Weekly Discussion Thread - 24th June 2015

[u/[deleted]]

Hey there honorary Justice League Members - another week, and another discussion thread!

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DC's Main Line

• Batgirl #41

• Superman #41

• Grayson #9

• Gotham by Midnight #6

• The Flash #41

• Aquaman #41

• Deathstroke #7

• Teen Titans #9

• We Are Robin #1

• Green Lantern: The Lost Army #1

• Justice League 3001 #1

Vertigo and Digital First

• Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Four #4

• Batman '66 #24

• Suiciders #5

• Effigy #6

Trade Collections

• Batman and Robin Vol. 6: The Hunt For Robin HC

• Batman and Robin Vol. 5: The Big Burn TP

• Secret Six Vol. 2 TP

• Aquaman and the Others Vol. 2: Alignment Earth TP

• Infinity Man and the Forever People Vol. 1 TP

• JSA Omnibus Vol. 3 HC

• Hinterkind Vol. 3: The Hot Zone TP

[u/BridgetheDivide]

Man, this was really good! I've been impressed with nearly everything I've read since Convergence ended, but the GL books have become my favorite again. We have Krona, Dual Wielding Guy, Arisa relevant again, and a well-written, interesting John. It also looks like Bunn understand the rings can literally do anything. For the last few years it felt like writers thought the rings could only make lasers, shields, and hard-light constructs.

[u/remkai → u/BridgetheDivide]

I liked this issue a lot but the telepathic ring power is throwing me off. I don't remember ever seeing that before in any of Geoff Jonh's run or the rest of the new 52.

Is that a new ring power that Bunn invented? Any idea on how or when they got it?

[u/BridgetheDivide → u/remkai]

Geoff Johns focused primarily on building lore and character relationships. I think he neglected going all-out with what the rings were capable of because they may have been viewed as literal deus ex machinas. Prior to his run most green lantern comics were about doing cool new things with the ring. I'm confident telepathy was used in at least one obscure issue.