this was a recommended follow on twitter (technology is creepy) but I didn't realize that cool dudes were doing stuff for it.
i'm not on an iphone but i might check this out eventually
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this was a recommended follow on twitter (technology is creepy) but I didn't realize that cool dudes were doing stuff for it.
i'm not on an iphone but i might check this out eventually
karasu
Member
Ive never felt that Johns was good at writing Justice League level threats. They usually tackle the most mundane shit under him. I like Morrison's run where everything was more "cosmic".
That's what I was thinking of, that's from around Sinestro Corps War right?
I had long responses typed up to both of these points before my browser ate the post, so now you're getting the cliff notes version.
Hal being the greatest has been a thing for most of the history of the character and wasn't a Johns invention.
The Guardians have been depicted as anywhere from incompetent to sinister for most of their history, so them not expecting the dude named Sinestro to be evil shouldn't be surprising.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
ThyMusicMan
Member
That's cool,, I'd rather The Will or something, Prince Robot
Nice, I was just asking my LCS guy if Fabok is still on that book or what..
I'll start the bids at $2.99
))))))He took a break one month where we got the awesome manapaul drawn issue, but he's off the title come Rebirth which sucks.
Called off due to the weather so I'm going to catch up on some comics and play some Halo and KI.
my name is ed
Banned
I have a friend who has a comic on Stela. Not sure if it's released yet but it's called Love Run Riot.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
ThyMusicMan
Member
Ahhh,, yeh I think I got those Manapul issues,, hes awesome (I get to meet him at C2E2 this year)
Where is Fabok going??? I need to know this. lol
Run Love Kill is a book that reeks of one volume and done. It's been ages since we had a issue. None since the first trade and the first trade doesn't wrap up the story. It's sad because the book is quality when it releases.
I like that Joelle Jones is working ahead on Lady Killer so delays don't happen in the second volume.
I like that Joelle Jones is working ahead on Lady Killer so delays don't happen in the second volume.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I... am aware of that, yes, thank you
My central point is that the League really isn't all that much stronger on a personal power basis than they are normally as of #48.
Green Lantern Edge of Oblivion #2: I'm still disappointed about the changes from the end of Lost Army but this is still a pretty decent book. Unlike Lost Army which was mostly about a small group this is a story of the corps as a whole with Guy and Kilowog fighting over the decisions to take. The art by Van Sciver can be still at times but overall conveys the cosmic entropy the team is facing.
I did hate the killing of Arisa and Bad'g long time Lantern mainstays.
Yeah, C&D is great. And gets better too. It actually juggles the wacky Deadpool shit and the Cable plot really nicely. It's a good book.
ThyMusicMan
Member
Yeah I was just wondering what the hell happen to this book,, loved it.
Eric Canete is a super cool humble dude as well... dammit
KoruptData
Member
Thanks for the recommendations guys. I have read Astonishing, Uncanny X-Force (own the omnibus!). Guess I'll try Morrisons run after C&D.
my name is ed
Banned
I'm not sure how much you like Bendis but I do recommend reading his X-Men work. With the exception of some Peterson cgi looking issues it has tremendous art through the entire run.
I also recommend Magneto: Testament by Pak (I don't remember the artist offhand), the latest Magneto series by Bunn and Walta, Mike Carey's work is considered very solid, Uncanny Avengers continues a lot of the themes and plot lines of Uncanny X Force and is grade A shit prior to Axis.
Freezasaurus
Member
Nah. It was a solid enough issue. The last one was shit.
Yeah. I never quite agreed with the criticism. Johns seemed to try and give it weight, mostly to me in presenting it as more a matter of 'succession' in a way, as Sinestro is the 'greatest' before he ever got there. Even Abin Sur seems to be rather well regarded.
Poodlestrike
Banned
No, I had forgotten all about that time he did that thing that everybody brings up every time Hal's name is mentioned around here.
Freezasaurus
Member
Part of my big post that got swallowed by the web was that essentially Johns was doing the same thing with Hal that Morrison did with Batman - taking his entire published history and making it fit into one dude's lifetime in a quasi believable way. A lot of the world building and mythology from Johns run came from one short story Moore did in a Takes of the Green Lantern Corps annual in '87. The 8 page "Tygers" story laid the ground work for Blackest Night with the prophecy, the Inversions on Ysmault, and the eventual destruction of Mogo.
But yeah, the line of greatest Lanterns went Abin, then Sinestro, then Hal. And even after Sinestro was exiled from the Corps he still considered himself to be the greatest Lantern of all time.
I'm really enjoying thick trade paperbacks lately. They're dense and have a ton of content, but they're still a lot lighter and more manageable than a big OHC or an omnibus. It's a great value-oriented option. I still PREFER OHC and omnibi just because they look a lot nicer, have bigger artwork, and may have nice bindings with no gutter loss, but big trades are great.
I just ordered Daredevil by Bendis/Meleev Ultimate Collection Vol 1 (488 pgs), Batman Cataclysm (464 pgs), and Batman No Man's Land Vol 1 (544 pgs). I've been wanting to read the No Man's Land event forever but lately I've been stuck in this "OHC/omni or nothing" phase that I'm just getting out of now. I also saw that there's a new Doom Patrol collection coming out in big ~400 page TPBs. The first one just came out and I saw it at Books-A-Million. It looks amazing, and I've been wanting to read the series for awhile, so I added it to my IST wishlist.
I just ordered Daredevil by Bendis/Meleev Ultimate Collection Vol 1 (488 pgs), Batman Cataclysm (464 pgs), and Batman No Man's Land Vol 1 (544 pgs). I've been wanting to read the No Man's Land event forever but lately I've been stuck in this "OHC/omni or nothing" phase that I'm just getting out of now. I also saw that there's a new Doom Patrol collection coming out in big ~400 page TPBs. The first one just came out and I saw it at Books-A-Million. It looks amazing, and I've been wanting to read the series for awhile, so I added it to my IST wishlist.
They are dope. Love them.
my name is ed
Banned
Oh didn't know Doom Patrol is getting reprinted in tpbs. Putting it on my IST wish list.
I was very tempted to get it while I was at BAM, but I didn't want to pay cover price. It looked/felt really nice, though.
BKatastrophe
Member
My big problem with Hal being referred to as "the greatest" isn't that Johns does it, it's that it happens constantly. It feels like it gets mentioned at least once an issue during Johns' run (I know it doesn't, but it's so frequent that it feels like it), and it bothers me because no one says what he does. It bothers me when a character gets called the greatest, but has no actions to apply to the claim. Like, Sinestro had a completely crime-free sector and burned out multiple GL rings because he was apparently that strong. Abin Sur...I dunno. He made an army in secret and was close friends to Sinestro? Sinestro and Abin did basically harness entire colors by themselves (aside from Atrocitus not many can apply the claim).
But getting to the point: everything I've read refers to Hal as the greatest, but with nothing to actually apply to it. It feels like a lot of "He's the greatest!" "Why?" "He's the greatest!" "Oh wow! You're right!" "And that's why he's the greatest!" It's more the way it's told then the fact that he's called the greatest. Same thing with Barry, although at least Barry has the whole Crisis in his back pocket.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Lead pipes tho.
It wasn't shit. Nocenti Catwoman was shit. It just wasn't as amazing as this arcs other issues.
Well it all goes back to the same Earthcentricism that says every Lantern from Earth has to be a special snowflake. Hal was the greatest, John was the first mortal Guardian, Kyle was Ion and the first true White Lantern, Baz can do whatever he wants because no one told him he couldn't, and fuck Guy.
Hal is the greatest because he took down Sinestro and saved the universe and Guardians asses so many times they decreed.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Parallax retcon
I always thought he was Parallax.
Green Lantern is a book I always wanted to go into but it seems like I need to read Red Lantern alongside and I wont buy 12 booms since New 52.
Maybe they finally release some Deluxes at some point.
TetraxShards
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Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Not surprised. Love Seeley's work on Revival.
Yes, after Mongul and the Cyborg Superman nuked Coast City Hal snapped and tried to use his ring to bring it back. The Guardians came down on him for improper use of his ring. Hal thought he just needed more power, so he murdered his way across the universe to Oa, killed all the Lanterns, and the Guardians, and Sinestro (who had been trapped in the Central Power Battery) and absorbed all of the green energy. He took the name Parallax, and was essentially a god. He tried to remake the universe in his own image and was foiled. Ultimately he sacrificed himself to save the universe and then was brought back as the Spectre.
When Johns took over, Hal came back. The new lore was that Parallax was actually an ancient cosmic entity that was the embodiment of fear. Long ago the Guardians trapped Parallax in the Central Power Battery to remove him from the universe (and unintentionally cause the yellow impurity issue in the rings). So when Hal stepped into the Power Battery to absorb all the energy, he also absorbed and was taken over by Parallax. While this is a neat trick to lay the groundwork for the multicolored Lantern Corps and the other emotional entities, it removed any agency Hal had for his actions during his time as Parallax because he wasn't in control of his actions (this also became a plot point as there was a group called the Lost Lanterns who didn't believe Hal and didn't trust him).
Whats the point of the other lantern corps? What do they do?
Poodlestrike
Banned
They represent different aspects of the "emotional spectrum." Yellow is fear, blue is hope, pink is love, red is anger, orange is greed, indigo is... I actually don't remember what Indigo is. But it's something, probably.
TetraxShards
Member
Indigo is compassion.
Ah, I see.
Thanks for the explanations, I think I really have to watch the movie at some point now. At least its easier to access as the books.
Its really a problem for me. The New 52 is still to young to not start with the first issue but there to many Volumes at this point.
Hope the DC MU movie will be great.
Thanks for the explanations, I think I really have to watch the movie at some point now. At least its easier to access as the books.
Its really a problem for me. The New 52 is still to young to not start with the first issue but there to many Volumes at this point.
Hope the DC MU movie will be great.
How about Spider-Man?