Green Lantern

Flashpoint: Abin Sur The Green Lantern #1

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flashpoint-abin-sur-1-coverOf the first three tie-in Flashpoint mini-series to hit the shelves the one centered around Abin Sur is probably the best. Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance is passable, if a tad boring after a humorous beginning, and Flashpoint: Secret Seven is best left unspoken of.

There are a couple of interesting takeaways from this story. The first is that Abin Sur seems very much the maverick Green Lantern who only follows the orders he agrees with (remind you of anyone?). And the second is that the timeline of Sur’s crash on Earth at the end of this issue corresponds with Barry Allen‘s experiment in Flashpoint #2. Is the reality of Flashpoint about to get introduced to the DCU’s two premiere Silver Age heroes at the same time?

More of a novelty than anything else, this issue does give us Abin Sur knocking the snot out of his dear friend Sinestro. Sadly it also gives as an update that this reality is still stuck in the dark days of Blackest Night. Ugh, and I thought Emperor Aquaman was bad. Hit-and-Miss.

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Green Lantern #62

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green-lantern-62-coverI will be so glad when Brightest Day is over. Hal Jordan and the rainbow corps come face-to-face with Krona (and get their asses handed to them in short order). Krona escapes with the entities and Hal wakes up hours later back on th JLA Satelitte with a concussion and broken ribs just in time for a scolding from Batman.

Needing all the help he can get Hal immediately turns down Superman, Batman, and the Flash (who all agree to help), and promptly disappears with the rainbow corps back into space.

There’s so much wrong with this issue I don’t know where to begin. The story is just gawdaful. Hal’s refusal of help makes no sense for a guy who’s known to use whatever advantage and leverage he can get over the years. Nor does his protection of Atrocitus given his most recent murderous offenses on Earth. I’ve also got to complain about the inconsistency of Doug Mahnke’s artwork over the issue – he can’t even get Batman’s costume right (he puts Bruce into Dick Grayson‘s costume).

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Green Lantern #60

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You’d think a comic showcasing two of my favorite DC heroes would be the kind of thing I’d enjoy. You’d be wrong.

Writer Geoff Johns continues the Brightest Day story arc by having Parallax find a new host in Barry Allen. What follows is a rather boring battle between the Flash and Green Lantern as he tries to convince Parallax to leave his best friend.

The only point of any interest here is the final reveal of the man tracking down the entities for his own ends, Krona – the Oan scientist responsible for the creation of the Multiverse and the Antimatter Universe.

I’m not sure whether anything can save the supremely disappointing Brightest Day, but the involvement of Krona is at least something new that I don’t hate about the the event. However, even Krona’s involement doesn’t make this badly thought-out issue any easier to swallow.

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