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Green Lanterns #34 Review: Sincerity And Strength

The Green Lanterns, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, are at their wit's end trying to save the Molites from their star, currently in the process of going supernova.

The Molites still believe their planet wants them to stay and die with it. The Ungaran (species of legendary Green Lantern Abin Sur) rescue ship has been badly damaged, and the captain's daughter is bleeding out.

Can Jessica and Simon save everyone? Or will the Molites go extinct with the death of their planet? Also, will the two Green Lanterns be able to get paying jobs back on Earth?

Tim Seeley is already proving to have a talent which Sam Humphries possessed with Green Lanterns: the ability to put forth some really cheesy over-sincerity that works because of how charming the characters are. Simon and Jess both say some inspirational things which would be unbearable in a comic less charming. However, since this is Green Lanterns, and Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz are awesome, it holds up here.

The Undarans and Molites are cool and adorable respectively, and that helps a lot too. The Undarans are a people devoted to improving themselves, and the Molites just look pretty cute. Put those together, and you have some people to provide stakes to this crisis.

The job-focused segments, which should feel out-of-place, are positioned well enough to still feel relevant to the situations the GL's are coping with. The qualities necessary to the positions the two are attempting to get are shown in their actions with the Undarans and Molites.

Ronan Cliquet's artwork looks great, and he gets really creative with the GL constructs, from Buddhas with butterfly nets to massive space toy car tracks, Cliquet puts together some really cool things for Simon and Jessica to create. His style seems a bit like Joe Bennett with some Mark Bagley detailing, and he takes the better parts of both styles (that's not to say he's necessarily better than either; I don't particularly like comparing artists in that way).

Hi-Fi's color work is as bright and dazzling as ever, giving some additional life and excitement to the comic.

Green Lanterns continues to be a sincere and exciting superhero adventure which represents the best qualities which Rebirth brought to DC Comics. It continues to be one of my top recommendations, and you should definitely read this issue.

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