Reviews

Green Lantern Corps: Recharge by Patrick Gleason, Christian Alamy, Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons

karliclover's review

3.0

As a prelude of sorts to the new Green Lantern Corps ongoing series, I thought this did a decent job. It introduced characters who would become fan favorites and prominent members of the corps (Soranik Natu, Vath Sarn, Isamot Kol, among others). The plot was a little confusing at some parts, but that very well may have just been me.

neilrcoulter's review

3.0

I've read Secret Origin and Rebirth, so now I'm moving on to whichever Geoff Johns Green Lantern books I can get through the library (which, unfortunately, is not all of them). Recharge follows Guy and Kyle and the rebuilding of the Corps. Since it's all one storyline, it was not as difficult for me to understand as Rebirth, which I found extremely difficult. However, the single storyline also makes the book seem very lightweight. It was a quick read, and it was okay. I'm not a big fan of Guy, and Kyle is almost a nonentity in his blandness, but some of the side characters were interesting. I look forward to seeing how they are developed as the series goes on. The artwork was fine, and some of the page layouts were quite nice.

jameshaus's review

5.0

This is the mini-series leading into the green lantern spin-off series Green Lantern Corp. Just as good as the other green lantern books. Just beautifully drawn, great story, great characterization, all around fun. Again, I got kind of giddy reading it. Just so much fun. Really like how these are about teamwork and taking care of your friends and less about any one person stealing the show. Everyone is needed, everyone contributes, they only survive because they stick together. God I'm a nerd.

crookedtreehouse's review

2.0

A reasonable intro to the new generation of The Green Lantern Corps. I feel like Johns gets dragged down a bit working with Gibbons, whose work, when he writes the series alone, is utter garbaage.

I'm going to blame Gibbons for some of the very confusing battle scenes near the end, where it seems like the artists weren't given much direction, and characters say one-liners without context, and it's very unclear what is going on and why.

I feel like you could read the first half of this book, tap out, and pick back up withthe Patrick Gleason or Tony Bedard Green Lantern Corps books, and not have missed very much.

iffer's review

2.0

I couldn't get into this for several reasons, not the least of which is that I didn't enjoy the art. It was diffuse and reminiscent of older comics from several decades ago, when artists in the comics industry were still transitioning between the visual storytelling of comic strips to that of comic books and graphic novels. The messages in these issues were extremely heavy-handed, even for comics, and even for Green Lantern comics. I lost count of how many times I was smacked in the he face with the messages that we all need to play nice together and conquer our fears and everything will turn out okay. Last, but not least, it was difficult to like this because there were probably just too many characters, and I've never been a fan of "team" comics (e.g. Justice League, Avengers, etc). Also, the focus was mostly on Guy Gardner, whom I just find obnoxious, instead of endearingly brash. Being annoyingly impulsive and possibly not that intelligent seems to be a common characteristic in Green Lanterns, which I guess makes sense, because being and idiot probably makes you less likely to fear something in the first place and then you don't have to go through the rigamarole overcoming your fear so that your Green Lantern powers work.

erissa_lestrange's review

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

nerdywerewolf's review

4.0

"Good work, Poozers. Ya deserve a donut for that."

Ah, man. So I was reading through the Geoff Johns Green Lantern run, right? That story revolves mostly around Hal Jordan and a bit of the Corps. For whatever reason, I kind of overlooked this series which ran around the same time. My goal is to read both up to the Blackest Night/Brightest Day storyline.

I'm so glad I went back to these. I just love space stories where the majority of characters are mostly aliens that look weird and awesome. Kilowog and Guy continue to be favorites. I also really like Isamot (the dinosaur-looking dude).

In all seriousness, though, why does it always have to be giant spiders???

Can't wait to carry on the adventures of the GL Corps and watch them rebuild!

jtbrehm898's review

4.0

This was VERY fun to read! I absolutely love the sci-fi aspect of this story combined with the power of imagination. The entire arc takes place off-earth and doesn't even focus on Hal Jordan or John Stewart, the two Green Lanterns I'm most familiar with. I can tell that this introduced a lot of characters I hope to see more of, including Salaak, Isamot Kol and Vath Sarn as well as Soranik Natu. Overall a really enjoyable book and I'm definitely looking forward to how this series improves. Love it so far!

atribecalledtyler's review

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ladydewinter's review

3.0

Not as good as some of the later GLC stuff, but worth it for what Guy Gardner does to say goodbye to Batman. I'm still laughing :D And the Guy/Kyle interaction is to die for.