Sinestro Corps War

Mr. K

I just picked up the three TPB relating to this arc and I'm really impressed. I'd read Rebirth a few years ago and I intend to read Blackest Night at some point. It seems that Green Lantern comics feature some of the highest quality mainstream superhero stories these days, has anyone any thoughts or recommendations? I've heard bad things about the stories where Hal becomes Parallax!

niall mc cann

I like how Johns writes Hal, it's the engine that drives his GL books. His relationship with his dad, his relationship with Sinestro... I do have a bit of an annoying niggle at the back of my mind that it's fanboy pandering... Sinestro Corps War was not a lot beyond one or two huge fight scenes. It hung quite well on the Hal/Sinestro relationship, but that took up maybe half of an issue out of the whole thing.

I like Superheroes, so I like the big fight scenes, but it did feel a little bit like padding to me. It's the snob in me, I suppose. I enjoyed it, overall. I picked up Secret Origins, I will pick up Blackest Night when they collect it.

Johns hasn't done anything as good as his early Flash work, for me. Including his Superman.

grumula

Dont put off reading emerald twilight, its actually quite good, on the whole rebirth front, i did think it was a bit tacky how they ret-cond Hal going nuts and created a half assed explanation that leaves Hal looking still whiter than white(even though he's my favourite GL). but in the long run they're actually getting some great arcs out of it now

Lame Lantern

Johns' big talent is being able to handle massive crossover or "event" arcs while remaining specific to characters. The last issue of Green Lantern (out last week I think) had some very nice Sinestro moments in spite of this humongous Blackest Night story running across both GL titles as well as the core miniseries. He's good people. Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds is also worth reading and is a good example of Johns knowing his business.

Sleazus

I've read all the Green Lantern TBP in Johns' run (so far) and found a fairly massive lull in quality between Rebirth and Sinestro Corps Wars. There were some lovely character moments, but it felt a lot like continuity porn - the "Gremlin" arc in particular. It seems that the stories between Sinestro Corps and Blackest Night are a lot better - I love the Hal/Sinestro dynamic in Rage of the Red lanterns, for example.

Part of me is wondering - since Johns is so heavily rewriting Hal Jordon's history (what with Parallax and Secret Origins and all) are we going to see more of the "fall of Sinestro". I know it's been covered by other artists (notably in the sequel to Emerald Dawn, but Johns has only given us a panel or two on this, which would seem to be a defining moment in their relationship (and he did focus a lot on their earlier relationship throughout his arc).

Mal-Adjusted

grumula wrote: »

Dont put off reading emerald twilight, its actually quite good, on the whole rebirth front, i did think it was a bit tacky how they ret-cond Hal going nuts and created a half assed explanation that leaves Hal looking still whiter than white(even though he's my favourite GL). but in the long run they're actually getting some great arcs out of it now

yeah...but it was necessary. crazy Hal leading to dead Hal was an unnecessary, half arsed ploy that didn't really work. the only way to erase this mistake without mentally ****ing Hal was to go down the whole "posession" road. I mean, do you WANT him to end up like Speedball after Civil War?:eek:

Mal-Adjusted

lol

Ridley

You know what they say about people who talk to themselves.