![]() ![]() I enjoy how literary this issue feels, too - there are metaphors and foreshadowing aplenty. I can’t wait to see where writer Tim Seeley takes this in the next issue - will they find a win in an unwinnable scenario? Or will one of the Lanterns make a sacrifice for the well being of the other? If Simon succeeds, Jessica will be unable to reconcile the demons of her past, having re-experienced all this trauma for nothing, walking away just as scarred as she was before. If Jessica succeeds and unveils the face of her friends’ killers, Simon’s worst fear will be realized and he will lose Jessica to the Power Ring. This puts a whole new strain on their relationship and feels like a total lose-lose scenario, making me anxiously ponder how they’ll get out of this situation with some sort of positive. Meanwhile, Simon learns the only reason he was allowed into the Green Realm in the first place was because of how immense his fear of failing Jessica is. While Singularity Jain convinced her in issue #44 the only way to confront her past was to discover the identities of her friends’ killers, readers learn here if Jessica does learn the truth she will lose control to the Power Ring and once again be seduced into a life of anger and violence. For Jessica, the stakes have never been higher. The cliffhanger set up for Jessica is another highlight of this issue that not only raises the stakes for the conclusion of this arc, but showcases the bond between her and Simon Baz. These moments play out brutally fast, but they succeed in showing why the ring of Volthoom was so attracted to Jessica in the first place. Jessica watching her best friend slowly bleed out in front of her is especially saddening, however it manages to show just how important they all are to each other, thus amplifying the impact of their sudden deaths. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! ![]()
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