r/Greenlantern

I had been having a good time reading all the Non-Alan Scott Green Lantern material for the first time. I just hit Emerald Twilight, however, and it's really soured the experience.

There was a surprising amount of groundwork there to turn Hal evil too. So many stories center around, not just villains like Sinestro, Evil Star, or Krona, but our heroes Hal, John, and Guy longing for power, control, and the comfort of a home. Hal himself has acted erratic when these things are kept from him in the past. Getting pushed too far after losing Coast City could have made a lot of sense.

But it doesn't here cause this story doesn't care about that history. It only cares about clearing the current status quo to make room for Kyle. How am I supposed to care about him after that? When 30 years of history is unceremoniously thrown away JUST for him?

2 Common First Names: Alan, Scott, Hal [Harold], Jordan. Anyone can be named any of these without anyone raising an eyebrow.

2 First Names, But 1 Is Rarer: John and Stewart are both regular names, but Stewart as a first name is 1) fairly rare and 2) often spelled as “Stuart”, so I’m giving him credit, but not quite as much as the two above.

1.5 First Names: “Rayner” might not be a name, but “Ray” is, and that’s close enough for half a point. (And obviously Kyle is as well.)

Solidly 1: Jessica and Simon are both names, Cruz and Baz are not.

Do They Even Have 1?: Okay, sure technically Guy and Sojourner are established names… but they’re still rare and are, in fact, nouns (a dude and a Mars rover respectively). Neither Gardener nor Mullein are actual names to pull them up, either.

I feel like the only well written Green Lantern ship is HalCarol and it took us a long time to get them to be in a good place, so I feel like the other Lanterns also deserve love.

I hate John's current writing and arc, it's like he's constantly trapped in the past, the construct of his retconed sister, him trying to replace Katma with an alternate version of her, at least with Fatality they have history, good and bad and with Fatality he can move forward, have a future instead of being stuck in the past.

Guy and Ice should have gotten back together years ago, they're an amazing couple who makes each other better, they need a writer who actually respects both characters and doesn't demonize their past relationship, because they where and are an amazing couple.

Yes I put all 3 of Kyle's relationships here, but that's because all of them are top tier, extremely well written until writers decide that they need drama and character assassinate the women and make Kyle look like the bad guy (Donna and Kyle breaking up because of the death of her ex-husband and child, Jade cheating on Kyle and blaming him because he was gone to long and then being killed off, Soranik being mad Kyle lied about their alternate reality future son who'd never be born and branding him and calling him an alley rat). Each 3 of those ships where destroyed for unnecessary drama and Jade and Soranik where written so terribly they still haven't recovered, with Kyle getting the spotlight again I hope one of those relationships is fixed.

My current collection! What other trades do you think I should add?

I was browsing EB Games in Brampton Ontario just now and saw this on the shelf. Take your chance to check now.

According to the listing (Amazon) this collects GL Corps 201 - 219 (and some tie in).

Do you think the volume which follows this one will collect 220-224 and the Action Comics Weekly?

Or

Do you think it will collect 220-224 and Millennium?. 3 of the 5 missing issue were Millennium tie-ins and technically kt was a GL/Manhunter story.

Which would you prefer?

Three months ago I posted a pic of the nine Lantern Rings, 3D printed and painted by myself.

I even replied to a comment saying that I wasn't interested and wouldn't even make the missing color rings.

Well, I wasn't lying about it, but I've to confess I couldn't resist and made them again. 3D printed and painted by me again.

I'm extremely happy with the result and want to share it with you again, simply because I really liked how it turned out.

Hope you all like it too!

We all know Superboy prime is extremely op but if you had to pick which lantern would have a chance to beat him who would it be this includes lantern ocs for fun

Napoleon makes a return?

Writer: Alfred Bester

Art & Cover: Paul Reinman

"Napoleon And Joe Safeen" - Small time gang leader Joe Safeen has had one too many run-ins with Green Lantern, so he's grabbed his crew and are heading out of town where GL can't get them. At the train yard however, they come across a peculiar man spouting a lot of mathematics. After speaking with him they figure he is just the genius they need to pull off their theists, but as they leave two security guards walk by looking for that same man who goes by Napoleon as they two mention they need to get him back to the insane asylum. Doiby was also tailing them to make sure Joe and his crew actually skip town and when he sees them go back into the city, he signals for GL. The pair meet at the current heist location, where they attempt to take down the gang but GL is knocked out by Napoleon accidentally when he sees the guards outside looking for him. The gang escapes, cheering on Napoleon for the save but the heroes teack them down to another location. This time they split up with Doiby going in the back and GL waiting out front to give Doiby time to enter. Doiby does so and is ambushed by the gang and beat up. He tells for GL but that goes unheard as GL was tackled by the two guards who thought he was Napoleon until they looked at the description in their notes and realized their mistake. GL runs into the shop only to get ambushed as well. The gang take GL to a secure place and tie him down, cover him in gasoline and leave a candle on his head. Doiby meanwhile, was tied up by Napoleon and after seeing the guards outside the shop, demands they switch clothes. He then runs off to meet with the gang. Doiby gets loose and tries to follow but is found by the guards who chase him down the street. Doiby ducks into a house and by pure luck finds GL tied up. He puts out the candle and the Duo head off to stop Napoleon once and for all. They overgeard the gang talking about a certain building earlier so they fly towards it but to find the exact spot GL starts singing the French national anthem to goad Napoleon put. It works and they fly in the window, take down the gang as quick as possible and bring Napoleon back to the insane asylum where the nurse thanks him for bringing back the doctor. Much to their surprise, Napoleon is not a patient but the eccentric head of the facility out for a day of adventure.

Conclusion: Another fun Napoleon tale, fairly straight forward. The crime spree was cookie cutter, Napoleon was fun. The twist at the end was perfect. I just don't get why the guards were looking for him if he took the day off? Otherwise, not much to talk about that I haven't said before. It was a simple crime story in its bones, but I'll give it the Safeen gang for the idea to skip town. Not many crime bosses do that for some reason.

7.5/10

Covers from Green Lantern Vol 2 #127 (normal and textless), Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 and #3 (normal and textless), Green Lantern Corps Vol 2 #45 (normal and textless).

He decided to become a comic book artist after being influenced, as a child, by the work of, among others, Gil Kane, co-creator of Hal Jordan and who brought Green Lantern to the Silver Age. By the time he did issue 127 of the GL book in the late 70s, he was a huge GL fan.

Hal Jordan

John Stewart

Kyle Rayner

Guy Gardner