>(Spoiler Alerts!)

The latest promotion by DC, as we all know by now, is the release of the different Corps’ rings along with specially selected Blackest Night tie-in issues throughout the DCU. As I have signed up myself to get all of the rings by getting all of the issues, I’ve found myself surprised at a couple of titles I previously knew little about.

First up, to get the Indigo ring of compassion, I purchased REBELS #10, which to be honest with you folks, I knew nothing about. After reading this particular issue, I was somewhat surprised to see Vril Dox, leader of LEGION, son of Braniac, and class A bastard was still around and kicking. Not surprisingly however, is that he is still a jerk. Now here comes the spoiler: Dox is presented with a yellow ring, told by the ring that he has the ability to instill great fear, and becomes a member of th eSinestro Corps. Even for a title I’ve never followed, that was a big surprise for me. Then of course to earn the orange ring of avarice, I picked up on Booster Gold #26. Booster is one of those characters who has something of a cult following, so I was intrigued after quite some time of kind of ignoring him. Typically Booster is a pretty happy go lucky character, but in this issue we see him depressed at the funeral of his best friend Ted Kord, aka the Blue Beetle. To make matters worse, shortly after the funeral, Ted’s body is re-animated by one of those pesky black rings that have been flying around the past few of months. Finally, a title I didn’t need a ring to encourage me to buy it, Green Lantern Corps had probably the first unexpected casualty as Kyle Rayner seemingly dies at the end of issue #42. We’ll see how permanant this death is as we are in the middle of an event that is all about resurrections, and remember, this is a death in comic books. Those usually don’t stick.

All this said, I have to tip my hat to DC for such an effective marketing promotion as it has already introduced me to titles I would ordinarily ignore. Now that I know Vril Dox is a Senestro Corpsman, I want to see where it goes. I guess we’ll see if the upcoming issues of the Outsiders, and Adventure comics will grab my attention as well.

-Jim

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