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Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ethan Van Sciver
Green Lantern: Rebirth 1
Blackest Night
First of all, I don’t think this issue represents the blackest night, but that’s just me. It should be noted going into this, I’m not a fan of Hal Jordan. I like Kyle, I like John Stewert, I like Guy Gardner, but I don’t like Hal one bit. He was dead and should stay dead. That being said, I bought this series just for Ollie Queen. He’s one of my favorite characters, though I think he should stay dead as well.
This story is told from Kyle’s perspective, and it shows him crash landing to open up. It has a name. I hope it’s “Leroy” I’ve always liked that name.
On Ferris Airbase, some chick named Carol is there, talking about how it was good times. She finds Hal’s old airplane. Uhmm.. Yay?
Next scene is Guy and John at a ball game. One of my favorite scenes in the entire book, and definitely in the first issue. Guy says that he doesn’t miss the ring anymore, apparently forgetting that he does have a ring from Giffen’s run later on. I’ll forgive it, because I’ve always liked Guy Gardner: Warrior. Hal shows up to attend the game, when everyone in the area starts to admit their sins to him. Guy cheated on his taxes, I am not surprised.
STAR CITY! Mia and Ollie are getting ready to go out and fight crime, when the Black Hand comes in to steal the power ring that Hal left for Ollie waaaay back in issue 18 or so of Green Arrow. I like continuity! Hal turns Black Hand’s hand into coal. I think it’s funny, apparently Ollie doesn’t. Oh well, he can’t be super cool all the time.
Meanwhile, at the Warriors’ Guy blows up. That has to be bad for him.
Coast City is back, apparently. Good for it.
Next scene is that of Hector Hammond. This is something you can ignore, he doesn’t make another appearance until issue six, and then it’s not important.
In the Watchtower, Martian Manhunter, Batman, Superman, John and Doctor Midnight work on Guy.
Wonder Woman and the JSA are exploring the wreckage of the bar, and they find that Hal’s statue is still standing. Batman seems pissed about this. But lately, he’s been pissed about everything. Coast City isn’t back, just Hal’s old apartment. I guess he wanted to go home again. I missed something kind of important later, Sentinel (though he’s been called Green Lantern himself, just can’t remember when he did this) is feeling ill. You’ll see why later, I promise.
John says that without fear, Batman is just a man. Take that you damned crybaby billionaire! This scene needs less John and more Ollie.
Hal goes to see Carol, and I realize I still don’t care.
Do you like Hal Jordan? This issue is for you. Are you like me and don’t have the first idea what’s going on? I hope you like monkeys. It won’t help you understand the book better, but monkeys are cool.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 2
Enemies Within
Based on their this title, I say someone ate a bad burrito.
Good news, Parallax is coming. Kyle’s ring says so. Green Lanterns always confuse me. Damned talking rings.
We get a long scene of Carol and Hal talking. Apparently, Carol’s dad owned airplanes, and Hal’s dad flew them. And Hal’s dad died. It seems very sad. However, I don’t really care much.
Now we get Green Arrow, and my interest has popped back up. However, as Zatanna finds Hal, Batman makes Ollie stay on the Watchtower as a back up plan. I bet he’s still mad that Ollie punched him way back in the early issues of the new GA series. Batman is a dick.
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) has a fever. Seriously, this is explained later and not just a throw away line, I promise.
The JLA accuse Hal of making Coast City come back and hurting Guy. But Hal says he didn’t. Batman doesn’t believe him and John wigs out. He beats the living heck out of the JLA, and when Hal tries to interfere, the Spectre makes him leave.
In the Watchtower, Arrow’s ring replicates itself, and Guy gets the power of the Green Lantern again. Guy blows up the Watchtower. Again. Damn, you’d think these people could protect their base better than that. Why even bother to rebuild it? Sheesh.
Kilowog, who I was fairly certain was dead, shows up to fight Kyle. One of the blue Guardian guys show up and threaten Kilowog saying that Hal’s body is under his protection. I am so confused.
Ollie has a Green Lantern ring! I already knew that. And John beat up the JLA, about damned time.... this issue hurt my head. This needed less Hal and more Ollie. As does nearly everything in life.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 3
Yellow
I just wanna yell the name of this. YELLOW! Now the cat is looking at me strange... oh well.
Ganthet, the little blue dude, fights Kilowog. Parallax tells Hal that they recreated Coast City. Hal and the Spectre and Parallax fights over Hal’s body.... Or something...
Kyle and Ollie end up talking, and this is the most impressive bit for me. Apparently Parallax is a thing, that is the yellow embodiment of fear. And it was stuck in the GL Power battery on Oa. Apparently, it hit inside Hal. If this makes sense to anyone, please let me know what the heck it’s talking about. This scene needs less Kyle and more Ollie. As does most things in life.
Apparently Hal lost the fight, and Parallax gets control of the body. Good for it.
Kyle and Ollie are attacked by Sinestro, who I thought was dead, but I thought a lot of people were dead. Apparently they were only temporarily dead. Gotta love comics.
Cool scene at the end with Sinestro shooting yellow arrows. I liked it.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 4
Force of Will
This cover is kick ass! Ollie has the ring on, standing over Kyle defending him! This is what the damned book needs! More Ollie less nonOllie people!
A cool fight with Sinestro and Kyle. And then little blue dude saves Kilowog and then Guy and John. Then the various heroes show up to fight Parallax. This section needs less Kilowog and more Ollie. And yes, I know Ollie isn’t at this scene, but I would allow it.
Sinestro is kicking Kyle’s butt, when Ollie shows up and makes an arrow with the ring! This is officially my second favorite part of the entire series. Ollie kicks ass.... somewhat. Apparently that’s all the force of will he has. Then Kyle saves him.
While Alan Scott saves fight Parallax, Parallax says he tried to take over Alan like he did the other GL. Thus, explaining the fever and what not. Hal rips away from Parallax and the Spectre leaves. This is gonna be big later, I promise. Hal’s soul goes back to his body, in what is another cool scene, and reclaims the ring that Ollie wears.
Ollie damn well better get a new ring. Bastard Jordan steals crap again. I hate him soooo much.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 5
Rings
And cool font on the title this time. I liked it. This book is second best just for the font. Huge fight between Hal and Sinestro. Kyle comes in to make the save with GREEN ARROWS! He says the Ollie said hi. The two of them beat down on Sinestro who disappears into a pocket dimension. We get a cool official meeting of the two Green Lanterns, and Hal leads Kyle back to earth to fight Parallax. Parallax sensed a worshiper of fear. It’s Batman of course. Apparently, Parallax took over the little blue dude. I must’ve missed that. Oh well.
Hal and Kyle tell the other GL to fear, and then they can beat Parallax. Suddenly, Batman throws a batarang around Hal and tells him that as long as he’s around, Hal isn’t doing anything.
Cool thing there at the end. I know what you’re thinking “He’s going to say ‘Needs less Guy and more Ollie.’” That’s wrong. Everything needs MORE Guy. This issue would be nice to at least have SOME Ollie in it though.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 6
Brightest Day
Page two has my favorite scene in the entire series. Hal knocks Batman out with one punch. Guy was great in this. “Did you see that? One punch.” If you read Giffen and DeMatteis JLI, you’d have loved that too. If you don’t get the joke, it’s not as cool. But I do, and it’s hysterical.
Just as the JLA is about to go into action, Alan Scott stops them. Good for Alan.
The fight is pretty cool, it shows how each Green Lantern uses his ring, and it’s all quite different. None of the energy is quite the same as they all think in different ways. Another major point for this book. And then when they say the Oath, I got a chill. “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape our sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware our power, Green Lantern’s light!”
After the fight, Guy kisses his ring and John says that he thought Guy didn’t miss it. Guy says that he lied. Batman and Hal have a face to face, and Batman walks away saying “I suppose this universe needs a little more light anyway.” Another good line. This issue is great.
Hammond is back... really I don’t get it. Carol is talking to Hal and I’m bored.
Ollie gives Hal back the power battery and says that he still can’t remember the oath. Hal says he’ll never forget it. End series.
Last issue needs more Ollie. But it’s the best of the bunch. I only have one question left. Where is G’Nort, he’s a Green Lantern, dang it!
Over all: If you like Hal, this is your story. You just want to see a kick ass fight, issue 6 is the one you want. Great fight. Issue 6 raised this from being a 5 to a 6 over all.
Grade: 6 out of ten.
Best moments:
3. John and Guy at the ball game.
2. Ollie using the ring
1. Batman being knocked down by Hal.
Tomorrow: Guardians
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ethan Van Sciver
Green Lantern: Rebirth 1
Blackest Night
First of all, I don’t think this issue represents the blackest night, but that’s just me. It should be noted going into this, I’m not a fan of Hal Jordan. I like Kyle, I like John Stewert, I like Guy Gardner, but I don’t like Hal one bit. He was dead and should stay dead. That being said, I bought this series just for Ollie Queen. He’s one of my favorite characters, though I think he should stay dead as well.
This story is told from Kyle’s perspective, and it shows him crash landing to open up. It has a name. I hope it’s “Leroy” I’ve always liked that name.
On Ferris Airbase, some chick named Carol is there, talking about how it was good times. She finds Hal’s old airplane. Uhmm.. Yay?
Next scene is Guy and John at a ball game. One of my favorite scenes in the entire book, and definitely in the first issue. Guy says that he doesn’t miss the ring anymore, apparently forgetting that he does have a ring from Giffen’s run later on. I’ll forgive it, because I’ve always liked Guy Gardner: Warrior. Hal shows up to attend the game, when everyone in the area starts to admit their sins to him. Guy cheated on his taxes, I am not surprised.
STAR CITY! Mia and Ollie are getting ready to go out and fight crime, when the Black Hand comes in to steal the power ring that Hal left for Ollie waaaay back in issue 18 or so of Green Arrow. I like continuity! Hal turns Black Hand’s hand into coal. I think it’s funny, apparently Ollie doesn’t. Oh well, he can’t be super cool all the time.
Meanwhile, at the Warriors’ Guy blows up. That has to be bad for him.
Coast City is back, apparently. Good for it.
Next scene is that of Hector Hammond. This is something you can ignore, he doesn’t make another appearance until issue six, and then it’s not important.
In the Watchtower, Martian Manhunter, Batman, Superman, John and Doctor Midnight work on Guy.
Wonder Woman and the JSA are exploring the wreckage of the bar, and they find that Hal’s statue is still standing. Batman seems pissed about this. But lately, he’s been pissed about everything. Coast City isn’t back, just Hal’s old apartment. I guess he wanted to go home again. I missed something kind of important later, Sentinel (though he’s been called Green Lantern himself, just can’t remember when he did this) is feeling ill. You’ll see why later, I promise.
John says that without fear, Batman is just a man. Take that you damned crybaby billionaire! This scene needs less John and more Ollie.
Hal goes to see Carol, and I realize I still don’t care.
Do you like Hal Jordan? This issue is for you. Are you like me and don’t have the first idea what’s going on? I hope you like monkeys. It won’t help you understand the book better, but monkeys are cool.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 2
Enemies Within
Based on their this title, I say someone ate a bad burrito.
Good news, Parallax is coming. Kyle’s ring says so. Green Lanterns always confuse me. Damned talking rings.
We get a long scene of Carol and Hal talking. Apparently, Carol’s dad owned airplanes, and Hal’s dad flew them. And Hal’s dad died. It seems very sad. However, I don’t really care much.
Now we get Green Arrow, and my interest has popped back up. However, as Zatanna finds Hal, Batman makes Ollie stay on the Watchtower as a back up plan. I bet he’s still mad that Ollie punched him way back in the early issues of the new GA series. Batman is a dick.
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) has a fever. Seriously, this is explained later and not just a throw away line, I promise.
The JLA accuse Hal of making Coast City come back and hurting Guy. But Hal says he didn’t. Batman doesn’t believe him and John wigs out. He beats the living heck out of the JLA, and when Hal tries to interfere, the Spectre makes him leave.
In the Watchtower, Arrow’s ring replicates itself, and Guy gets the power of the Green Lantern again. Guy blows up the Watchtower. Again. Damn, you’d think these people could protect their base better than that. Why even bother to rebuild it? Sheesh.
Kilowog, who I was fairly certain was dead, shows up to fight Kyle. One of the blue Guardian guys show up and threaten Kilowog saying that Hal’s body is under his protection. I am so confused.
Ollie has a Green Lantern ring! I already knew that. And John beat up the JLA, about damned time.... this issue hurt my head. This needed less Hal and more Ollie. As does nearly everything in life.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 3
Yellow
I just wanna yell the name of this. YELLOW! Now the cat is looking at me strange... oh well.
Ganthet, the little blue dude, fights Kilowog. Parallax tells Hal that they recreated Coast City. Hal and the Spectre and Parallax fights over Hal’s body.... Or something...
Kyle and Ollie end up talking, and this is the most impressive bit for me. Apparently Parallax is a thing, that is the yellow embodiment of fear. And it was stuck in the GL Power battery on Oa. Apparently, it hit inside Hal. If this makes sense to anyone, please let me know what the heck it’s talking about. This scene needs less Kyle and more Ollie. As does most things in life.
Apparently Hal lost the fight, and Parallax gets control of the body. Good for it.
Kyle and Ollie are attacked by Sinestro, who I thought was dead, but I thought a lot of people were dead. Apparently they were only temporarily dead. Gotta love comics.
Cool scene at the end with Sinestro shooting yellow arrows. I liked it.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 4
Force of Will
This cover is kick ass! Ollie has the ring on, standing over Kyle defending him! This is what the damned book needs! More Ollie less nonOllie people!
A cool fight with Sinestro and Kyle. And then little blue dude saves Kilowog and then Guy and John. Then the various heroes show up to fight Parallax. This section needs less Kilowog and more Ollie. And yes, I know Ollie isn’t at this scene, but I would allow it.
Sinestro is kicking Kyle’s butt, when Ollie shows up and makes an arrow with the ring! This is officially my second favorite part of the entire series. Ollie kicks ass.... somewhat. Apparently that’s all the force of will he has. Then Kyle saves him.
While Alan Scott saves fight Parallax, Parallax says he tried to take over Alan like he did the other GL. Thus, explaining the fever and what not. Hal rips away from Parallax and the Spectre leaves. This is gonna be big later, I promise. Hal’s soul goes back to his body, in what is another cool scene, and reclaims the ring that Ollie wears.
Ollie damn well better get a new ring. Bastard Jordan steals crap again. I hate him soooo much.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 5
Rings
And cool font on the title this time. I liked it. This book is second best just for the font. Huge fight between Hal and Sinestro. Kyle comes in to make the save with GREEN ARROWS! He says the Ollie said hi. The two of them beat down on Sinestro who disappears into a pocket dimension. We get a cool official meeting of the two Green Lanterns, and Hal leads Kyle back to earth to fight Parallax. Parallax sensed a worshiper of fear. It’s Batman of course. Apparently, Parallax took over the little blue dude. I must’ve missed that. Oh well.
Hal and Kyle tell the other GL to fear, and then they can beat Parallax. Suddenly, Batman throws a batarang around Hal and tells him that as long as he’s around, Hal isn’t doing anything.
Cool thing there at the end. I know what you’re thinking “He’s going to say ‘Needs less Guy and more Ollie.’” That’s wrong. Everything needs MORE Guy. This issue would be nice to at least have SOME Ollie in it though.
Green Lantern: Rebirth 6
Brightest Day
Page two has my favorite scene in the entire series. Hal knocks Batman out with one punch. Guy was great in this. “Did you see that? One punch.” If you read Giffen and DeMatteis JLI, you’d have loved that too. If you don’t get the joke, it’s not as cool. But I do, and it’s hysterical.
Just as the JLA is about to go into action, Alan Scott stops them. Good for Alan.
The fight is pretty cool, it shows how each Green Lantern uses his ring, and it’s all quite different. None of the energy is quite the same as they all think in different ways. Another major point for this book. And then when they say the Oath, I got a chill. “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape our sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware our power, Green Lantern’s light!”
After the fight, Guy kisses his ring and John says that he thought Guy didn’t miss it. Guy says that he lied. Batman and Hal have a face to face, and Batman walks away saying “I suppose this universe needs a little more light anyway.” Another good line. This issue is great.
Hammond is back... really I don’t get it. Carol is talking to Hal and I’m bored.
Ollie gives Hal back the power battery and says that he still can’t remember the oath. Hal says he’ll never forget it. End series.
Last issue needs more Ollie. But it’s the best of the bunch. I only have one question left. Where is G’Nort, he’s a Green Lantern, dang it!
Over all: If you like Hal, this is your story. You just want to see a kick ass fight, issue 6 is the one you want. Great fight. Issue 6 raised this from being a 5 to a 6 over all.
Grade: 6 out of ten.
Best moments:
3. John and Guy at the ball game.
2. Ollie using the ring
1. Batman being knocked down by Hal.
Tomorrow: Guardians
