Reboot news for Green Lantern

[superboyprime]

Saw the news on comicbookresources.com...

So it looks like Geoff Johns is remaining on the book. Per the AP article:

"It's building off the Green Lantern stories I've done since 'Rebirth,'" he told The Associated Press about the series, which is set to start in September and features art by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy. "Taking it in a very new direction that we've never seen in 'Green Lantern' before."

"Green Lantern" isn't the only title planned, either. DC is also going to launch three other Green Lantern-related books, too, including "Green Lantern: The New Guardians," written by Tony Bedard and illustrated by Tyler Kirkham and Batt. That will feature Kyle Rayner leading the team. There will also be the "Red Lanterns," featuring Atrocitus and his fellow Red Lantern Corps members facing off against injustice and serving as judge, jury and executioners. The book is being written by Peter Milligan with art by Ed Benes and Rob Hunter.

A third book will also launch, too, "Green Lantern Corps." DC says that title, written by Peter J. Tomasi and illustrated by Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna, will see familiar Green Lanterns Guy Gardner and John Stewart as part of an elite strike force aimed at keeping the peace.



So with the reboot, DC had the golden opportunity to finally get rid of the obvious redundancy of four Earth GLs, and they didn't take it? Talk about missed opportunities.

Comments

[likeaminx]

There will also be the "Red Lanterns," featuring Atrocitus and his fellow Red Lantern Corps members facing off against injustice and serving as judge, jury and executioners.


THIS IS THE ONLY GOOD NEWS I'VE HEARD SO FAR

Though I'm hoping Kyle will lead his team as a Blue Lantern but I doubt that will happen.

[sherkahn]

I *like* that all 4 GLs from Earth are active. It's a big universe with lots of intrigue and opponents, and the boys are different enough, yet complete, that they do feel like individual members of an enforcement agency, instead of parts of a whole.

[cloud_wolf]

Yeah, besides, it's obvious that if they'd kept only one lantern, it would be Hal, and I'm not sure if I could deal with that. XD

[domino_blue]

Hey even if they don't have a series I'm glad all DC Earth GL's are still going to be around.

[richardak]

That is a beautiful illustration. I like that the glove has seams and creases in it. I like it when superhero costumes look more like clothing (or armor, where appropriate), and less like body paint. I also like the way the ring's power beam has been painted here: it looks like a beam of light. I get tired of what are supposed to be beams of energy with black lines around the edges.

I do think that, ideally, at least one of the GL titles needs to be a classic space opera. They need to get these guys off of earth. Four GLs from earth is fine. Four GLs, or even two, on earth seems redundant and pointless.

[baxter2814]

I totally agree, both about the image and the need for a space-faring GL. Superheroing IN SPACE is a niche that doesn't have much filling it at the moment.

[redkingcrab]

I don't object to four Earth Green Lanterns - it is, after all, the centre of the multiverse - but it sure would be nice if four randomly selected people from across the globe didn't all happen to be male Americans.

A female Chinese Lantern would make a lovely addition to the League, with the added bonus that chinese lanterns are already a thing.

[pyrotwilight]

Well, they could always bring back the Tangent Green Lantern in a tangent book.

[espanolbot]

Oh of course they didn't get rid of the four Earth-bound GLs, they, like Ray Palmer and Barry Allen, are Geoff Johns' pet characters.

They ain't going anywhere, unlike the characters that Geoff works for regularly. Like Wonder Woman, for example.

[auggie18]

Massively motto. I need me some Guy if I'm gonna care about the corp. (Maybe some Kyle too.)

[eyz]

Or even better, make her fully part of the canon/adapt her into the mainstream universe!

It sure wouldn't annoy me^^

[kagome654]

I'm happy all four Lanterns are sticking around, but I wish Johns would get his claws off of Hal. I firmly believe he (Hal) has the potential to be an engaging character (indeed he has been...under different writers) but Johns is not doing him any favours...at least as far as characterization goes.

[icon_uk]

Agreed.

[icon_uk]

I'd love to see her as a Mystery/horror anthology host, with stories of her own mixed in.

[thehefner]

So with the reboot, DC had the golden opportunity to finally get rid of the obvious redundancy of four Earth GLs, and they didn't take it? Talk about missed opportunities.

???

They're only redundant if they're all the same character, and if they're all protecting the Earth at the same time. As it is, I love the four GLs because they have a fantastic dynamic... when Johns and company actually TRY playing them off one another.

I miss the days of Gerard Jones GL, when Hal, Guy, and John were like a buddy trio who had serious issues with one another.

[thehefner]

You know I motto this, but MOTTO.

I want to love Hal like I used to. I miss those days so much. If only I had time, I would start a whole Hal series of posts, dedicated to all the stuff that Johns ignores and current GL fans have forgotten, or don't know about. Like Itty!

[darkblade]

You expected Johns to change anything on his pet books?

[celestialchild]

I always felt like the Green Lanterns were the only ones who didn't really face the redundancy problem--as in it was easily explainable and easily fixable, because there are many different jobs any one of them can be doing as green lantern. They have such an expansive playground it is always struck me as poor planning and writing whenever they appeared redundant.

[latakithanarratar]

i actually like John's Hal. He just seems more interesting as a swashbuckler. Not thinking clear and prone to make mistakes...i could relate to him more...

[celestialchild]

Based on what I've read of his stuff, Johns struck me as one of those people who is good with meta-plots, but who is weaker with all the all the little things under the surface.

[cloud_wolf]

Ah, there was a post on Itty on Scans_daily before! It was called the Saga of Itty. Aww, sorry, I think my dislike of Hal actually just decreased remembering it. It was so cute!

[mrstatham]

Yeah, this. It's much the same with Barry Allen, really - Rather than actively show us how great his heroes are, Johns prefers to tell us. He either has to emphasise in interviews just how great a character is, or their supporting cast has to extol their virtues every other page.

Hal's had a handful of nice character moments under Johns, but somehow, you just know that under a writer who can give you steak as well as sizzle, Hal would be a lot better off. It's just a shame that, until Johns likely leaves DC, he'll want to write Hal.

[mrstatham]

He is dropping The Flash as a writer, but no doubt he'll be the book's personal editor.

[retro_nouveau]

...opportunity to finally get rid of the obvious redundancy of four Earth GLs...

Could not disagree more. On more than one level if you count Alan Scott as a GL.

I think the missed opportunity was not having the multiverse restored so that any big-shot writers can have their own little sandboxes (and all the fans can support any and all of their favorites with their wallets). Gail says:

But September is giving us a hot car to drive and a huge endless horizon in every direction. No pre-built fences, no roadblocks erected decades ago for a different set of drivers entirely.

That might be true, but aren't we trading in one set of fences and roadblocks and building up another? Meanwhile, there are (might be?) a lot of babies going out with the bathwater, many very precious to many people, and I just don't think it's necessary to have that world abruptly end.

[thormonger]

There had better be a whole lot of Rage Kitty in that Red Lantern book! He needs more time to shine!