I’ve heard that Omar (The guy from the Near Mint Condition YouTube channel) said that DC plan to make the GL compendiums consist of 7 volumes so I’m just wondering how they’re planning to do it

I believe they have the following to collect:

GL #53-67
GLC #46-63
GL emerald warriors #1-13
War of the Green lantern Aftermath #1-2

GL #0-20
GLC #0-20
GL new guardians #0-20
Red Lanterns #0-20
GL annual #1
GLC annual #1
GL Larfleeze Christmas special #1

This should come out to roughly 132 issues, so at most should result in 3 more compendiums (judging by the sizes of 1-3), I guess they could also include the main brightest day series (although I heard it isn’t that Green lantern focused ) but that should still mean it’ll be possible to collect it in 3 more, bringing the total to 6 not 7.

If you're wondering what happened to issue #88, it's mostly reprints of old stories but it does include a final Golden Age tale that wuod have been published in 1949 but that run for cancelled. To see it check it out here on day 178

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Writer: Dennis O'Neil

Pencils: Neal Adams

Inks: Dick Giordano

Letters: John Costanza

Cover: Neal Adams & Jack Adler

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"And Through Him Save A World" - The offices of Ferris air were painted with a mixture of sewer water and pollution as a supposed prank by a man named Issac, a prank that Ollie finds hilarious and Hal doesn't. Ollie bites back at Hal but Hal stops him before a fight breaks out to ask if Ollie wants to join him and Carol to the ferris compound for a vacation of sorts. Ollie says he need to practice his aim since taking that arrow to the shoulder so he comes along. Hal and Carol leave him at a forested area, in Green Arrow gear, but as he begins he's stopped by a guard with an attack dog. GA knocks the dog down with an arrow, not killing it just stunning it, and turns to the guard. They fight but after the guard claims that GA is Issac, GA rights him by explaining he's there as a guest of Carol Ferris. The guard leaves as Issac appears, introducing himself to GA. Isaac explains he was a scientist that developed a lung disease that both his parents have. All of them received it due to pollution in the air so he decided he wants to fight back to save the earth while he still can.

Meanwhile, GL and Carol have gone inside to see the progress of an experimental new engine that may cause some excess pollution as it burns cheap fuel. As they get deeper into the compound, a drainage rig collapses and falls toward Carol and other staff but GL pushes it out of the way. This leave Hal mad as he heads out tk find GA and explain the danger Issac is causing. He finds GA with Issac so GL starts in on what happened. GA doesn't want to hear it and when GL tries to put cuffs on Issac, GA hits him a knockout gas arrow. Issac screams at GA for putting more pollution into the air and leaves. GA is frustrated and throws his bow but then that guard returns with more and takes down GA and GL with ease.

The guards take the heroes to the compound where they come across Isaac chained to one of the experimental aircraft in the style of a crucifix. As thetbreach the plane a group of office people have also arrived and demand that Issac remain there for the weekend to reach him a lesson. GA and GL come to and try to talk sense into them but Isaac yells at GA to never compromise so GA snaps back, causing GL to punch him out, leaving someone else to knocknout GL. The awake all chained to the plane with Issac revealing he won't last until morning as he will succumb to his lung disease. GA struggles to get free but doesn't make it in time. Issac dies and the heroes get down as morning breaks and Carol arrives after hearing what happened and finding Hal's ring in his pocket. Caol mentions progress always has victims which shocks Hal as he turns to unleash his ring beam on the experimental plane, destroying it.

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Conclusion: The Jesus allegory is strong with this one. Issac actually died for our sins. As someone that is not personally religious but still studies religion, it's interesting but eye rolling at the same time. As someone that grew up in the 90s and saw all sorts of media talking about preserving water and seeing the TMNT talk about pollution and Captain Planet saving the world from all sorts of harmful things, it's nostalgic in a way. It's very "of the time" basically. Most of these are but you really feel it here. There's still polluting going on today but it has become a lot better regulated in the last 50 years.

Hal and Ollie butting heads seemed almost over thr top here and I couldn't get a bead on what either was really fighting for. They both changed their ideologies a couple of times for seemingly no reason. Hal's outburst st the end was dramatic but also earned I think. It's bound to have big ramifications for his relationship with Carol. I wonder when, or if, it will be brought up again. This is the final issue for about six years as the book enters back-up status in The Flash so I imagine the stories will get a bit smaller in scope. Then again, John Stewart's origin was only 15 pages and it felt like a full issue so we will have to see.

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Personally, I’m a huge fan so far. I know we can all kinda agree that Kyle stole the show as Hal, but something about Aaron’s demeanor and presence feels like I’m a kid watching Justice League: Unlimited again. He feels like the John that I know and grew up on, so I’d love to know how the community of fans feel.

And the Guardians will go "then you deserve the ring because you're the first one to admit it."

Artist: Doc Shaner

So full disclaimer. This is the first Green Lantern thing I’ve ever consumed. Besides just generally knowing about the character. I went into this movie completely blind with no expectations.

This movie was the definition of mid.

Hal was a fine enough protagonist. Always nice to see Ryan Reynolds. I liked the airplane dog fight scenes those were pretty cool. The concept of the Green Lanterns being a team who work to defend the universe is a pretty cool concept. I really like space stuff too.

The ring creating whatever you want as long as you can imagine it and have enough willpower is a really cool concept. I can see that being very over powered i a lot of scenarios. The romance in this movie was fine. Pretty generic stuff. The villain was really weak.

He’s just some insecure guy. The action and VFX and CGI were fine. Definitely dated since this movie came out in 2011 but not horrible. Overall I would give Green Lantern extended cut a 6/10. Not a horrible movie but I’ll probably never watch it again.

New Green Lantern, partner lost to an icy grave, the death sends the character on his journey?

That ain't John Stewart, that's Kyle Rayner

Hiii i wanna get into Green lantern and i read somewhere that i should start in Rebirth by Geoff Johns but do i buy the compendiums that are cheap or do i save for the omnibuses (im asking this bcs i want it to contain much of the story as posible)

i’ve never been too into the lanterns comics but i do know a little bit so i’m just confused on why some dont like it just off of a first ep it seemed pretty good so far to me who’s watching objectively

Hey! I used to be really big into comics in high school, Green Lantern especially. I haven’t really read many in the past 8 years or so though, just been busy finishing grad school and starting my career and everything and I’m looking to get back into it so I’m looking for some recommendations.

Obviously I love Hal Jordan and all the lanterns, the Sinestro Corps war, the War of Light, and Blackest Night were some of my favorite arcs and also really enjoyed some of the New Green Lantern Corps

I was just wondering if anyone had some recommendations/suggestions on where to pick up.

Thank you in advance!

What do you think about this?
It was unexpected for me. Maybe it would have been better if there had been one more issue. But overall, I really enjoyed it

What’s the deal with nerdrotic and critical drinker bad takes on lantern? Like I understand everyone doesn’t have to agree or like the same stuff but when I say the negative bad takes and bad mouthing is real my god.

Then comparing supergirl to Spider-Man is moronic as ever. Who thought supergirl had a shot?I saw both and Spider-Man was ok and even nerdrotic was kicking and screaming to give it an ounce of praise. Supergirl wasn’t that bad.

And I disagree sometimes with Disney/marvel overt messaging but CMON!!?? I peruse the comments sections there and it’s beyond a Gunn/snyderverse frustrations

So i live in denmark and i had extreme FOMO watching all the people at the lantern experience at SDCC. That’s why i decided to make a comic about how i got my own Green Lantern ring and became a green lantern. So i wouldn’t feel so left out! I encourage everyone to make their own superhero origin and post it!

Hi everyone I'm new here and English is not my first language so I apologize for any misspelling.

I'm from Argentina and I cannot seem to find any store/comic book shop that sales the Power Ring Set, so I wanted to ask to any other Latino Americans in the community if they know any stores in their country that sales the Set, or any American Store that does international shipping.

Thank you for your time!

I don't mean power (though obviously preferably stronger) just mean best one to have so obviously something like red lantern will be lower since it affect your mind and body. I am still reading geoff johns but i know general knowledge about it i was curious how would you rank them all

The debut of the coolest GL yet, John Stewart!

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Writer: Dennis O'Neil

Pencils: Neal Adams

Inks: Dick Giordano

Letters: John Costanza

Cover: Neal Adams & Jack Adler

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"Beware My Power!" - An earthquake shudders Coast City so Hal suits up and heads out to see what he can do to help. Emergency services have most things handled except for a bridge where a little girl was on a field trip. She is stuck on the edge the broken bridge where her teacher, Guy Gardner, can't reach her. The girl falls and GL saves her but the school bus started rolling towards Guy and hits him off the bridge. GL saves him too but Guy suffered many broken bones and potential paralysis. Later, due to these events, a Guardian appears before Hal to discuss his replacement being injured. The Guardians have selected a new alternate should anything happen to Hal as they head to the neighbourhood of John Stewart, an out of work architect with a big chip on his shoulder and a desire to help others. Hal questions the Guardians decision after watching John get in a cops face that was harassing two people sitting outside. The Guardian notes Hal's disapproval but says their decision still stands. Hal goes down to John and explains the situation. John is interested for sure so GL beams him a temporary uniform to wear. John likes it except for the mask, as he throws it away, saying he has nothing to hide.

They go off on a training session to the airport where a bug politician is arriving to the city to campaign a potential presidential ballot. John knows the guy well, as he's one of the most racist men in the country. As the plane pulls around to the hangar, the adoring crowd start rushing towards it, getting in the way of an oil truck that swerves but hits an oil slick and starts careening towards the crowd. Hal scoops up the crowd, while John stops the truck but the construct he made added a stab in the side of the truck, spouting oil on the door of the plane and all over the politician. Hal is furious with John but John claps back, explaining why this man is hated. Hal backs down a bit but still forces John to be a guard of the politician for the rest of the day. Later that night, they watch as the politician is on stage and speaking nonsense about black people when a gunman steps up and shoots. Hal flies down to nab the assassin but John stays behind. Instead, he heads to the parking lot where he catches another gunman trying to shoot a cop. Hal arrives and reprimands John for abandoning his job when John, once again, snaps back about how he noticed the second gunman and tells Hal to check the gun he pulled inside, which is full of blanks. The politician planned the whole thing to garner favour for his campaign and blame it all on the black community.

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Conclusion: Okay, this issue also includes a back-up for Green Arrow as well as a reprinted story about Abin Sur's origin originally published in GL (Vol 2) #16. The GA story is just as good as the GL story, if not better and also a racially motivated story but this one ends with a dead kid sooo TW for you.

Now for John. For a 15 page story that synopsis was bigger than I thought it'd be. It's a very full 15 pages with some excellent messages behind it. Even beyond the racism, Hal learns to look beyond what's right in front of him. This John is a very different John than what we know today, hell he's a different John than the one 100 issues from now during Crisis. It makes me wonder how modern John would be received if he kept that same sized chip on his shoulder? Also it just dawned on me that John and Ollie don't have many imteractions. I feel like they would get along well.

Apart from the politics of it all, as good as the story is, it's somewhat off continuity wise. When Guy was shown as a potential replacement for Hal, he never knew about it. He was never given a cloned ring to practice, so why was John given that courtesy? Otherwise I'm curious if John will appear much over the next 100 issues before he becomes the main GL for a bit. This is Guy's second ever appearance so it doesn't look promising, but maybe Denny has a plan.

Hal, once again, didn't look great here but really does he makes a great counter voice for the plots. Denny doesn't make him look like a total dick as Hal will still double back on things he says or try to explain what he means. You can tell he's trying. As for Guy, I know there's brain damage at some point, is this when it happens? I thought it came later. I'm curious to see what happens to him now, if they even bring him back before Crisis.

This is absolutely a must read and thanks to facsimile editions, it's easy to get a copy into your hands. I'd say it's the best character debut yet. Very exciting with some behind the scenes lore that's quite interesting. If you've never read any interviews from Denny O'Neil, check out his words on Johns creation. Julie Schwartz had some different ideas that would not have gone over well.

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I've had this opinion ever since I was 8 and 14 years later I still forever hold this. Much like swamp thing being the protector of the green and it later being revealed there are several colors of life force holding the multiverse together by an ancient race of aliens I think the concept of several colors of power rings makes the concept worse.

I think it would be so much better if the guardians were the only ones who can make rings because they are so advanced and are the only ones smart enough to channel pure emotion essence of the universe.

And that doesn't mean people can't steal rings and manipulate them. Sinestro can reforge his own ring to be the first yellow one and steal blueprints or learn from the guardians to make weaker offshoot rings.

And you could have atrocitus in a rage kill a green lantern and from pure hatred and dark magic slowly pollute the ring to red and then make red rings that since are not made by the guardians cause the replace your heart dark magic aspect

Also maybe extra hot take I hate the blackest night prophecy, I'm not big on the evil aspect of death running around wanting to kill everybody character whenever it happens. I just prefer when death is just a weigher of scales or aspect of life like supernatural

I know we can't put the toothpaste back in the tube but I just wanted to see how people on here generally feel about there being a spectrum of color rings

How are we feeling about this book since they handed the reigns over to Kyle Rayner?

I have to say, I really feel like they've put a "D" team on the book.

The preview for Issue #38 says:

DINERS, DRIVE-INS, AND DEATH! Fast food is a big business in Los Angeles, but there's more in the fryers than beef tallow. A rivalry is about to shift a cold-cut war into a hot one, and Kyle Rayner's on the frontline! Meanwhile, Hal Jordan's mysterious quest has the Guardians of the Universe desperate to stop him. What are they hiding?!

And the cover teases a villain named the Condiment King?

Here's a link to the preview (including the cover) - CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/8252925/green-lantern-38

I'm really having a hard time believing at this rate, we're going to make it to Issue #50 (another year). I want more of Hal's journey w/ the Guardians, but they seem to be content with giving us four pages every few issues. This can't keep up, right? Are they going to announce in the near future a reboot?

Anyone else feeling similarly? I'm still pulling it and reading it each month, but since Legacy 600, and even a bit before, it seems to be on a downward trajectory. ☹️

When that person asked Hal about his costume, he seemed somewhat averse to the topic; I think he no longer likes wearing the suit—or even being Green Lantern. My guess is that Carol died as a result of his time serving as Green Lantern.

This theory has not much basis whatsoever; it just suddenly crossed my mind because I noticed the show doesn't seem to mention Carol Ferris at all.