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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, November 4, 2011
CBR Untold Tales of Blackest Night
Remember DC's big blockbuster story arc Blackest Night?
Well here's something related, which I originally intended to post for Halloween, but kept delaying it...so anyway, here is...
(be sure to either known about or read Blackest Night before, or this book will seem pretty abstract to you :P)
Comic title: Untold Tales of Blackest Night
By Geoff Johns, Peter J Tomasi, JT Krul, Ehan Van Sciver, Ed Benes, Patrick Gleason, Sam Schlagman, Jason Fabok, Jeremy Love, Bret Booth & others.
Published by DC Comics
From 2010
Lineup Green Lantern/Blackest Night mega-event
Format: Halloween One-Shot special (as originally planned, but actually only later released on Christmas/December).
Did you like Blackest Night, did you want more of it, or at least one final look at that zombie invasion mega-event from DC?
Well, your in luck then, Untold Tales of Blackest Night is exactly here for that.
Claimed to be "deleted scenes" taken out of the blockbuster storyline. Deleted scenes they couldn't find any space on any of the other tie-ins book to squeeze these in.
Told via the "Book of Black" these stories are one last look at the longest night the DC heroes lived through this time from the point of view of some true underdogs, lesser known characters or simply the ones we forgot to stop by during the event.
Various creative teams worked on the several little chapters found in this One Shot.
The principal overlapping narrative is written by Peter J Tomasi and drawn by Patrick Gleason & Sandra Hope.
We're back with Sinestro Corps member Lyssa Drak. Trapped in Black Hand and Nekron's own "book", she narrates the tales (un)told in this book as she tries to get out of it...unsuccessfully.
The first actual deleted scene is a story about Shadowpact member Ragman, a magic based vigilante.
The story is by Geoff Johns, with the art provided by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert.
Ragman tries to escape the Black Lanterns, the souls in his rags are awakening...
Nice little story that is a bit too short and doesn't go anywhere much. But it was a character I like I was intrigued to know what he was doing during Blackest Night, so at least it answers that.
Would have loved seeing the rest of his gang Shadowpact around though. (Blue Devil and the Phantom Stranger did appear a bit more in the actual BL story though...)
The second scene is another one done by the above crew.
It's about Flash's enemies called the Rainbow Raiders (I kid you not!), who stolen the technology of a previous enemy who called himself Rainbow Raider and who want to join the ranks of the Black Lanterns through...an odd original way....
Then there's a very nice Animal Man story by Sam Schlagman with Jason Fabok & Ryan Winn on the art.
Another characters I would have wanted to see during the actual event, very nice to finally see the adventure through his eyes.
His connection to the green and animals life is briefly touched upon, and distorted thanks to the zombie invasion.
After that is a Donna Troy story from writer JT Krul with Ed Benes lovely artwork serving it.
Well I said Donna Troy? Let's call it a Wonder Girl story, since it kinda changes direction mid-point.
This one's taking place near the end of "the night". It kinda showed a bit more but wasn't really a self contained story, more like missing pages.
A very nice little mini Scarecrow story build the bridge into the last moments of the event.
From Jeremy Love with art by Bret Booth.
At some point near the end of the event, the Lanterns elected some "deputies". This little story take place at that moment. And it was the most "Halloween-ysh" tale of the bunch.
Always fun to explore Scarecrow from time to time, at moments like these.
Finally a story that isn't taking place on planet Earth!
The last one is written, inked and colored by Ehan Van Sciver.
It follows Sinestro Corps member Karu-Sil as she battles Black Lanterns alongside a Green Lantern.
Most of these stories feel kinda rushed and either quickly end abruptly or end up leaving you for more.
They do feel like missing scenes moreso than actual "Untold Tales" as the title implies.
Lyssa Drak is back in the end for an epilogue after BN, which end up making her story seemed the more intriguing, you kinda wish you could have more and followed her onto the next coming epic story...
Overall, it was a nice little "Halloween" comic filler to read.
Though I gotta say, if you're a Green Lantern fan it might leave you wanting for more, since Lanterns barely appear in here...
(couldn't they squeeze in there, oh I dunno, a G'nort story for example??)
Most of the tales feel too constrained, some pages too close to develop anything... I wish Ragman had more than 2-3 pages!!
Strangely though, Animal Man felt like the main story, as it counted the higher pages number of the whole bunch, (kinda ties-in to what was coming in Brightest Day after that...)
If you enjoyed the Blackest Night as a whole, you will definitively be in for a threat :P
Though consider these as some kind of "deleted scenes" spotlighting some under used DC Comics characters.
I think I would quite enjoy if DC could revisit the whole BN event for Halloween, once or twice again down the road..
(though the "New 52" reboot makes it unsure for now...we'll see in a year or two!)
I give it:
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
CBR:Quickies Green Lantern (3) BLACKEST NIGHT
Keeping with the Halloween theme, Zombies invade my review and the DCU today~
Here's the long overdue review of the Blackest Night comic book event.
Be sure to check out my previous Green Lantern reviews beforehand, easily found with the CBR link button at the top of the blog.
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power... Green Lantern's light!"
Well... This was bound to happen sometime...
The Blackest Night finally took place in a big game-changing event in the DCUniverse. From 2009 to 2010, the Black Lanterns invaded DC Comics and ran upon Earth itself.
The rise of the dead was always prophecized in the GL's own oath. But it was in the recent events that all the signs started to appear. First, the renegage Green Lantern created a corps in his own twisted image, the Sinestro Corps. Then Star Sapphire was revealed to be part of the violet corps. Red Lanters started their rampage in the cosmos. The mysterious Agent Orange was discovered. Finally both a wishful Blue Lanterns Corps and a careful Indigo Tribe entered the scene.
Now all the dead rise under the fist of Black Hand, former GL villain and now much more...
Nekron plans start to appear in the big picture....what else did the Guardians of the Universe hide or try to protect from mortals?
So, how to follow this mega-event created by mastermind Geoff Johns? What books to read, which order?
Well, I still think the order in which they were published is the best suited and more recommended way..but if like me, you mostly follow trade paperbacks, here's a Review:Quickies~
Below, the best order to read those as recommended by DC Comics at the end of each one of those.
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Format: Trade collecting Blackest Night #0–8
The story begins with The Flash/Barry Allen and Green Lantern/Hal Jordan. Both heroes remember the past, their fallen comrades...
It's heroes day. While everywhere in the world people remember the heroes that are no more, while the four main human Green Lanterns light the sky on Coast City...somewhere, far away, the dead start to rise under the command of Black Hand who's back to torment the living....
Quickly, Black Lanterns start to attack all superheroes and any living creature they find. Like an infection, death grows fast in the heroes' ranks. The BL Martian Manhunter attacks Hal and Barry, Hawkman is killed by BL Elongated Man, Ray Palmer/The Atom nearly escapes...
Far away, at the centre of the Universe, the Guardians watch, as always, the events going out of hands. But then, even protected there the Black Lanterns corrupts and destroys...
Finally, all the Corps in the whole Universe try to fight back the invasion who seems to be directed on sectore 2814, on planet Earth...what is Nekron's ultimate goal? What did the Guardians really hide there? Who will fall? Who shall rise? And when will the Brightest Day finally bring peace to this madness??
Overall: Collected here is the core part of this event. If you only had to read and get one of thse books, this is it!
It's pretty fun to see all these pieces coming together. You can really see Johns' master plan being brought to life after all those past clues and references from his past run on Green Lantern!
The art of Ivan Reis is, like always, fantastic! He really surpassed himself this time, like only George Perez would have been. Tons of characters, hundreds of details and a thousands of these sort of epic panels!
Some moments seem to pass quickly or be fast overseen..it's natural, the following books below will help you see the bigger picture.
The TPB contains an intro, recaps, Black Lanterns sketches and a behind the scenes commentary by the Blackest Night team, discussing several panels and sequences of this event, noting cameos and allusions to the past. (all following BN books contain the rest of BL members sketches, so don't miss those out~)
Honestly, it's a must for newbie Green Lantern fans and long time ones too.
Plus the DC history which is affected in this event is simply presented for newcomers and this is a game changing story, meaning new status quo introduced in here!
Must read!!
I give this one a: 3 / 3 Score!
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT: Green Lantern Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Doug Mahnke, Ed Benes and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern vol. 4 #43–52
Since Blackest Night told the events from the DCU point of view, collected in here are the issues of Green Lantern to be precise.
The story opens with the Book of the Black making a small recap of the events to be, then it's the origin of Black Hand finally detailed. Who is he, where does he come from, how was he growing up?
It will directly unfold then into the same story as the main BN book.
We see different point of views. Same stories, same moments, only different eyes.
The Black Lanterns are merely secondary players here, the heroes are Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Sinestro, Carol Ferris. In the end, we have a new perspective on what happened exactly, much more emotion-centered.
Overall: Taking place at the same time of the previous book, it's a nice complementary book. Recommended too. If you only had to buy a second of these books and nothing more, this would be it.
I'm sure it will make new GL fans, it's very fun, dynamic and unique!
So much more than simply a "zombie infestation with Superheroes".
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT: Green Lantern Corps Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art by PATRICK GLEASON, REBECCA BUCHMAN and OTHERS
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps vol. 2 #39–47
In Green Lantern Corps are related what happened on the front side, battling the dead across space.
The main players here are GLCorps regulars, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, Arisia, Soranik Natu, Kilowog, and many more~
While returning to Oa from Heroes day, Kyle and Guy meet up Princess Iolande and Natu. Suddenly, right from nowhere, an invasion of Black Lanterns start out.
The story deals with each of these heroes as they must survive the Blackest Night and their own personal drama. All must face what was really hidden in their hearts, be it Kyle and Natu's passion, Guy's rage or Kilowog's guilt..
In the later part of this book, the emerald corps confronts the other corps from the colored spectrum to finally face the dawn of this long, long night in a climatic final battle...
Overall: I've always been a big fan of the GLCorps book, and I wasn't disappointed by these eventful issues.
Tomasi really became a reliable writer for this book, and his story is as nervous and epic as Johns.
It's more fun to read this if you know a lot more about GL than who's the current "main" Lantern.
But it still is a fun approachable scifi superhero book. Probably the best team book currently on the shelve~
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Written by JAMES ROBINSON, PETER J. TOMASI and J.T. KRUL
Art by ED BENES, ARDIAN SYAF, EDDY BARROWS and OTHERS
Format: Trade collecting Blackest Night: Batman #1–3, Blackest Night: Superman #1–3 and Blackest Night: Titans #1–3
In Gotham City, Deadman tries to fight back and help out the other people alive. But when you're a ghost, it's quite difficult to make others hear you...
The new and improved dynamic duo of Batman/Dick Grayson and Robin/Damian Wayne, join up with the Red Robin to fight back their family brought back from death.
In another tale, Superman, Superboy, Supergirl and Krypto face up against returned deadly foes and friends like the Earth-2 Golden Age Superman...
Finally, the Teen Titans from different eras have a shocking face off against old foes and personal dilemas. Donna Troy confronts her dead husband and child, Beast Boy a former love from the past, Hank and Dove an intimate threat...
Overall: Collected here are the tie-in regular on-going DC series that were released under the Blackest Night banner.
My own favorites are probably in this first book of tie-ins. While the Teen Titans was nice enough, nothing much, the Batman and Superman issues are quite amazing.
Batman and the Robins battle dead parents and creepy BL foes. Nice cameos by 80s underrated enemies like Deacon Blackfire (from The Cult), Blockbuster, etc...
Superman explores the relation of his close "superman-family".
Nice tie-ins, not too forced and also not bad..in fact, quite good.
You'd think writting Batman stories in a world of zombies could have ended a bit out-of-character... Nice work team Blackest Night ;)
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT: Black Lantern Corps: Volume 2 Written by JAMES ROBINSON, GEOFF JOHNS & GREG RUCKA
Art by SCOTT KOLINS, NICOLA SCOTT, EDDY BARROWS & RUY JOSE
Format: Trade collecting Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1–3, Blackest Night: JSA #1–3 and Blackest Night: Flash #1–3
The Flash has to face his BL Rogues, while the living ones try to stay that way! Then Barry is later joined by Bart Allen/Kid Flash and Wally West/The Other Flash (ah!)
In the cities, superheroes try to protect the people. The JSA has to survive the night against the worst deadly foes...good guys turned into Black Lanterns.
Wonder Woman tries to stop a deadly BL Maxwell Lord, gets turned into a BL herself and finally is saved by and joins the Star Sapphires for a special issue!
Overall: Despite the cover, vol. 2 doesn't cover the stories of the undead heroes turned into Black Lanterns, but it contains the rest of the tie-in issues.
The Flash issues are a great way to make the point on what's going on in The Flash these days. The speedforce works differently now, there's 2 Flashes, the Rogue villains aren't exactly the same membres these days.. Loved this part!
The JSA one, whiel the art looks great, is a bit messy honestly...
Finally Wonder Woman is the smartest of these tie-ins. They were released near the end of the invasion, so it succeeds in covering different aspects such as the proper BL invasion, WW turned into one of those (in the main core Blackest Night issues, some books above) and WW after that, as a Star Sapphire.
Check it out if you're completly into BN or are a die-hard fan of any of the characters represented in here.
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT: Rise of the Black Lanterns Written by GEOFF JOHNS, GREG RUCKA and OTHERS
Art by RYAN SOOK, DENYS COWAN and OTHERS
Format: Trade collecting Power of Shazam! #48, Catwoman #83, Question #37, Phantom Stranger #42, Weird Western Tales #71, Atom & Hawkman #46, Adventures Comics #7, Green Arrow #30 and Starman #81
With this book, DC decided to get into very interesting concepts.
For this event specially, several DC Comic titles were "resurrected" per say, for just this one time. Books that were cancelled (Catwoman, Hawkman...) or stopped since a long time (Weird Western Tales, Power of Shazam!) were brought back, continuing the old numbering and using similar art style on covers as their namesake.
First, the Atom & Hawkman doesn't explore their friendship, as the title implies, but explores this BN from Ray Palmer's tiny perspective.
But other issues tell the events of Blackest Night in a similar narration and construction of these revived series. The Phantom Stranger sees how magic is affected, with the help of a few guests.
Jonah Hex and a couple of other old west themed DC characters runs havock in the streets and pursue unfinished family business. Catwoman needs some resolution to what happened to Black Mask in the end of her series with the help of some Gotham Sirens.
Others, turned into these BL monsters, are now puppets in the hand of Nekron.
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, as a Black Lantern, can only see him going through the night without a choice of his actions.
Superboy has a plan to lose the Black Ring, thanks to the help of his loved ones.
The new Question, Renee Montoya, has to face her old mentor and only her smarts will defeat this undead creature.
Overall: Loved the Green Arrow tie-in!
There! I said it!
I even would dare to say, I'd buy this for that single issue alone! :P
It was simply well written and amazing. A unique look at what's going on in the head of a Black Lantern.
The other stories are pretty good too, depending on your tast of DC characters. I'm still sad the writing duo of Jonah Hex, Palmiotti and Gray, didn't do the Weird West one....
Anyway, much better than the actual Blackest Night tie-ins above, these revived old DC titles are a great bunch to check out ;)
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: BLACKEST NIGHT: Tales of the Corps Written by GEOFF JOHNS, PETER J. TOMASI and STERLING GATES
Art by JERRY ORDWAY, IVAN REIS, DAVE GIBBONS, DOUG MAHNKE and OTHERS
Format: Trade collecting Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1–3, "Green Lantern" #49 and "Adventures Comics" #4-5
Dive into the colored Spectrum of Emotions with this collection of Tales of the various Corps.
Explore the different emotions with GL members Kilowog and Arisia, have a look at some core members of the Red or Blue Corps. Another tale of the Agent Orange. A unique outlook on Star Sapphires, Sinestro Corps and even the Indigo Tribe.
Also collected here are texts from the Book of the Black. Like a twisted diary "written by Black Hand", it explores the various colored Corps as well, under his vision.
Finally, a fun two parter with Superboy Prime. It doesn't make much sense and breaks the 4th wall, but is a nice touch to end this TPB.
Overall: This is sort of a parody of the old Tales of The Green Lantern Corps I reviewed already in my past CBR: Quickies.
Surely the most bizarre of these books.
The Tales in the 1st part are your usual GL stories. For you fans who want some more background on specific characters and/or Corps. Some are more scifi-ysh, others less.
The Book of the Black is...well..it's a bit weird, but in a good way. Not sure it will please everyone though-
Finally the Superboy Prime is a mean for Geoff Johns of saying "Stop hating Prime, haters! He's just, you know, a comic book character!". And it sort of deconstructs in an almost parody-like way these tie-in comics.
I mean, really.
Though the ending is a bit, huh, open-ended to interpretation.
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
And that is all for the Blackest Night!~
As a final word, I'd like to say, simply put, this is how you do a comic event! I haven't had so much fun following a big scale crossover like this since Marvel's Civil War.
Great. Fun. On a large scale. Effecting the whole set of rules. And playing with a ton of characters and well treating them.
The comic book equivalent of a blockbuster!
Other (similar) recommendations?
You might want to check out, before or after reading this mega-event, the book Green Lantern: In Brightest Day, which contained important issues specially selected by Johns, or his current run. Best picks? Secret Origins, Rebirth, No Fear, Sinestro Corps, Rage of the Red Lanterns and Agent Orange.
And all this story lead out into the current Brightest Day era, which some believe might lead itself to another GL even in ~2012...
But that, is for another time, until then...~
Sunday, October 17, 2010
AwesomeCosplay pic of the day: Larfleeze again
I know I already posted a Larfleeze yesterday... but I found this awesome one today so... :P
Saturday, October 16, 2010
AwesomeCosplay pic of the day: Larfleeze
Whoever this guy is, under the cosplay, well done dude~
Incredible work! you win teh internets :P
Monday, July 19, 2010
CBR:Quickies Green Lantern
Today I'm gonna review a bunch of the current Green Lantern stuff since Geoff Johns resurrected the character & brand! All books since the relaunch, up until just before the Blackest Night event~
(since it wasn't all released in paperback form and it will be better to have a look at the whole Blackest night when everything will be available)
We'll check some pre-Geoff Johns book some other time!
The Green Lantern Oath. Corny? Sure! But classic and always fun to have featured~
Aaah! Green Lantern!
One of my favorite concepts, not just character or comic, amongst the super hero genre of comic books.
You see in the DC Universe, Green Lanterns are the space cops, guardians of peace and equlibrium in the universe. The Guardians of the Universe created this special force which patrols the whole vast space, divided in 3600 sectors. They come all equipped with a power ring able to materialize whatever they can imagine (objects, materials, substances...everything!) and all are supposed to have the ability to overcome great fear.
The first "human" Green Lantern from Earth, sector 2814, was Hal Jordan. (second if you count the magic-wielding Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott). Then came more human Lanterns, Guy Gardner, John Stewart and finally Kyle Rayner. After many change and events... Coast City, home to Hal Jordan was destroyed (by Cybord Superman in the last parts of the event Superman Doomsday) which drove Hal Jordan insane (or was it something more...?). He became the creature known as Parallax... destroyed most of the Green Lantern Corps and Guardians... and was finally defeated by the Justice League and his friend Green Arrow...
Around the 2000s, Geoff Johns, DC's writer-extraordinary, helped clean up the Green Lantern books and lineup.
He brought back Hal Jordan, explained past events and cleaned the whole Green Lantern continuity and organisation.
All 4 human Green Lanterns became active GLCorps members. Now there would be officially 7200 officers for the 3600 sectors with Hal and John Stewart as primary terrestrial Lanterns. Guy and Kyle would become honorific members, helping train new Lanterns on the Planet Oa. The whole Corps and Guardians back as well...
Comic title: Green Lantern: Secret Origin Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #29-35
In the middle of his run, with clear objectives in mind, Geoff Johns decided to write a modern take on Hal Jordan/Green Lantern's origin.
This isn't you classic tale, it ties some early past events to the current GL events. This story tells how Hal got the ring, in what mess was Abin Sur, original wielder of the power ring, shows Hal's future foe Sinestro's evil root and and describes the rise of Atrocitus.
So this books' secret origins aren't exactly just Hal Jordan as a Green Lantern. But the "War of Lights" origin.
Overall: Very great book to "jump in" or understand clearly the concept behind Green Lantern.
If you want a book to start off, I advise trying it with this one.
It directly ties in with the later Sinestro Corps War event, the future Red Lantern Corps and even Black Hand/Blackest Night!
I give this one a: 3 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Rebirth Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ethan Van Sciver and Prentis Rollins
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6 (miniseries)
Hal Jordan was dead and reborn as the Spectre. Guy and John Stewart weren't GL anymore. And Kyle was the last of the Green Lanterns.
Then came Geoff Johns who restored in this miniseries Hal's status, his place in the DCUniverse and many other things!
Overall: It's a very fun read! If you're afraid to dig into this because of continuity or the need to know a lot more about Green Lanterns or the DCU...worry not!
It's well thought and all necessary knowledge will be re-introduced easily.
A great miniseries and all other writers who try to bring back characters "from the dead" should take a note from Johns!
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: No Fear Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #1-6; Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins #1
Hal Jordan is back from the dead.
This book tells us how he tried to regain control of a life he left behind for a very long time.
Carol Ferris, Thomas Kalmaku... Hal's long time friends and cast of characters are restablished in the series.
Oh, and the other creation of the Guardians, the Manhunters, are also back!!
Overall: The new GL series really starts off in this book!
This is an important read, if you want to know everything about Coast City, GL's cast and future threats are introduced in these first 6 issues!
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #7-13
Continuing events from where issue 6# left off!
More Green Lanterns are introduced back in the series!
There's an on-going plot about the current GL Corps status and the role of the Green Lanterns in the Universe...
Overall: Great book. From this book onward, it's better to have checked some past GL stuff to understand the whos and whats.
Anyway, great writing, great artwork... Check it out if you're a fan!
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Wanted: Hal Jordan Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #14-20
It was bound to happen!
This is the story arc where Hal Jordan messes it up with the DC earthly cast of characters. Hal is framed, everybody tracks him down...
Overall: Very dynamic writing in this new arc!
Things get messy, well, messier for Jordan. Hal confronts the Justice Society and Alan Scott.
Also some new threats start to show up...
Great arc!
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge Written by Geoff Johns & Dave Gibbons
Art by Patrick Gleason and Christian Alamy
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-5 (miniseries)
Spawned from Geoff Johns' reboot, the Green Lantern Corps is back in action!
This book reintroduces the Corps, the Guardians, Kyle and Guy.
Also this book shows how Lanterns are recruited and establishes a lotsa new members and future key players!
Overall: I kind of even prefer this side series on the GL line of comics.
The Green Lantern Corps is very, kind of Star Wars meets Cops. The intergalactic guardians of peace is a great concept!
This is a great place to start reading be it the main GL series or the GLCorps.
Also it will establish Guy & Kyle new role as mentors and honorary Lanterns.
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: To Be a Lantern Written by Dave Gibbons
Art by Patrick Gleason and Prentis Rollins
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #1-6
This is it! The beginning of the new Green Lantern Corps!
Introducing new members Isamot Kol & Vath Sarn (from Rann & Thanagar), Soranik Natu (red skinned smexy doctor) and many more!
And returning Lanterns like Stel, Kilowog the official GL trainer, Guy Gardner, etc..
Guy's assigned to boring duties, young Lanterns learn what's it mean to be a Lantern and the newly fortified planet Oa is developed upon.
Overall: GLCorps is a fun read!
"To Be a Lantern" is a very accessible read.
The concept of the space cops is really well explored in this sub-series. And don't miss this one if you wanna learn about the secondary players in the GLCorps!
I give this one a: 3 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of Green Written by Dave Gibbons
Art by Patrick Gleason and Prentis Rollins
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #7-13
The new Lanterns are developed a bit more. New members join.
Guy gets assigned to a new mission...oh there's some plotting on the Guardians of the Universe's side. (including a new special division for the "Corps")
Overall: Dave Gibbons is a great artist...and an as much great writer judging by this series!
A bit more light hearted than the tales on Hal Jordan's side!
That's what I call great entertainment! Oh and the ladies of the Corps do kick ass~
A must read, be you a fan or not.
I give this one a: 3 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1 Written by Geoff Johns & Dave Gibbons
Art by Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #21-23; Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #14-15; Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special
Here is is! The first big Green Lantern event!!
Sinestro, ex-Green Lantern and long term foe to Hal Jordan, creates his very own army! The Sinestro Corps!
This is a crossover event between both GL series and even some other DC characters.
Sinestro takes on the whole Corps and the Guardians thanks to his very own take on the power rings, fueled by hate and fear...
Overall: What a great way to kick off an event!
Epic, on a large scale.
Fear not the DC references and allusions if you're a newcomer!
Sinestro never kicked so much ass in the past!
The yellow-ring wielders seem unstoppables and the whole GL Corps is on the brink of extinction!!
This first part covers the beginning of the event and explains a lot of past Sinestro-events to his situation.
Check it out if you're a fan of the characters and wanna check a GL event~
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War Vol. 2 Written by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons and Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Ivan Reis, Ethan Van Sciver, Patrick Gleason and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #24-25; Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #16-19
The menace of Parallax is back with a twist! (that's the monster who "took control" of Hal Jordan in the past)
Sinestro's winning...
Then the Guardians help the Corps with a game change, new rules...which might just help the Lanterns win the war!!
Overall: I find this event to lose a bit of its steam past the middle part...
Anyway, it's still fun, connects some on-going issues with GL's past (Parallax, Cyborg Superman...)
The end seems a bit abrupt to me...
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Patrick Gleason, Prentis Rollins and Drew Geraci
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #19-20,23-26
Straight from the pages of Sinestro Corps War, Mongul is trying to collect more power to rule over the galaxy!
Guy, Kyle and co get stuck in their quest to collect all the remaining Sinestro's ring...
Overall: New creative team! New artists and now Peter J. Tomasi on the writing! I like his past Nightwing and Hawkman titles, which he made quite fun. (well, Hawkman was a bit confusing on some parts, but still fun...)
I also don't really understand why this re-collects issue #19 of the Green Lanter Corps series....
Anyway, new adventures, new foes!
Still fun, still easy read, check it out, if you're a regular or even if you're someone who avoided the Sinestro Corps' War!
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Patrick Gleason, Luke Ross, Drew Geraci and Fabio Laguna
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #27-32
The Sinestro Corps war may be over.. but the War of Light kicks in this book for the Corps!
The Star Sapphire conflicts with the Corps... it's up to Guy and co to clean up the mess!
Overall: As said on the cover, this is a prelude to the future new event Blackest Night, so will be the next books.
The Corps has some conflicts with this side group sprung from the Guardians of the Universe themselves.
The story, under Tomasi, isn't as "light hearted" and fun as I said from past story arcs of the Corps..but it still is pretty solid.
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Shane Davis, Ivan Reis, Mike McKone & more
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #26-28, 36-38; Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Atrocitus forms the Red Lantern Corps, in the sector 666. A new group emerges to destroy the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps...
Hal Jordan, John Steward and the Corps deals with the consequences of the new rules established by the Guardians...
Why are all those new colored Corps rising at the same time??
Overall: On Geoff Johns' side of the story, things get bloodier. Johns said himself he was a big fan of horror and slasher flicks, grewing up in the 80s.
This new part of the story could be criticized for it being quite gory and explicit...but I guess it's part of the fun afterall!
Things start to go faster and faster, to a new common goal (the Blackest Night event...) .
Nice story arc, well drawn...but could have been a bit better... (I find it somehow "lacking" that extra punch the earlier run had)
I give this one a: 2 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #33-38
The Corps deals with both the Ged Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps...
Plus the newly appointed Alpha Lanterns created by the Guardians...
Also Sodam Yat, currently wielder of the legendary power of Ion gets his time to shine...Will he be able to save everybody else!?
Overall: This book closes some threads (Sodam Yat, Ion, Sinestro's status, the Red Lanterns and Alpha Lantern issues) and opens new ones!
Better than previous Tomasi's issues and ending of right you need to be for the Blackest Night event...
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
Comic title: Green Lantern: Agent Orange Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Philip Tan, Ivan Reis and others
Format: Trade collecting Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #39-42
Follow-up to Rage of the Red Lanterns. Picks up exactly where it left!
And last, before the Blackest Night starts off, final new Corps rise up.
Agent Orange tells the story of the Orange "Corps", under the influence of the Orange light of avarice.
A past secret of the Guardians is revealed... Hal discovers the strength and weakness of some colors...
Plus this book contains a quick recap of the current Corps and introduces the rest of the Lights.
Overall: Wow! I loved this one, much better than the previous issues!
The Agent Orange is a great new addition to the mythos.
This story ends up right before the new event...
I give this one a: 2.5 / 3 Score!
And that's all for now~
As you can see, it has been a pretty consistent run, be it on the Green Lantern's side or the Corps' .
Some weak issues on Peter J. Tomasi part. (why did Dave Gibbons leave already?).
But it's a pretty great franchise from DC Comics. No surprise it has been on of the best selling comic books these past years, since Geoff Johns' take! (all publisher confounded)
Green Lantern is currently into one of the big 3 at DC's. Alongside the name of both Superman and Batman!
(poor Wonder Woman :( she just doesn't have the same economic power, even if she's one of the most well known character among non-comic book readers... I sure hope Straczynski brings her back to the scene!)
The series is also being made into a full lenght live movie, a CGi animated series and probably some videogames as well...
Geoff Johns made the series accessible again, fun and epic.
Next time I'll be either checking the Blackest Night event or some past pre-Geoff Johns titles!
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