03-14-2018, 12:37 PM | #1 |
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Any fan of Green Lantern here? (comics)
I just finished the 3 omnibus from Geoff johns run on Green Lantern, and I absolutely loved it!
Its covers everything from "Green Lantern Rebirth" (Comeback of Hal Jordan) to "Sinestro Corps War" to "Blackest Night" to "The End" of the News 52. After that Geoff Johns leave the title. My next goal is to finish the run of the News 52, read Green Lantern Corps and then attack the Rebirth Era. Do you have specific favorite storyline from GL comic book? |
03-14-2018, 12:43 PM | #2 |
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Oh, man... Look, I hear ya. I loved it too in a big bad way when I was reading month-to-month.
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The only issue I have is the format. I'm tired of TPB format with 5 or 6 issues; I prefer Deluxe Edition or bigger. So either way I wait for I-don't-know-how many years to have the format I want, or I buy it in numeric version on Play Store (Android). |
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05-08-2018, 02:08 PM | #5 |
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I've become a fan of the current "Green Lanterns" series (with Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz), but that's the extent of my interest in this space cop franchise.
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Stop by my website here (also has a message board just like this one: http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com
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Then again, I've avoided the shitshow that was the War of Light, so, apparently I got out before it got real ugly. But I liked his Green Lantern run from Rebith through the Sinestro Wars and thought the Booster Gold series dropped in quality as soon as he left. |
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05-08-2018, 05:24 PM | #8 |
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I found it odd how the Guardians of the Universe were depicted as enabling villains and wondered why the space aspect became the only aspect. There is also villains like Goldface, Shark, Sonar (finally got an arc under Robert Venditti years later), and Evil Star that have completely disappeared. So yes there are problems with Johns run, but I enjoyed how he reworked the mythos as a whole. Its unfortunate how the numbering had to restart two times,but that is comics for you.
What do you all think of the Grant Morrison announcement? I do not think he has written Hal aside form a bit part on Final Crisis.
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05-08-2018, 05:32 PM | #9 | |
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He was always a decent ideas guy, at least, but then somewhere around GL Mega Event #2 or #3 he ran out of ideas, so he didn't even have that. And 95% of his big events aren't even about telling a good story or getting into any of the characters' heads, but either A) Going down a list of things he wants to retcon from the character(s)'s history, or B) Retconning something of his own. He also has a big tendency to introduce supporting characters and subplots and then completely forgetting about them, ignoring them. To be fair, "Rebirth" itself wasn't bad. And maybe the first... 15 or so issues of his initial Vol. 4 of Green Lantern, before the whole franchise became Sinestro Corps War #1-500.
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I'm not sure the reasoning behind pitchforking someone for only working with high grade artists, though. You're a filmmaker - wouldn't you want your stuff to look as best as it possible can be, especially if you already have good working relationships with the people who can make it happen? I'm not even sure DC would allow Johns teaming with a lesser, unproven artist for their big titles which he's always attached to. But my knowledge of how the comic industry works isn't that sharp, admittedly. |
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05-08-2018, 06:13 PM | #11 |
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I haven’t read any GL. I think the first things I will read are the below two books.
I liked the three Superman Earth One books and have heard some good things about the GL one. And I think the 75 year edition will give me a good foundation. 1. Green Lantern Earth One HC Vol 01 2. Green Lantern A Celebration Of 75 Years HC I’m hoping to read these sometime in the next half year. |
05-09-2018, 06:39 AM | #12 | |
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Green Lantern/Green Arrow run Green Lantern: Earth One I intend to buy Kyle Rainer's first run eventually. I already knew about your message board. (still I didn't know it was your's) So you don't like Geoff Johns. What do you think about Peter Tomasi's job on GLC? I read a few and I liked it, but the volumes are hard to find. |
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His GLC stuff was... the best it could be. It was so many people crammed into a single book, none of them got a chance to shine. Still, he found time for the Soranik Natu-Kyle stuff and the realization of the prophecy from Alan Moore's old "Tygers" story from "Tales of the GLC," which was cool. Even the reopening of Guy's "Warriors."
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Its ironic, I was lamenting in how the earth-based villains in Hal's rogues gallery have had no use for 15 years. The very next day Goldface was killed off.
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I'm gonna admit and it's counter to what Lantern fans apparently like, but I am a sucker for he damn rainbow corps.
Introduce a new Lantern color/type? Make a pre-existing character a Lantern, even for one panel? I'm there.
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No wonder you wiped me out of the TMNT Wikis.
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05-14-2018, 08:28 AM | #17 | |
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Blackest Night was supposed to be a big deal because all the differents colored lanterns were working together to stop Black Hand & Nekron. The thing is, immediately after that, they did it again to stop Krona. Another annoying stuff in the News 52: the multiple titles events like "The third army" or "Wrath of the first lantern", where you need 2 or 3 issues of each title to complete the story. Ok, the event is also sold in a volume of it's own, but when you only read the main GL title, it's frustrating to get the beginning, the end, and missing a big part in the middle. |
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What do you all think Grant Morrison will do?
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All I know: amazing, amazing things. It's the best possible thing imaginable for GL.
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