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Geoff talks future plans for GL:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=149332

Not being a big GL fan until the Sinestro Corps War, I had never noticed the Guardians using Interlac before. Is their usage of Interlac to write the laws in the book of Oa a first?

Also good to see(via Stealth's link) that Rond Vidar is still around, and a Green Lantern! I hope the other lantern is Celeste McCauley. I always liked her. But there's only two left?

So, let's see. After Peter Tomasi got off to a promising start on GLC, we've gotten what I assumed was a 2-part fill-in by a different writer, but the ending in the new issue of GLC dovetails with the ending of last week's GL issue. Then I remembered that Geoff has been talking lately about having the Superman books make one story together. It looks like the same is now happening to GL & GLC. I'm not pleased with this, because I liked the way each book had its own identity. I wonder if this is why Dave Gibbons left and I wonder whether Peter Tomasi will be back.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=150409

This is what I've long wanted the JLA to be. I'm there. And Congorilla rocks!

Awesome news! Hopefully this will actually pay off what I've been hoping for since Hal was announced for Meltzer's JLA cuz that was a total disappointment. The fact that it's Robinson is what's giving me real hope this time.

I love seeing Hal and Ollie together - they're just as important a friendship as Batman /Superman but more realistic imo. I wonder where Dinah will be? To me Hal, Ollie and Dinah are a more exciting Trinity.

"Secret Origins" part 1 has hit and I thought it was wonderful. A lot of these scenes we've seen already, but it was great to see an interesting, strong story with a young Hal that really engaged me. Great start, and the change in pace is very welcome.

Loved the notion of a Hal/John fight when they were both young men in the service. I like the friendship Geoff (and now McDuffie) has shown them grow into.

So, I can breathe easier now because Peter Tomasi is still writing GLC, and he's proving himself to be as good as Dave Gibbons at keep the interplay animated and staying true to all their voices.

I guess enough time has passed (two years plus) to bring back the Black Mercy plants, but, really, how much more can be done with them at this point?

I haven't read the GLC with the Black Mercies yet, but how much more do they need to do? They just seem like a plot device to give us some insight into a character's mind. It's just a matter of throwing different characters at them to see what lurks within any given character.

Peter Tomasi's deft handling of GLC's large ensemble cast and his surprisingly fresh angle on the Black Mercy has erased any doubts I had about him being a worthy successor to previous GLC writer Dave Gibbons. In fact, I'm now convinced that Tomasi would be a good fit on JLA or even LSH!

A question for GL fans: I've just ordered both Volumes of the Sinestro Corps Wars hardcovers from In-Stock Trades based on all the buzz the storyline got. The problem is there's a third volume collecting all the specials/one-shots. How important are they to the overall storyline? Would you say they're essential? If not, are they particularly good stories, "must reads", so much that I should definitely pick that one up too?

HELP!!!!

Lardy, IIRC, a lot of the one-shots are not essential. I remember being slightly bored with the Ion and Cyborg Superman one-shots.

The Superboy Prime one-shot was pretty good and worth a read, though it was really an all-action issue more than anything. If you can find that one without getting the whole trade, I'd do that. I can't remember if there were any others...

I'm really liking the retelling of GL's origin thus far. I especially like the added depth to Hal's personal life and his ties to Ferris. I can anticipate a problem down the line though the same way that "Emerald Dawn" had Hal's origin tied to a specific threat, this retelling is tying Hal's origin to the "Blackest Night" so that any retelling or revisitation to his origin would have to go to great lengths to either explain the specifics of Abin Sur's crash or go to great lengths to avoid it.

Superman, Batman and Hal's original origin were stand-alone, which made them much easier to recap.

I was really excited about the Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns special (which has bupkiss to do with Final Crisis, so I'm talking about it in this thread), especially after the great conclusion to the Secret Origin arc in the GL monthly. I was so excited, I put it ahead of everything else today. Well...

It's just okay for the most part, despite an inking style that recalls 90s Image (the pencils themselves aren't bad.)

But then there's that last page...

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Saint Walker?? Between this and the lame never-ending story in JSoA, Johns is showing signs of burnout. And someone actually got paid for designing that lame mask? This doesn't bode well for Blackest Night.</span></span>

I don't think it was a mask. He showed up already in the conclusion of the Sinstro Corps.

Other then that, cats are mean man.

Even if it's not a mask, it still looks lame.

And if he already showed up and I didn't remember him, it just shows how uninteresting he is.

Is Saint Walker a character I should recognize other than the appearance in Sinestro Corps, is that an entirely new character?

Yes. He's the Blue Lantern who's getting the spotlight.

Catching up on a few comics I think have been fantastic tonight...

...the "Secret Origins" arc in Gl has been simply fantastic. Johns has done so much here: shown a wide range of motivations and internal motivations for Hal; made Carol genuinely attractive and likeable personality-wise (as the artist made her attractive the other way), made Hector Hammond really creepy and therefore frightening, showcased the awesomeness of Sinestro, the Corps, Kilowog and now Atrocitus, further built upon the strong foundation of the GL mythos with Abin Sur, Sinestro, Tomar-Re, and others, and ultimately just given us a damn fine story full of characterization, a real internal point, and an external point relating to current events.

It was the perfect follow-up to Sinestro Corps. Bring on Rage of the Red Lanters!

One of my favorite parts is the friendship showed between Hal and John. I don't need them to be best friends; but I love them as 'buddies'. Its done just right and not over the top.

I'm more intrigued by the whole "Power Levels at 200%" thing that was going on with Hal's ring....

Let's hope Hal gets to do something with all that extra power instead of just feeding Manhunters.

"made Carol genuinely attractive and likeable personality-wise"

After decades of it going the other way, how is that even possible???

That's the reason I mentioned it! Outside of 'New Frontier', I don't think I've felt anything but utter loathing for Carol!

(small voice) <span style="font-size: 10px;">Carol's one of my favourite super-hero girlfriends.</span>

He was shown in the War of Light. That big two page spread future peak.

And I still think cats are mean.

I do seem to recall Geoff Johns wrote Carol pretty decently. This is the same guy, of course, who wrote Kyle decently. And John. And GUY GARDNER, for cryin' out loud!

His track record with Hal has been about average, though... (him joining the armed forces, and going into combat without his ring, etc... it's gotta make you shake your head, especially after the previous 15 years).


Even so, I still have those Len Wein-Dave Gibbons issues clearly in my mind, and the Steve Englehart-Joe Staon issues that followed...

^^^ That's not Carol you were disliking in those issues prof. It was the Predator.