they scrap the red lantern book, you can only get so much out of the concept for an ongoing without really weakening what the red ring does to the user and just getting away from melting flesh to foresee the future.
I would be down for a Kyle GL arc simply because Mahnke drawing it would be like his JLA run again oh how happy that would be.
I do wonder if we'll see Sodam Yat in War of the GLs, if Sinestro's interference messes with him being mind controlled.
I know they want to push the Red Lanterns as the main villains of the new animated series, and I wouldn't be shocked if we get (movie speculation)
an Iron Man / IM2 / Thor style tag after the credits, featuring red lanterns
That's probably how they justified Guy taking up the red ring again, because Kyles there to clean it out of his system.
That is, unless Guy's the one they're killing off. Which is entirely possible, I could see them shifting the starring role of Emerald Warriors to Sodam Yat after the GL War.
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The problem with the pay off is that there aren't really any answers. The White Lantern basically says, "All according to my plan!" and disappears. It sets the stage for the character arrivals, but how necessary were the events that transpired in the 24 issues?
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Emerald Warriors #9 was a fun read, Pasarin has quietly become one of my favorite artists. Monthly and clean visible storytelling. Guy/Hal banter was fun, the GL powerglove reappears, and Guy gets in a cheap shot to John about blowing up planets.
Really liking War of the Green Lanterns, hopefully they don't screw everything up with the last parts.
- What book did the Jade and Osiris stories take place in? And were they any good? I actually like both of those characters and wouldn't mind picking them up if they are worth reading.
- I know the Maxwell Lord stuff was in Generations Lost, but regarding what the white lantern said about Lord, can someone give me a quick spoiler of what that actually means?
- Who the hell was the guy at the end?
- I don't understand the significance of the white lantern saying that Hawk failed his mission. I was expecting it to kill him again or something, but there wasn't really any consequence or anything at all...
Overall, my impression of Brightest Day is that the ultimate story and payoff was a pretty big waste of time. Coming out of Blackest Night, which was a Green Lantern event, I was hoping to see a lot more lantern stuff in BD. Obviously that wasn't what the story was about, but I kind of feel like DC tricked me into reading a story that I didn't really want to read, now that I know what it was about.
That isn't to say I didn't enjoy aspects of it. I pretty much loved all the Aquaman stuff. Arthur, Mera, and Jackson entertained the hell out of me. I also enjoyed Hawkman/Hawkgirl stuff, especially the showdown on Zamaron. That was cool.
Yeah I pretty much agree with Lucascraft. I bought Brighest Day assuming it would be somewhat relevant to the Green Lantern story and it is, but only very very tangentially. I doubt I would have bought it if I knew what it was going to be about. I don't care about Swamp Thing or many of the other characters.
Oh well. I at least know I don't need to pick up the Brightest Day Aftermath mini.
- What book did the Jade and Osiris stories take place in? And were they any good? I actually like both of those characters and wouldn't mind picking them up if they are worth reading.
- I know the Maxwell Lord stuff was in Generations Lost, but regarding what the white lantern said about Lord, can someone give me a quick spoiler of what that actually means?
- Who the hell was the guy at the end?
- I don't understand the significance of the white lantern saying that Hawk failed his mission. I was expecting it to kill him again or something, but there wasn't really any consequence or anything at all...
Overall, my impression of Brightest Day is that the ultimate story and payoff was a pretty big waste of time. Coming out of Blackest Night, which was a Green Lantern event, I was hoping to see a lot more lantern stuff in BD. Obviously that wasn't what the story was about, but I kind of feel like DC tricked me into reading a story that I didn't really want to read, now that I know what it was about.
That isn't to say I didn't enjoy aspects of it. I pretty much loved all the Aquaman stuff. Arthur, Mera, and Jackson entertained the hell out of me. I also enjoyed Hawkman/Hawkgirl stuff, especially the showdown on Zamaron. That was cool.
-Jade took place in Justice League, and Osiris took place in Titans. JLA isn't bad, just sort of inconequential, while Titans is one of the worst books published in the last 15 years.
-White Lantern wanted Lord to kill Magog, and that's what he did
-John Constantine
-Yeah, the Hawk stuff really doesn't make any sense even if you have been reading the books
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edited April 2011
I think it's against the law for the Hawk stuff to make sense, ever.
TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited April 2011
Regards to Brightest Day #24:
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
I don't understand why Swamp Thing, as an avatar of nature itself, is any less entitled to torture and kill than, say, The Spectre. They're both supernatural entities acting at the behest of an authority that is higher than any law enforcement agency or government.
If a microscopic society evolved on my ass, I wouldn't feel obligated to follow their laws while trying to limit their damage tom e.
Emerald Warriors #9 was a fun read, Pasarin has quietly become one of my favorite artists. Monthly and clean visible storytelling. Guy/Hal banter was fun, the GL powerglove reappears, and Guy gets in a cheap shot to John about blowing up planets.
Really liking War of the Green Lanterns, hopefully they don't screw everything up with the last parts.
My opinion of Pasarin changes from panel to panel. Most of the time I think his art is too stiff and too clean. Rarely does his work suggest motion or action and all of his characters look like action figures that are posed differently from page to page. Sometimes he nails the odd panel and you can tell that he does have talent, lots of it, he just hasn't grown into it yet.
I also noticed he had something up with all of his hands in this issue. A lot of hands were way too small for their body or just posed awkwardly. And Ganthet was drawn with two hands when he only has one now.
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
I don't understand why Swamp Thing, as an avatar of nature itself, is any less entitled to torture and kill than, say, The Spectre. They're both supernatural entities acting at the behest of an authority that is higher than any law enforcement agency or government.
If a microscopic society evolved on my ass, I wouldn't feel obligated to follow their laws while trying to limit their damage tom e.
I guess for me it's just because The Spectre's whole premise is all about doling out punishment on a twisted and intimate basis, whereas Swamp Thing seems to be trying to accomplish saving the earth by killing CEOs who will just be replaced and continue running their company. Even seeing him wreck a polluting factory would be a little less odd. On that page, he's basically just acting like Poison Ivy.
So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
I don't understand why Swamp Thing, as an avatar of nature itself, is any less entitled to torture and kill than, say, The Spectre. They're both supernatural entities acting at the behest of an authority that is higher than any law enforcement agency or government.
If a microscopic society evolved on my ass, I wouldn't feel obligated to follow their laws while trying to limit their damage tom e.
I guess for me it's just because The Spectre's whole premise is all about doling out punishment on a twisted and intimate basis, whereas Swamp Thing seems to be trying to accomplish saving the earth by killing CEOs who will just be replaced and continue running their company. Even seeing him wreck a polluting factory would be a little less odd. On that page, he's basically just acting like Poison Ivy.
I don't know about that. If you're the new CEO and the last guy was murdered by an Environmentally Minded monster, you'd probably try to turn things around and get the company to go straight. Could be that Swamp Thing is taking a page out of The Art of War (the bit with the concubines) which might scare the hell out of the people working for the company, who all quit when they see where this is going.
Or the CEO hires super-powered body guards. It is a comic book after all.
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So I'm not really down with comic book Swamp Thing, more the cartoon and movies, but does he just go around killing people to balance out stuff? Killing the businessmen seemed kind of ham fisted.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
I don't understand why Swamp Thing, as an avatar of nature itself, is any less entitled to torture and kill than, say, The Spectre. They're both supernatural entities acting at the behest of an authority that is higher than any law enforcement agency or government.
If a microscopic society evolved on my ass, I wouldn't feel obligated to follow their laws while trying to limit their damage tom e.
I guess for me it's just because The Spectre's whole premise is all about doling out punishment on a twisted and intimate basis, whereas Swamp Thing seems to be trying to accomplish saving the earth by killing CEOs who will just be replaced and continue running their company. Even seeing him wreck a polluting factory would be a little less odd. On that page, he's basically just acting like Poison Ivy.
I don't know about that. If you're the new CEO and the last guy was murdered by an Environmentally Minded monster, you'd probably try to turn things around and get the company to go straight. Could be that Swamp Thing is taking a page out of The Art of War (the bit with the concubines) which might scare the hell out of the people working for the company, who all quit when they see where this is going.
Or the CEO hires super-powered body guards. It is a comic book after all.
I want this comic.
"Congrats, Pete. Welcome aboard. Now, you might be wondering what happened to Bradley. Well, a malevolent entity composed entirely of duckweed from Okefenokee swamp devoured his flesh for failing to complete the EPA revisions before the government mandated timeline. Just so you know. You're in the big leagues now, kid! Ha ha."
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"Congrats, Pete. Welcome aboard. Now, you might be wondering what happened to Bradley. Well, a malevolent entity composed entirely of duckweed from Okefenokee swamp devoured his flesh for failing to complete the EPA revisions before the government mandated timeline. Just so you know. You're in the big leagues now, kid! Ha ha."
DC RETROACTIVE: GREEN LANTERN – THE ‘90s #1
In this issue, the legendary ‘90s creative team of Ron Marz and Darryl Banks team up again. The result? Kyle Rayner, while on monitor duty at the JLA Watchtower, must overcome his fears in order to stop a villain in his tracks and save his own abilities and imagination
yesssssss! so glad they got Banks to come out of comics retirement!
so, I said this in SE, but I want to express this here. I read almost all of these, and I honestly am a little pissed
We went through all of that to bring 2 old characters back, have a DC Fantastic Four AND they just went and killed off Deadman again and say "welp your not ever able to be alive again, thanks for helping out dude"
On CBR some writer suggested that there should have been four minis(one for Aquaman, the Hawks, Martian Manhunter and Firestorm) plus a prologue and epilogue one shot starring Deadman would have been better. I agree.
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I know they want to push the Red Lanterns as the main villains of the new animated series, and I wouldn't be shocked if we get (movie speculation)
Yep.
The payoff isn't really equal to a year long event
I mean its a cool payoff, but man that is some drawn out shit.
Really liking War of the Green Lanterns, hopefully they don't screw everything up with the last parts.
- I know the Maxwell Lord stuff was in Generations Lost, but regarding what the white lantern said about Lord, can someone give me a quick spoiler of what that actually means?
- Who the hell was the guy at the end?
- I don't understand the significance of the white lantern saying that Hawk failed his mission. I was expecting it to kill him again or something, but there wasn't really any consequence or anything at all...
Overall, my impression of Brightest Day is that the ultimate story and payoff was a pretty big waste of time. Coming out of Blackest Night, which was a Green Lantern event, I was hoping to see a lot more lantern stuff in BD. Obviously that wasn't what the story was about, but I kind of feel like DC tricked me into reading a story that I didn't really want to read, now that I know what it was about.
That isn't to say I didn't enjoy aspects of it. I pretty much loved all the Aquaman stuff. Arthur, Mera, and Jackson entertained the hell out of me. I also enjoyed Hawkman/Hawkgirl stuff, especially the showdown on Zamaron. That was cool.
Oh well. I at least know I don't need to pick up the Brightest Day Aftermath mini.
-White Lantern wanted Lord to kill Magog, and that's what he did
-John Constantine
-Yeah, the Hawk stuff really doesn't make any sense even if you have been reading the books
Not as in "Man and Girl"
At least I don't remember it that way.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Thats why it's a big deal.
I guess Swamp Thing just has a really naive sense of environmentalism.
He gives a shit about Swamp Thing suddenly being Mr. Murder
That would actually be kind of funny to see, he's got the mindset of an angry 15 year old environmentalist who lashes out at pretty much everyone for being unable to reach some unobtainable goal.
I don't understand why Swamp Thing, as an avatar of nature itself, is any less entitled to torture and kill than, say, The Spectre. They're both supernatural entities acting at the behest of an authority that is higher than any law enforcement agency or government.
If a microscopic society evolved on my ass, I wouldn't feel obligated to follow their laws while trying to limit their damage tom e.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Just wait until the new water avatar shows up and bullies Swamp Thing around, that'll teach him some manners.
My opinion of Pasarin changes from panel to panel. Most of the time I think his art is too stiff and too clean. Rarely does his work suggest motion or action and all of his characters look like action figures that are posed differently from page to page. Sometimes he nails the odd panel and you can tell that he does have talent, lots of it, he just hasn't grown into it yet.
I also noticed he had something up with all of his hands in this issue. A lot of hands were way too small for their body or just posed awkwardly. And Ganthet was drawn with two hands when he only has one now.
I guess for me it's just because The Spectre's whole premise is all about doling out punishment on a twisted and intimate basis, whereas Swamp Thing seems to be trying to accomplish saving the earth by killing CEOs who will just be replaced and continue running their company. Even seeing him wreck a polluting factory would be a little less odd. On that page, he's basically just acting like Poison Ivy.
Or the CEO hires super-powered body guards. It is a comic book after all.
I want this comic.
"Congrats, Pete. Welcome aboard. Now, you might be wondering what happened to Bradley. Well, a malevolent entity composed entirely of duckweed from Okefenokee swamp devoured his flesh for failing to complete the EPA revisions before the government mandated timeline. Just so you know. You're in the big leagues now, kid! Ha ha."
Now I want this comic too.
yesssssss! so glad they got Banks to come out of comics retirement!
spoiler me please