DC decided to reboot their comic book universe, so I decided to blog along with it!
Green Lantern: New Guardians #1
Tony Bedard: Writer
Tyler Kirkham: Penciller
Batt: Inker
Oh, was this a reboot? Are you wanting some sort of origin story?
In the words of Mario, "Here we go!"
Perfect set up giving us the details of Kyle Rayner of Earth and how he became a Green Lantern. We get a hint of personality with him, that he is artistic and thoughtful. We also get that he is different from Hal Jordan. And then we get the quick two pages of some of the other corps and their rings flying off to find Kyle.
So, its iffy. If you know about recent Green Lantern happenings, or even if you get the basic jist of things, then you are set. The one problem is there wasn't enough room to give the other corps time to shine and give more details about what they are like. The art shines a little and tries to tell the story, but it misses a little. Which is kinda saddening considering that the first part of the book did so well.
The art did well and was great to look at. I don't think I have seen much from this Tyler Kirkham guy, but I like his style. We get a little inconsistency in some of the details, and there are a couple moments of "Not even aliens bend that way" poses, but it works. I am actually thinking that this should have been one of the books that had an additional 10 pages to tell their story and it would have worked much better.
This title is essentially taking over for the Emerald Warriors Green Lantern book that I was collecting. That book was entertaining, and I am hopeful that the tradition continues with this book. Definitely one of the books that I will be looking forward to getting next time it comes out.
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 8/10
Recommend: This would be one of the books that is more geared towards new readers. Those new readers just need to give it a couple issues to show you the whole story.
Buy Next Time: If I could already spend the money on the book for it to be in my hands, I would have three less dollars in my pocket.
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