Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1

TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PRESENTS PARALLAX #1
Written by Ron Marz
Art by Adriana Melo & Marlo Alquiza

Well, my fears have been answered by DC, the DiDio Corps. Johns' had an excellent and compelling storyline going with no horrible cash-in attempts made on it when it started. Then came the excellent Sinestro Corps War Special and DC saw how well received this event was and had to rush some tie-ins out the door to bleed its few loyal readers dry.

This Parallax issue is complete filler. Nothing of importance happens. It will never be referenced in the main storyline and it will add nothing to the overall story. Save yourself the money and just ignore it and pretend this issue never happened.

The story basically consisted of Kyle Rayner in a room whining about being trapped in his own mind until the Parallax entity shows up. Then we get a 'fight' scene between the two which just has Parallax bragging about taking control and killing people with Kyle's body, much like he did to Hal back when Coast City was destroyed. That's the entire issue. At the very end, Kyle resolves to fight back against Parallax and we are back where we started.

Ignore this issue. Complete dud. The Cyborg Superman special at least looks like it could be good and I believe Johns is writing the Anti-Monitor / Superman Prime one, so that will be excellent. This Parallax one was a complete joke though. They should have just did a retelling of Rebirth and everything the Parallax entity has been responsible for since Coast City. At least that would have helped new readers understand what Parallax is since Johns retconned Hal's destruction of the Corps.

Verdict - Avoid It

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