Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 6 – Zod’s Will (DC Comics, 2018) – Trade Paperback

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Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 6 – Zod’s Will is a pivotal chapter in Robert Venditti’s acclaimed run on the series, illustrated by Rafa Sandoval and Jordi Tarragona. Published by DC Comics in 2018, the volume brings the Green Lantern Corps into direct and explosive conflict with General Zod, the legendary Kryptonian villain who has carved out his own empire in a remote sector of space and has no intention of submitting to the Corps’ authority. The confrontation between Hal Jordan and Zod is one of the most compelling power dynamics Venditti constructs across his entire run, pitting the Corps’ willpower-driven philosophy against the absolute, unyielding supremacy of a being whose physical power dwarfs anything a ring can easily match.

Venditti navigates the political and physical dimensions of the conflict with considerable craft, using Zod’s immovable certainty as a lens through which to examine what the Green Lanterns actually stand for when faced with a force that respects neither their jurisdiction nor their moral authority. Rafa Sandoval and Jordi Tarragona’s artwork is exceptional throughout, the cover image of Hal Jordan and Zod facing off nose to nose encapsulating the raw tension of the volume in a single unforgettable image. Praised by IGN as the Green Lantern book they had needed for a long time, this volume exemplifies Venditti’s run at its most confident and dramatically satisfying.