Green Lanterns, Issue #12 continues the "Phantom Lantern" arc, which I've been a big fan of. At the end of Issue #11, Frank Laminski began to lose control of the Phantom Ring, becoming an Orange Lantern, defined by avarice. Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz are the Green Lanterns of Earth, and they're in charge of containing Lamiski (the other Green Lanterns from Earth are a part of the Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns series). Baz is a Muslim who first appeared in Geoff Johns's epic Green Lantern run, and Cruz popped up some time after that. Cruz is arguably the more interesting of the two, as she suffers from anxiety and can't create a construct with her ring.
There's a lot I like about this title, which I've covered in my reviews of Issue #1 through Issue #11 and Green Lanterns Rebirth, Issue #1: the two-week turnaround, the $2.99 price tag, the Phantom Lantern, and the two Green Lanterns. It's usually one of the first titles I read after buying comics on Wednesday, mostly because I've gotten so used to the characters and the writing.
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