![]() After wandering around aimless for a while, an editorial policy in the 1990s decided to spark things up by turning him into a genocidal supervillian who murdered his friends and colleagues. In the 1970s he travelled the world as the voice of ‘the man’ to Green Arrow’s ‘the liberal’ in a series of social commentaries that weren’t the most subtle or nuanced (it was like a left-/right-wing buddy movie), but made a few serious points. In fairness to the character of Hal Jordan – who has held the Green Lantern title on and off since 1960 – he has never seemed to have found a niche. Johns gives the series a focus and a goal to aim at and – in doing so – manages to give it momentum and direction as well. The Green Lantern has a very jumbled publication history and has always lacked a lot of focus and clarity. And I’m not just talking about Hal Jordan. Still, this collection actually makes a better “jumping on” point.Īnyway, so we’re here following John’s carefully paced revival of a fallen superhero. I just wish I’d held off on buying the Sinestro Corps War books – they’ll likely get the Absolute treatment too. ![]() ![]() So I’ll get that in 2010 and review it then. ![]() Note: As Green Lantern: Rebirth is receiving an Absolute Edition next year, I held off on buying the trade. Yeah, exposition tends to really kill those big moments, doesn't it? ![]()
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