‘Green Lantern’ Archives
Green Lantern Corps #33-38: Emerald Eclipse
All hell breaks loose in this story. First Mongul conquers Daxam, a planet that hates all aliens, and instead of fighting they'd rather suicide. Luckily for them, Sodam and Arisia are there to help them defeat Mongul. Unfortunately Sodam can't get to the ION power, so the only solution for him is to fly into the red sun and converts it into a [...]
Green Lantern #39-42: Agent Orange
This is the story of Agent Orange (Larfleeze) which is a different ring bearer. The difference is that he's the only member of this particular color lantern, but he can create constructs in the shape of creatures he ate (hence avarice as the emotion). That's what forms the orange lanterns. It's a nice concept, certainly a nice change from the [...]
Green Lantern #36-38: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Things really heat up in this story. It starts with a fake Final Crisis tie-in, which I guess was good for increasing sales and make people notice. Astrocitus gets a red ring and proceeds to kidnap Sinestro. He's been sentenced to death, but both yellow and red lanterns are out to get him. Jordan can't fight them off, even though he's helped by [...]
Green Lantern Corps #20,23-32
Here's me catching up on Green Lantern Corps before Blackest Night starts. First we have RingQuest, where the lanterns fight Mongul. He was using the planet Black Mercy to instill fear instead of hope, but in the end he was absorbed by the planet. Bzzd dies saving the day, but I honestly wasn't too attached to him. Character-wise, the most [...]
Green Lantern #29-35: Secret Origin
I've only started reading the new series of Green Lantern, so I am not familiar with Hal Jordan's origins. Thus this re-telling is perfect for me. All main events in this story were referenced in past issues, so I knew the broad strokes of the story. But I had no idea about the details and how they affected the various characters and their [...]
Green Lantern: The Alpha Lanterns
I haven't read GL in about 10 months, not because I didn't enjoy it, but I just wanted to read the next big story all at once. I think Blackest Knight will be even better than SCW. In the meantime I am going to catch up on these two series and read all the stories leading up to Blackest Knight. The first story is about the Alpha Lanterns. [...]
Sinestro Corps War
This is the crossover that everybody is raving about. I was so interested that I went back and read all previous issues of 3 series. I am glad I did that, because a lot of elements come into fruition here from those series. There is plenty of action in this event, all very interesting. The story is very well divided so that each series follows [...]
ION
The last piece of the puzzle before Sinestro Corps War is ION, the 12 issue mini. I haven't followed Kyle's story, but I was not lost in this series at all. All we need to know is explained quickly. The structure of this mini is weird. Usually a 12 issue mini has one story that is told continually throughout with a clear conclusion. Instead, we [...]
Green Lantern Corps 1-13
After the introduction mini, we start with the ongoing series. Having already established the main cast in the mini, Dave Gibbons starts with the plot in the first arc. At the center of this arc is the planet Betressus, where people are killed mysteriously. The resolution to this mystery was well played out, and it brings to a shocking end. I [...]
Green Lantern Corps Recharge
At the beginning of this mini, the GLC is already reformed and the veteran Lanterns are starting to train new ones. The main cast is slowly introduced, including the earth Lanterns Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner. I have never read the GLC so I was a little bit confused by the number of characters in this story. Some of them were new, but some [...]
Green Lantern 1-20
I will be reading all Green Lantern related titles in preparation for the Sinestro Corps War. First up is Green Lantern. The first 9 issues were sort of establishing the character and the supporting cast. Johns also managed to lay the ground for the big event later on, while at the same time give us some fun stories and action. Not being [...]