Convergence: Green Lantern Corps concludes with its second chapter, and the story continues to be just as unexpected as ever. Guy Gardner continues to play the protagonist to great effect, but this time our heroes learn to be far more cooperative than they were before. It’s an entertaining hero's journey, and it’s quite possible the wackiest one of them all.David Gallaher had a very interesting sliver of DC continuity to work with while writing this tie-in, due to where Hal, John, and Guy all were during this period of time. To say the least, Gallaher made the most of this by harnessing Guy’s temperamental personality and putting him on a quest to become a Green Lantern once again. That journey continues here, and it’s one of the more original and outlandishly fun stories to come out of Convergence. It’s a bit cartoonish at times, but it’s clearly designed to be that way as it works perfectly with Guy’s childish behaviors. When it comes down to it though, Gallaher knows how to play Guy as the hero he ultimately is. The conclusion of this issue is definitely fun, and it works as a great little character arc for our favorite Guy. That said, there are a couple of scenes involving parallel Earth characters that seem superfluous and don’t do much for Guy’s journey.
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