At first blush, I my feelings about "Green Lantern: The End," Geoff John's final chapter in his decade piloting the Green Lantern Universe were decidedly mixed. As discussed in my review of "Rise of the Third Army," few writers can claim to have so powerfully expanded an existing section of a comic book universe as Johns has in GL. From the Sinestro Corp, to the Corp Rainbow, to the deceit of the Guardians and the rise of the Third Army, Johns has time and again raised the stakes for readers and for these characters. By comparison, Volthoom, The First Lantern, comes off as a bit of a central casting all-powerful bad guy, Parallax without the resonant tragedy of a fallen hero. 
 On further consideration, however, such focus might be too "big picture" to appreciate what makes "The End" a special book. Beyond universe expansion, a big part of Johns' Lantern run has been his focus on the inner life of Sinestro. That greatest GL baddies is far more than just a guy with a Yellow Ring. Sinestro is now one of comics' great anti-heroes. By revealing his motivational core, Johns offers literary depth to what motivated the once great Lantern to turn on the Guardians and his Corp. While Volthoom may be wanting, Johns' closure of his consideration of Sinestro proved deeply satisfying. 
 Perhaps also sensing the weakness of Volthoom, Johns wraps this battle into a larger frame story of a future new Lantern wishing to explore the fates of the great Lanterns of the past. This allows him to close his long great run on Green Lantern with a conclusion reminiscent of HBO's "Six Feet Under." 
 I will offer one additional caveat on my consideration of this book. While it isn't enough for me to deduct a star, I'm a bit tired of DC's new found habit of reprinting the same issue or issues of a book across several bound volumes. The introduction of Simon Baz, the new Green Lantern, was included in Rise of the Third Army. At least the one issue in the recent Batman Death in Family crossover included in all five (!) volumes was central enough to the story that one could understand the choice. There was no good reason to include it here save as filler. (As for my thoughts on the pistol wielding Green Lantern, see my review of Third Army). 
 Still, I won't let this get in the way of the pleasure I take at the end of Johns' extraordinary GL run. He's remade a comic book universe and, in the best tradition of the medium, handed it as a bequest to be explored and deepened by other writers. Sorry I may be to see him go, but I can't wait to see where others take the many possibilities that he's left behind! 
 A free copy of this book was provided by DC through NetGalleys in exchange for an honest review.