Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 7 – Darkstars Rising (DC Comics, 2018) – Trade Paperback

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Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 7 – Darkstars Rising brings Robert Venditti’s celebrated run on the series to a dramatic and high-stakes crescendo, illustrated by Rafa Sandoval, Ethan Van Sciver, Fernando Pasarin, and Jordi Tarragona. Published by DC Comics in 2018, the volume sees the Green Lantern Corps face one of their most overwhelming threats yet in the form of the resurrected Darkstars, a ruthless interstellar police force that has abandoned rehabilitation in favour of execution, threatening to render the Corps and their commitment to justice obsolete by sheer overwhelming force.

Venditti handles the moral complexity of the conflict with considerable skill, forcing Hal Jordan and his allies to confront a force that is not simply evil but disturbingly certain of its own righteousness, creating a villain that reflects uncomfortable questions about justice, order, and the limits of mercy. The artistic roster assembled for this volume is exceptional, with Rafa Sandoval and Ethan Van Sciver in particular delivering some of the most visually spectacular Green Lantern imagery of the Rebirth era. As a penultimate chapter to Venditti’s long and acclaimed tenure on the character, Darkstars Rising stands as one of the most ambitious and satisfying volumes in the series.