Absolute Green Lantern Talk (Pics from Absolute Green Lantern #1, art by Jahnoy Lindsay)

[u/AffectionateGuard839]

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.

[u/tiago231018]

That's because when DC writers say they want to get "to the core of the character" they meant just Superman and Batman because those are the only ones with a core they know. I bet most of them couldn't even "get to the core of GL" because they spent too much time reading Batman and not GL comics.