Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews
Green Lantern Emerald Warriors #13
DC Comics
Tomasi, Frenz, Dell & Deering
The finale of this series provides a good one-and-done story that gives an entertaining read. Basically, Batman is investigating a murder that occurred on an international space station and Guy Gardner intrudes because space is his deal. What we end up with is a bit of a murder-mystery that just barely scratches the surface of a mystery and turns into an escape. The story is fine but doesn't really do much other than show that Tomasi can write both characters well and can put the two together without either losing much.
The opening sets everything up as Batman arrives at the space station only to be met by Guy. After some fairly entertaining banter between the two we understand what Batman's interest is in the case. Plus, we get to see the Bat-Rocket in action.
As the issue progresses Guy takes over the interrogation whereas Batman begins to investigate things on his own. While you might wish it was Batman taking care of the questioning I did find the sequences to be really funny when Guy is trying to dig deeper into the suspect's minds.
The book takes an odd turn in the final third of the book. Batman figures out which person is the killer and the killer tries to escape and enact their endgame. The oddity here is that we never really get the gist of how Batman figures all of this out and there is little setup for the reader to go back and re-check something they might have missed along the way. It's almost like the gag is Batman solved a mystery with no real clues or information. Except I didn't feel lit was presented as a gag.
The artwork does its job. I found the characters to all be unique enough that they were distinguishable which proved to be important in the end. I did have trouble figuring out if the murderer stole the Bat-Rocket in the end but that's a minor problem where the story didn't position two rockets in the beginning of the comic. But what's with Batman's suit? The artwork presents a fun comic book visually.
Batman and Guy Gardner help to put a smile on the reader's face for the series finale. The story doesn't add up to much but the characterizations and the interactions are done well enough to provide some entertainment. This is a book that can be missed but if you pick it up you will enjoy it.
3 out of 5 Geek Goggles
