DC decided to reboot their comic book universe, so I decided to blog along with it!
Green Lantern Corps #1
Peter J. Tomasi: Story and Words
Fernando Pasarin: Artist
Scott Hanna: Inker
And another Corps member bites the dust. In the opening pages. Sigh.
I'm really beginning to wonder, especially with how many members the GL Corps goes through, just how effective they are as a police force.
Anywho, we follow the adventures of Guy Gardner and John Stewart in this issue. It looks like they took the same approach in this comic that Johns did for Hal Jordan - put them back on Earth in civilian mode. What is different for Guy and Stewart is that they are known both as Green Lanterns, neither of them hides their civilian identities.
The book gets slightly political, and makes a few comments. But the overall message is clear - neither of the Green Lanterns like dealing with earthly matters - they have seen space and the tiny details that go on with this one blue planet are insignificant. So back to Oa they go!
There were a couple of things that caught my eye that sorta pulled me out of enjoying the story. The first was Guy mentioning that Hal Jordan would be able to cover his sector. If the idea is that what happened in Green Lantern previous to the reboot still happened, then why would Guy not remember the Guardians stripping Jordan of the ring when he was five feet away from it? The second was more dead lanterns at the end of the story. Seriously, how good is this police force?
The art was done well. There aren't many words balloons in this book that covered up the art. I liked the fact that you could see the different aliens in detail. They didn't seem like a weird blob that shifted their shape every other panel. For storytelling ability their isn't much going on, but I do like the pictures.
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
Recommend: Give it a try if you were into Green Lantern before. But for noobs, buy the trades first to see if you like the story, then worry about this issue.
Buy Next Issue: I'm not thrilled about it, but I will. This will probably be the first Green Lantern book that I drop.
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