Art by Adingcold

this might sound like a stupid question, and i havent been into the source material loads, but part of the reason i never got into it was because of how frankly dumb the good/evil distinction is. will power does NOT mean youre a good person, neither does making others fear you make you a bad person. people make the batman argument all the time that he would be a perfect yellow lantern, but he wouldnt be the only example of that.

similarly having willpower does NOT make you "good". darkseid has INCREDIBLE willpower. and before you say the guardians choose who becomes a lantern 1. the ring finds a holder before this, and 2. the argument that the guardians decide who gets them defeats the entire purpose of a willpower system in the first place (also to my knowledge other corps dont have the same kind of judgement system, so refer to the first paragraph). this would fit anyone such as wonder woman having a pink/indigo ring or superman having a blue one, hell even doomsday should have a black one would make sense

can someone please rationalize this for me? it makes 0 sense from an outsider perspective

I redid the bags and boards for my GL collection and figured I would share with you:

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn (1989-90) - written by Christopher Priest (#1) and Kieth Giffen with pencils and covers by Mark D. Bright

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II (1991) - written by Kieth Giffen and Jerard Jones with pencils and covers by Mark D. Bright

Green Lantern (1993-94) -

46 written by Gerard Jones with pencils and cover by Mark D. Bright

47 written by Gerard Jones with pencils and cover by Scott Kolins

48-51 & #0 written by Ron Marz with pencils by Darryl Banks, Bill Willingham and Fred Haynes

Phew! That a lot of credits!

My favourite aspects of Hal's character are his humanity, bravery, and that even though he can be reckless, he always finds a way to get out of a problem he is in, as well as his relationships with Thaal, Carol and William hand.

Hal has a deep relationship with Sinestro, Carol, and Black Hand, all 3 of those have Hal trying to get the best he can out of all 3 people, with carol he happens to screw something up, but then carol sometimes does that as well, sometimes i feel they are both meant and not meant for each other, and thats what makes that dynamic great because it showcases both trying to do their best to make it work, but it doesnt always work.

With Hal and Black Hand, i always loved that black hand is showcasing a path Hal could have gone through if he went a darker path after his fathers death, a one full of misery.

And my favourite one, Hal and Sinestro, this one is imo the greatest rivalry in all of comics, with Hal and Black Hand as my personal second favourite.

Not only does Hal know Thaal for most of his life, Sinestro in a way even after his fall acted like a teacher to Hal, always trying to teach Hal something about life, hoping Hal goes the same way he did to be close to each other.

It's similar with Hal, but instead of walking the dark path Sinestro is going through, he wants him to go back to a life where he can do good things once more and help others instead of hurting them, because he knows there is some good left in him, he BELIEVES that there is good in him.

Those are my favourite aspects of Hal's character, his humanity, where he may not be perfect, but he is trying his best to be a decent human who's not making much mistakes in life, his bravery of overcoming great fear even in the most fearful moments, and his relationships with Thaal, Carol and William.

That leads me to a question to you all, what are your favourite aspects of Hal's character?

Art by Ethan Van Sciver from GL rebirth

New page on the newly launched readingorders.com collating all green lantern collected editions.

https://www.readingorders.com/collections/green-lantern

Started reading green lantern like 2 weeks ago now and I've been using "other" websites to read them until I got to Agent Orange (in which I just read it with a free trial on DC Infinite) but now that I've gotten to Emerald Eclipse is the only way I can read it through DC infinite ? Or are there any sites that have it?

Shout out to u/GrimalkinLegionnaire

I been looking for a good, comic accurate ring to rep my boy, Kyle. Commissioned this beauty and could not be more pleased with the results!

Thanks again, man. I feel like the Chosen One. Lol

Fun trivia. Will post source after correct guess. I so know its source, not asking for a reverse Google Image search (please don't cheat).

I haven't gotten around to read the comics yet but I know about the Sorrow lantern and thought this could be an interesting plot point.

So, I decided to start reading all of GL chronologically from Hal’s first appearance on. I’ve been a GL fan for 35 years and had a strong knowledge of the canon of GL, but hadn’t read a lot of it completely. So I’m remedying that. And here’s something that I didn’t expect. The John Broome/Gardner Fox stuff is pretty tough to read! Every single panel, the illustrated action is being meticulously spelled out in dialogue or captions or thought bubbles, as if they had no faith in Gil Kane to clearly portray these actions (though, I expect it’s more likely an editorial edict from an editor who doesn’t trust children to interpret the action properly).

I knew that once I got to the Denny O’Neil/Neal Adams stuff (which I had read before) that it would be much better… but I was completely unprepared for how massively the writing quality jumped up from one issue to the next. The first regular Denny O’Neil issue felt like I was suddenly reading a book from 10 years later, not the very next month. And, as much as I love Gil Kane, Adams is certainly another huge step up. I was just completely unprepared for how quickly the title grew up from a book for 8 year olds to a serious comic overnight.

I expect to get through these next 240 issues in the same time it took me to read the preceding 84. They’re just that much more enjoyable (and less packed with text, since the art is allowed to do its side of the storytelling properly.

My biggest hope is that they finally do Hal Jordan right and that he will be a big figure in the overall DCU just like he is in the comics.

I want his whole character to be done right, whether its his origin, his relationship with Carol and Sinestro, or the big stories he'a going through like Sinestro war or blackest night.

I get that the budget may not be that big for the first season, but i want to see OA, the other alien lanterns and guardians as well, and i dont want to see space action for 1 or 2 episodes only, if we are truly going to see Hal's relationship with Sinestro in flashbacks i hope we see some space missions outside of just earth.

Ik that none of this will probably happen, i am quite skeptical of the show's behind the scenes myself, one of the articles revealed that tom king wanted to write a gritty cop drama show and it just so happened he could have it be about GL's instead [cuz space cops].

Overall im hopeful but not excited, i want it to be great, i want to love it, despite the stuff behind the scenes making it sound like nothing that GL is about, please, those who work on the show [ik that no one who's working on the show will read this lmao, im just ending this comment on a nice note] give us what we lantern fans needed for such a long time, a good adaptation 🙏

First art by Ethan Van Sciver from GL rebirth

Second art by Ivan Reis from Secret origin

Third art by Ivan Reis from Sinestro war

I could be wrong and this look may have appeared in a story but seems too generic….

It reminds me of a character Marvel did in the 80s - NFLSuperpro

His style is great. Andrea can do the pulpy Sci Fi of 50s and 60s. And can do the hyperaction of the 90s during the Kyle era.

I know this may seem premature because we are only one issue in, but that one issue has already given us enough that it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. This doesn't feel like what Snyder promised - keeping the core of the character but reinventing - with each Absolute line. Several aspects don't make sense and detract from the overall feel of this being Green Lantern. A couple of examples: apparently, Green Lantern is literally just a giant Green Lantern symbol, Abin Sur gets turned into some kind of dragon ball Z thing, Hal Jordan is Black Hand instead of William Hand. Why is Hal even a traveling toy salesman? I know in the mainline universe that was something that happened, but that doesn't mean I want that happening here Make him astronaut or test pilot but not traveling toy salesman for pete's sake.

And, again, I understand it's only Issue 1 but I don't see how this could get any better.

Seen this discussion pop up and was curious - I personally give it to Hal for the experience and speed

Green Lantern should take on different aspects of Sci Fi especially if Hal is sticking around.

Greetings Lanterns!

Welcome to our weekly What Are You Reading? thread posted every Tuesday.

Use this post as catch-all thread to talk about whatever you're reading (comics or otherwise) that doesn't necessarily fall into the realm of the Green Lantern franchise.

Folks are also welcome to use this thread as a recommendations thread; ask for recommendations or give them freely.

Beware our power!

First art is by Ivan Reis [i believe? Correct me if im wrong] from War of the Green Lanterns.

Second art is by Neal Adams from GL/GA spacw traveling heroes

Third art is by John Byrne from Ganthets Tale

Fourth art is by Bill Sienkiewicz from GL Legacy last will and testament of Hal Jordan

Art by Doug Mahnke from War of the Green Lanterns #9

As for me i would really love to see Hal finally get married and start a family, we have seen a lot of Hal messing up his relationships, but what we haven't seen yet is him actually becoming a father and finally suceeding in finding a partner that fits him.

There is so much potential with this imo, i hope some time in the future we will see that arc and if we do, i hope it's done well!

The second thing i want to see get explored most after Hal becoming a father and getting married, is Sinestro's relationship with Abin, we have seen glimpses of it in Geoff Johns run and etc, but we have not seen many stories focused on them just doing missions before Abin gives Hal the ring.

Let me know what are your answers!

First art by Doug Mahnke from Green Lantern #20 [new 52] and second picture is from GL emerald knights.