What could cause a conflict between superheroes?
Christopher is still trying to figure out who wants to kill Lex Luthor but there's something much concerning right now, a jealous Guy Gardner.
Aaaaannnnnddddd this is where King becomes King!
A new chapter has arrived where some of those so classic Tom King's bad tendencies start to appear, particularly the bad characterization. I saw this coming miles away because of how badly he portrayed Booster Gold in the past so the idea of him handling the Justice League International was a big red flag but believe it or not, this might be an even worse work than what he did with Booster.
Guy Gardner plays an important role in this issue and that "important role" is to be the toxic ex archetype. And when I say "toxic" I mean "EXTREMELY toxic", due that he's constantly picking up fights with Christopher for having a romance with Ice and constantly abusing his power as a Green Lantern to threaten the protagonist (So probably also representing bad cops). For anyone who is a fan of a character, this is a complete mess of a portrayal due that yes, Guy has been an asshole in the past and yes, he still kinda is but he has never done something as terrible as this and this is especially wrong because himself has an history of abuse because of his alcoholic father. Hell, I don't think Guy was even this bad during the early years of the JLI where he basically was a jerk stereotype.
Once again, King wanted really hard for someone to play a role that contributes the themes of the plot without taking into consideration the history of the character nor how damaging this is to them. Oh, and what plot? There wasn't much of it here so this characterization seems even more of a waste.
Greg Smallwood's artwork is fantastic though, very beautiful and distinctive style along with really creative storytelling.
Aside from that, yeah, I'm not expecting much from this now.
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