Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 4 – Fracture (DC Universe Rebirth) (DC Comics, 2017) – Trade Paperback

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Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Vol. 4 – Fracture is a key chapter in Robert Venditti’s Rebirth era run on the series, illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver, Rafa Sandoval, and Jordi Tarragona. Published by DC Comics in 2017, the volume pushes the uneasy alliance between the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps to its breaking point as an external threat forces the two rival factions to confront whether their partnership can survive the fundamental differences in philosophy and method that have defined their centuries-long conflict. The tension between cooperation and fracture gives the volume its title and its emotional core, testing the limits of what both sides are willing to sacrifice for a greater good neither fully agrees on.

Venditti manages the sprawling ensemble of both Corps with real assurance, keeping the central character dynamics of Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner sharply defined while expanding the supporting cast in ways that enrich the wider mythology. Ethan Van Sciver and Rafa Sandoval’s combined artwork is spectacular, the cover image of a Yellow Lantern and Green Lantern fist bump rendered with a charged ambiguity that perfectly captures the volume’s central dramatic tension. Described by CBR as a space-faring delight, this volume exemplifies the cosmic ambition and character-driven storytelling that made Venditti’s run one of the most acclaimed Green Lantern titles of the Rebirth era.