GOOD THING: This series has a great set-up. Tomasi continues his fine work on Green Lantern Corps with the novel premise of Guy Gardner becoming a deep space explorer. This would be a great idea for a series even without the additional hook of some kind of secret deal being brokered between Guy Gardner, the former Guardian Ganthet and the Red Lantern Corps leader Atrocitus.
BAD THING: We still don't have any insight as to just what this deal entails or just why Guy Gardner feels this is going to forever make Hal Jordan his enemy. A hint would have been nice.
The Final Verdict: A solid start for a series that promises to be something special.
I pretty much had the same take on the series opener. I mean, give us a little tease or something about what's going on.
ReplyDeleteOh, we got a tease. But a clue would be better.
ReplyDeleteI trust in Tomasi, he has earned it from me. The potential for this book is crazy, and in one issue I feel it is blowing away Bedard's GLC book. Of course Bedard is coming off a phenomenal Tomasi run.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Bedard does have a tough act to follow. But I like what he's been doing so far, even if he HAS brought back the Cyborg Superman. Again.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea, but the writing has just not grabbed me. Kyle is my favorite Lantern, and I have no interest in the book. I don't think Bedard is a bad writer, I just don't feel that click. I hope it does, but his book is so close to the chopping block for me.
ReplyDeleteThough to be fair, lots of stuff is getting close to being dropped. I am getting more than I ever had, thanks to actually being interested in The Avengers for the first time in ages, then I read a few issues and remembered Bendis was writing them. Yay. And I am overloaded on GL with 3 books. Add in the fact Joe Q should never be allowed to write Spider-man, ever and the art, my god MJ looks awful, well, she looks like a typical woman, which MJ was never supposed to be. OMIT, needs to be omitted.
I'm sorry. You started talking about Marvel and all I read after was Suck Suck Suck Suck Suck Suck Suck. ;)
ReplyDeleteFair enough. But Marvel always has some good stuff going, it is just rarely the Marquee books. DC more often has something great going in the big books (Bats, Supes, JLA), than Marvel has in theirs (Avengers, New, Spidey (when Kelly isn't writing, when he is it is top tier). I contend than most of Marvel's issues come from 3 sources, Q, Bendis, and Loeb.
ReplyDeleteDC though, right now is pretty exciting. Action Comics is ridiculous especially, first time since I have been back in comics that I have read one of the old school DC books. Honestly, for both companies, the smaller periphery books are the best.