After the events of the previous story line, Guy seamlessly relaxes on a beach. However, he's really there to take down a new growing power and in the midst of that, a group of the New Gods called "The Wheel" head to Earth to kill Guy. Luckily, Simon Baz is there to help.
What this book does extremely well is make sure that it doesn't reveal too much about the last arc, so fans who enjoyed this issue will go back and read more. Writer Charles Soule makes you want to go back and see what happened to Guy in the last arc. The series has a strong connectivity to itself, even in the midst of a larger-form crossover.
The Bad
This issue has a lot of rough edges, and quite frankly, is not a great fit for Godhead, in the grand scheme of things. The last story wrapped up too quickly, and there's no time to deal with the aftermath, so it's shoe-horned into the opening pages of this book. In addition, it feels like this issue treats its readers a bit like they have no clue what's going on in the other Lantern books. Simon Baz explains what's going on to Guy, who truly has been separated from everything that's happening to the Green Lantern Corps, but it's done in a way that feels like it's geared more towards readers than anything else.
The Verdict
This is a decent issue of RED LANTERNS, but not the greatest of tie-in issues. It doesn't add much to the main story and to fully appreciate what it going on, you have to read the last part of the story line, which took place in GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS, but you should be reading that if you're invested in Godhead already. There are some great fight scenes in here and Simon Baz teaming up with Guy Gardner is promising, but overall it was a bit of a let down. It's still good, but not on par with the rest of the issues of Godhead thus far.
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