Green Lantern 50: @#%# YOU, Aquaman! ...and more.

[jlroberson]

And I think DC's been missing a bet by not giving her a book rather than her hubby. But.

Also: some other random incidents--




Hal hasn't completed his collection yet...

Comments

[lamashtar]

I LOLed.

[cole435.livejournal.com]

[lamashtar]

The gamemaster says, "Dark side point for sure!"

Continued

[jlroberson]

[crinos]

Already posted, but still awesome.

[jlroberson]

Was it? Crap.

[sethgray]

Just post a few more, and it should be cool.

[jlroberson]

Done.

[zordboy]

Oh Larfleeze. Even when the Universe is ending, he still can't bring himself to share. Loves it.

[thokstar]

It's a minor thing, but I love that even with an Orange ring and the zombie apocalypse, Luthor's specifically targeting Superman and Superboy.

[sinisterlink]

Even if the world is ending you have to keep your priorites in order.

[jlroberson]

2) Save world.
3) Keep orange ring.
1) KILL. SUPERMAN.

oh, and of course

[jlroberson]

4) ALL THE FUCKING CAKES I WANT

Re: oh, and of course

[crinos]

Yep, and now we find out the truth; "And that's terrible" refers not to the fact he is stealing 40 cakes (as many as four tens), but to the fact he can ONLY steal 40 cakes at a time.

Now he can steal as many cakes as he damn well pleases, and its no longer terrible.

Re: oh, and of course

[jlroberson]

He will grow fat on cakes, resemble Marlon Brando, and gloat to Superman about the irony.

Re: oh, and of course

[crinos]

I don't know, Larfleeze eats a lot, and he never seems to gain weight.

I think its a side effect of the orange ring; keeps you fit and trim,

Re: oh, and of course

[lamashtar]

Just like a tapeworm!

[sinisterlink]

Heh. From looking at the preview earlier I could just tell that Larfleeze was going to attack Luthor by the way he was looking at him. Also loving how Scarecrow is just so darn happy to be able to feel fear again.

So a question to Green Lantern fans, I've just recently become interested in Green Lantern stuff, what series/storylines would you guys recommend? Also, when did Larfleeze first show up? He's a fairly new character, isn't he?

[jlroberson]

I'll leave that to the GL longtime fans. I can't help ya except Johns and post-, and Wolfman/Barr/Staton in the early 80s...

[queenanthai]

Start with Green Lantern: Rebirth. I know there's stuff you KIND of need to know to FULLY get what's going on there, but that was the advent of the Geoff Johns era.

Besides, it's faster to look up the backstory on Wikipedia. Or ask one of us.

Just spitballing here

[lamashtar]

Green Lantern is kind of funny in that there was never a reboot after Crisis on Infinite Earths, so you had really old continuity trying to balance in a really clunky way with modern stuff. Rebirth was essentially the reboot mark. It shows snapshots of what the recent continuity used to be for everybody involved, then kicks forward to Everything Changes Now.

After that, you have to decide which character you want to follow. If it's John Stewart, you're kind of out of luck. He's Hal's partner, but his appearances are sporadic and not worth collecting unless you're fanatical--he's the main Lantern in the previous JL cartoon though, so there's a ton of fanfic. Guy Gardner is pretty much spotlighted through most of Green Lantern Corps title, and he's had a long character growth arc through the Giffen-DeMatteis' stuff. Kyle Raynor is Guy's partner in the GL Corps book, but is overshadowed by him IMHO. For some odd reason, I can't stand anything written about Kyle by his creator, Ron Marz, so I don't rec his GL run. Kyle is very awesome in Morrison's JLA, and Geoff Johns writes him pretty good. The Rebirth Secret Files had a nifty Hal and Kyle story that practically screams slash.

If it's Hal and the main stuff you're into, the Sinestro Corps War is probably the best of Johns'. Larfleeze is a brand new character who showed up in the Agent Orange arc of the Light War (I think it's called). I rec the hope arc mostly because watching Hal get messed with is never not entertaining. Johns rewrote Hal's origin into modern canon--traded in 'Secret Origin'.

Pre-Rebirth Hal: Mark Waid writes a fun but hapless Hal in JLA: First Year and The Brave and the Bold (Flash and Green Lantern). The 3-issue mini Tales of the Green Lantern Corps was good (and contains Nekron's intro), . I hold the somewhat controversial opinion that psychotic Hal was great, so I loved Ron Marz' portrayal of Hal every time--Emerald Twilight (Hal goes crazy, becomes Parallax), Emerald Knights (Kyle and time-traveling old Hal adventure and fight Parallax), Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliance (Kyle is a doofus here, but Parallax and Surfer's interaction are what made both me and Hefner fans of Hal). Afterlife Hal as the Spectre has his best appearances by Peter David, in Supergirl's Many Happy Returns and the issue of Young Justice with Secret the ghost girl. Larry Niven and John Byrne team up in GL: Ganthet's Tale to introduce the rogue Guardian Ganthet and try to stick science in the GL mythos (it didn't work). Neil Gaiman (a Hal fan) got superhero stuff out of his system before he started Sandman when he did GL/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame (posted on S_D a few times). Gerard Jones rewrote Hal's origin in Emerald Dawn, but it's completely out of continuity--it has some fun bits, especially with Sinestro, though, and supposedly the upcoming GL movie will use it.

General GL: 'DCU the stories of Alan Moore' has Mogo's technical origin and the much better portrayal of the Empire of Tears and their prophecy, and Sandman: Endless Nights by Gaiman contains an interesting version of an ancient female Guardian in 'Heart of a Star'.

[terrykun]

Considering that he and his band stole it in the first place, I'm expecting Larfy to go after Parallax.

[schala_kid]

Lex and Larfleeze are awesome, also Atrocitus has a RAGING hard-on for Mera.

[demonprawn]

Who doesn't?

[sinisterlink]

Probably not Aquaman. :D

I assume he's running for the hills since she just flambeed the baby.

[jlroberson]

Seriously. Earliest superhero comics crush, for me.

[yaseen101]

Not me. *stares at Mera*

[jlroberson]

Don't tell Crane the ring originally had picked Batman first...

[celestialchild]

But wait wait wait. Did Hal never get a Violet ring? I won't be satisfied until he gets a violet ring and wears the costume.

[thormonger]

He still needs an indigo ring, as well. That should be an interesting costume as well.

[jlroberson]

Tshh. Hal's a DUDE.

[shadowpsykie]

there should be male starsapphires, my vote is Obsidian's Boyfriend :)

[icon_uk]

The absence of male Star Sapphires is getting effing annoying.

[palabradot]

*snicker* Read this to my husband.
His reaction: "Hal Jordan of Earth! Welcome to the Pole-Dancing Corps!"
(My husband has a serious hate-on for the Star Sapphire costume, yes he does)

[yaseen101]

Your husband sounds awesome!

[jlroberson]

Seriously, you don't want this though. He'll look like Vartox.

[crinos]

Say that as though its a bad thing.

[jlroberson]

Read the latest PG.

[lamashtar]

Don't be silly...



...Hal has no chest hair.

[sistermagpie]

Your husband has good taste!

[crinos]

Wait, so he was possessed by Parallax AND became a BL? In the same issue even?

You'd think one or the other would be enough.

[ninjapeps]

became a BL and then possessed by Parallax, yes.

[jlroberson]

It's almost like anything but violet. I am starting to see in this one man destroying the universe to deny his female side.

[thehefner]

I wonder if it'll be Carol with the Violent light that will separate Hal from Parallax once more after the fight with the Spectre. Of course, that still doesn't mean we'll probably see Hal in the Sapphire costume, which is a damn shame...

[icon_uk]

Otherwise Hal will combine the Violet with the Black and gain the power to instil necrophiliac tendencies in anyone... and the go looking for Bruce's hot dead ass.

[lamashtar]

Strange...compulsion...to..post!

Also, Hal gets possessed twice. Drink two shots!

[comicoz]

Can't wait to get this issue. Continuing to love the BL event. It has it's downsides, but the costumes have been awesome, writing at least consistant, and the LOLs keep coming.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I love the part with Larfleeze and Luthor. XD

[ian_karkull]

Bad Ass Mera is seriously the best thing about this. Plus, Atrocitus shamelessly flirting on the job.
Your old king indeed, you sly fox.

[kingrockwell]

Because a woman clearly can't be a badass unless divorced from any maternal feelings. Mera still bores me.

[jlroberson]

No, I just like watching Aquaman be burned.