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Book opens w/ the Guardians flying through space @ the edge of the universe after having fled Oa @ end of previous issue. This is 2 of a 3 book series. The Guardians are searching for the rift that allowed Krona back into their universe. They find it, but are expected. The story is titled, "Defeat!" The Guardians try to close the rift but are instead struck w/ dark lightning from a hand on the other side of the rift, referred to as "Krona's master". They are confronted by a terror on the other side that makes them realize the threat is much larger than Krona. One of the Guardians leaves the pack to warn the GLs of this realization.
Back on Oa, the GLs sift through wreckage, but Hal Jordan steps up & declares a call-to-arms to track down Krona & his minions as the GLs are now running out of time w/ the "Master Power Battery" destroyed (their rings cannot be recharged after 24 hrs have lapsed). Discussion follows. We meet a few more GLs: Galious Zed & K'Ryssma. The Honor Guard agrees & the GLs all take off to find Krona. Stel warps ahead & is blindsided by Krona. M'Dahna pronounces Stel dead when the others arrive. Hal deduces that the universe is contracting vs. expanding & the GLs speak of the "primal atom theory". Hal believes Krona is attempting to uncreate the universe. The GLs soon come face-to-face w/ Krona's "army". A battle ensues. Arkkis Chummuck has particular trouble w/ Gorokk as he is yellow & Arkkis' ring cannot affect him; however, mustering all his strength, Arkkis ultimately kills Gorokk. We watch as others fight, & finally, the GLs come out victorious, though losing many of their own in the process. Hal questions Tylot, one of Krona's survivors, hearing the tale of Krona's plung through dimensions into the "timeless domain" of Nekron, Lord of the Unliving. It is then revealed that b/c Krona was "immortal" but entered into the dark domain which made him also dead, an anomaly was @ hand, causing the dimensional rift between the two dimensions. Seeing the dimension of the living, Nekron sent Krona to destroy the immortal Guardians which would help enlarge the rift. As the GLs contemplate the gravity of the situation, the messenger Guardian arrives to tell them that Krona is attacking Oa while the GLs are tied up w/ his minions. Exhausted from his journey, & battle w/ Nekron, the Guardian promptly dies in Hal's arms. The rift grows larger.
Hal leads the GLs back to Oa where they confront Krona. Soon, the GLs find they have met their match as Krona has waylaid them all save Hal who taps into all the GLs power rings for a massive blast, but still Krona is not affected, besting Hal, though sparing his life as he wishes Hal to experience the destruction of the universe. Krona tells the wounded GLs to return to their native worlds so they can die w/ their own. He then enters a portal in the sky & disappears.
Scripter: Len Wein (from a plot by Mike W. Barr)
Artists: Joe Staton & Frank McLaughlin
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Dick Giordano
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The CORPS CONFLICTS column (written by Michael C. Carmichael) @ the end of this issue centers around Tomar-Re & his history w/ the Guardians & the GL Corps. It tells of his first mission to save the people of Krypton, which was initially considered a failure; however, b/c of what happened w/ Superman, it eventually came to be seen by the Guardians as a "meant to be" for the universe. We are then schooled in the history between Tomar-Re & Hal Jordan, their duels w/ Sinestro, as well as Tomar-Re's elevation to Honor Guard & removal from normal GL business.
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