Green Lantern Vol. 3 #48

Green Lantern Vol. 3 #48, also having the title Emerald Twilight, Part One: The Past, is an interesting comic. The issue sees Green Lantern Hal Jordan dealing with the destruction of his home, Coast City, after the events of Reign of the Supermen. Dealing with the grief of his home gone and everyone he knew dead, Jordan tries to recreate the entire city and populace with his ring's power. Doing so causes one of Guardians of the Universe to contact and scold him for the abuse of power, to which Hal becomes enraged and vows to head to Oa to absorb as much power to permanently recreate what he lost. At the time this comic came out, the idea of Green Lantern going mad and becoming a villain was considered rather gimmicky due to DC also killing Superman and breaking Batman's back for a little while. However, the writing for this intro to this storyline from Ron Marz does a remarkable job at justifying the hero's turn to darkness. The grief, guilt, and desperation he feels is handled well especially as the projections of the loved ones he creates tell him it's not healthy for him to do so. He just lost everything, is standing in a crater of his old city, and a Guardian scolds him for how he dealt with his loss. What's great about Marz's writing is that most of it is filled with dialogue and some narration, and all of it is just beautiful and greatly sets up the next two parts of the story. Though one drawback to that being Albert DeGuzman's lettering, which, while being well done with the narration, fills up the panels with a lot of dialogue. But it doesn't undermine the great artwork, what with its careful and precise detail that isn't very distracting for a comic from the 90s. All thanks to the pencilling, inking, and coloring of Bill Willingham, Romeo Tanghai, Robert Campanella, and Anthony Tollin. If there's one thing that Green Lantern Vol. 3 #48 does well is have a good start to the Emerald Twilight storyline. Over all: 100%

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