So who is the hero, and who is the villain?
People love to fall for the villain. Take a look at how many people have flocked towards Magneto over the years. We're not supposed to like him, but there are many X-fans out there who will tell you otherwise. They will also tell you that Magneto has become an X-man looking at a chance for redemption. In this story, Sinestro gets offered that same chance at redemption.
This is his story.
People love to fall for the villain. Take a look at how many people have flocked towards Magneto over the years. We're not supposed to like him, but there are many X-fans out there who will tell you otherwise. They will also tell you that Magneto has become an X-man looking at a chance for redemption. In this story, Sinestro gets offered that same chance at redemption.
This is his story.
Like in any good story, the main character needs someone that will balance him out. Enter Hal Jordan.
Jordan wants the ring back. Sinestro wants to get rid of his. Let's see how things goes.
If you go into the story with this knowledge, then you will enjoy seeing Hal put into a villain's role. But if you are new to this story, as most new readers probably are, where is your frame of context for the story? How are you supposed to know what's going on?
You don't, and that is one of my issues with this story. Maybe DC is banking on viewers of the movie to pick this up. But if you felt the way about the movie that I did, you left not knowing anything about current Green Lantern story lines. Maybe DC is banking on those who have picked up the Geoff Johns Green Lantern trades to continue with the story. That makes more sense.
So as a relaunch title, this doesn't work. As a continuing title, this works great. So, much like the dynamic between Hal and Sinestro, this book seems split on what it wants to be.
Let's look at it as I have, as a reader who knows the previous Green Lantern stories. Overall, I enjoy it as much now as I did before. The art is great, the story has a nice pace, and reading all three issues at once makes the story feel more like a whole. If they produced larger stories, say if they put out a graphic novel sized story - about 90 pages every three months, this would make the read feel much better. These little stops and goes would work great for a TV schedule, but Green Lantern is not a weekly comic. So the pacing feels almost like it drags a little when reading the individuals, but as a whole, they work great. But I know this, so I take that into account when reading it.
Overall, its at a good steady pace. Now we just have to wait and see what happens next.
Averages for issues #1-3:
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 8/10
Overall - 8/10. Consistency. Its a trait that I would like more comic books to have.
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