This is supposed to be a team book featuring the Green Lantern Corps. Based on the first issue, it looks more like the Guy Gardner/John Stewart show with a special guest each issue of at least one dead Lantern. It keeps that theme throughout all three issues.
Maybe I just need to start with this title from when it relaunched. I'm lost and just don't care. If you are killing a Green Lantern every issue, why should I have any emotional attachment to them outside of Guy and Stewart? I just have no care for them.
I'm just finding some difficulty in writing up this review. Issue #3 left such a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the book for having gone nowhere with the story that I just get more frustrated with how things are. I've bought all four books that are a part of the GL relaunch. If I was a new reader to the GL titles, only the Red Lantern book went out of its way to let me know what is going on with the characters and fully introduced them to me. The other three tried to introduce the characters, with New Guardians being the best one to do so, and I just don't feel like going back and reading up on this new set of characters. Especially if the idea of the reboot was to entice new readers, Green Lantern Corps just seemed to throw that opportunity away.
I enjoyed Guy Gardner in Emerald Warriors. I don't have the same feelings for him in this book. Book has been dropped.
Averages for Issues #1-3:
Words: 6.3/10
Pictures: 6.3/10 - Mind you that the artist for issue #3 was different from the artist for the first two issues. So, I guess it would be more fair to do this:
Pictures Issues #1-2: 6.5/10
Pictures Issue #3: 6/10
Overall grade for issues #1-3: Way below par for what I expected for a Green Lantern title and for a relaunch title. 5/10
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