Absolute Green Lantern #6 feels poised to be the moment when rumors become ruinwhen judgment is not only declared but felt. Coming off a strongly divisive but compelling issue 5, this one lives up to its eerie, rhetorical prompt and delivers something indelible. Whether youve been tracking the series for its slow, atmospheric world-building or dropped in just now for the cosmic horror punch, this issue is where the series ambitions coalesceor crack wide open. Read Full Review

Absolute Green Lantern #6 is a successful course correction. While the series has had its ups and downs, this issue provides the much-needed context and world-building to make the narrative cohere. Read Full Review

Exploding with exposition, Absolute Green Lantern #6 pumps the brakes on the horror that has made the title work so well for high-concept sci-fi world-building. Although the trade-off is necessary to answer questions, the title could have benefited from a better balance between the two. Ewing's abandonment of the emotional spectrum for the four levels of light based on types of action is intriguing. Additionally, Jahnoy's work throughout the exposition adds to the ethereal high-concept nature that the creators are trying to convey. Unfortunately, there are a few odd facial expressions at the end that feel off. Read Full Review

With Absolute Green Lantern #6, Al Ewing has managed to keep the readers engaged and guessing about which direction he's taking this in has been superb. I've had many different "Ooo could he be doing this? thoughts from the very first issue. Though to now finally have the lore of this Universe explained in all the detail we need for now, allows for many avenues to open up in how the story progresses from this point onwards. Read Full Review

Absolute Green Lantern Issue 6 creates a mesmerizing new mythos. There's a new approach to how the colors work, and the initial explanation is fascinating. Read Full Review

I get the feeling a lot of people have lost patience with this title, but objectively this was the best issue so far, finally some explanations. That said, it’s still too slow, too heavy on exposition and wordy for not much payoff. But there’s progress, at last. And I’m finally starting to get used to the art !

Finally human language but didn’t make the book interesting.
I have a question for Al Ewing. If he tries to build Sojourner Mullein as a hot-headed, big-hearted character who screwed up her relationship with her loved one, doesn't he realize it sounds a lot more similar to Hal Jordan than Sojourner Mullein?

Al Ewing finally provides readers with more substantive information regarding the secrets of the Green Lantern construct and how it relates to why Hal Jordan has a Black Hand, why Jo Mullein has a green ring, why Guy Gardner is missing (and still alive), why John Stewart is glowing yellow --- and what the heck "Abin Sur" has to do with anything --- other than just speaking esoteric jibberish in a successful attempt to confuse readers for the past 5 issues.

To be clear, issue 6 does provide answers and establishes a hierarchy of powers divided along a spectrum that relates to chaos, focus, understanding and enlightenment. Unfortunately, Ewing fails to understand what makes the mythology of the Green Lantern so popular; namely, its simplicity. The Absolute Green Lantern lacks the simplicity and verisimilitude of the mainstream GL mythology. It replaces the innate intuitiveness of an emotional spectrum with a poor man's version of a Buddhist cult - complete with an enlightened cross-legged man (Stewart) whose difference to the Buddha lies primarily in not being morbidly obese whilst glowing yellow.

I should love this issue because it finally reveals answers to many questions. Yet somehow it feels empty. I know why. The pacing has been wonky with muddled time-jumps from the very first issue leading to unnecessary confusion. Worse, the art has been unworthy of the Absolute line with somebody apparently refusing to inform the artist that backgrounds are necessary. Finally, the color work is deficient. The lack of color work in this series is frankly, unforgivable. There are pages where I swear to god I wonder if a kid attempted to color the page with a crayon. The manga. anime style does not work for this series. It needs better art, detailed backgrounds and a more stream-lined story.

As a side note, isn't it kind of, I don't know, wrong, that my favorite character in this series is Hector Hammond? We have literally been introduced to Hal, Jo, John, Guy, Simon and Abin ---- and I could care less what happens to any of them. Hector is the only one who seems to have a personality. Maybe if the storytelling was not so disjointed and impossible to fully appreciate time jumps because the artist makes no attempt to visually distinguish them? Anyways, I want to love this series. Instead, I find myself waiting for something interesting to happen and for the story to tell me why I should care. I give issue six a 6.5/10. more