the use of tactics and teamwork. Later, Hal has an uncomfortable conversation with the head of D.E.O., Bones, explaining the Department is on notice by the Corps for enlisting unsanctioned extraterrestrials and villains. Hal is willing to overlook it in exchange for the use of a special key.
Elsewhere, Odyssey picks the locks entrapping a strange man she, Kon-El, and Kyle Raynor found at a Reach outpost. Suddenly, the outpost is surrounded by insectoid aliens riding giant beetle-like beasts. Kyle and Kon battle the aliens while Odyssey tends to the prisoner, but this man is no ordinary human. He’s Dan Garrett, aka the original Blue Beetle. When Garrett gets free, he finds a magical beetle in a nearby display case and grabs it to suit up as the new Silver Scarab to defeat the incoming aliens.
Meanwhile, Hal enlists Phantom Stranger and Zuriel for a trip to St. Patrick’s Purgatory in Ireland. Inside the ancient building, Hal uses the key he borrowed from Bones to open a doorway to Hell to look for the next item Sorrow Lantern needs to build a Power Battery. The issue ends when the trio of heroes encounter the absolute last person you’d expect to see in Hell – G’Nort.
First Impressions
How’s the Art?
Xermánico’s back on the title after a brief break, and the art looks super great. The panels draw your eye to a specific focus at the moment that accentuates the emotion in play, particularly the sit-down meeting between Bones, Hal, and Carol, so Xermánico’s sense of cinematic visuals is on point.
What’s great about Green Lantern #22?
Jeremy Adams appears dead set on crafting a journey full of wow action moments, charm, and cool Easter Eggs of the cameo variety. It’s unlikely anyone would have guessed the Silver Scarab and Zuriel would show up in a Green Lantern comic, so more surprises are always positive.
What’s not great about Green Lantern #22?
The goal and the path to getting there are still too amorphous this far into the adventure. We know there’s a larger challenge to stop the Sorrow Lantern from collecting all the pieces to build a Power Battery, but why don’t we know what and where they are? Adams keeps too many of the particulars close to the chest without an obvious reason. It feels like we’re blindly following the characters as they randomly do things, only to find out at the end that there was some purpose, and we just didn’t know about it. Adams’s needless secrecy is hindering the enjoyment factor.
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Final Thoughts
Green Lantern #22 is a fun ride with plenty of action, charm, and a surprising number of obscure cameos. Jeremy Adams digs deep to give readers a sprawling adventure that reads more like an extended Justice League tale, and Xermánico’s art is outstanding. That said, the plan to stop Sorrow Lantern feels oddly vague.
8.5/10
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