Reviews

Green Lantern, Volume 5: Test of Wills by Van Jensen, Robert Venditti, Dale Eaglesham, Billy Tan, Moritat, Bernard Chang

calistareads's review against another edition

2.0

Oh My Lord, I thought I would never finish this thing. I started out enjoying the green lantern story and now it's the same thing over and over and this was painful to get through. This planet moving around on its on is weird and how would that work. It's silly.

There are these shape shifting things that make the Green Lanterns look bad to the universe and they aren't very popular. The Shape Shifting race is trying to power up and take over the universe. They get pretty close too. There is also a stupid twist at the end. Gag.

I see that these things can shift in one volume. I sure hope this story can flip before the next one. I need a break from the green lantern world. It will be a while before I get Vol. 6. I am not a fan of this part of the story. All I can say is, what happened to this story?

puddingtaco's review against another edition

3.0

This book was rather huge! The Green Lanterns are now saddled with the knowledge that anyone tapping into the power of the emotional spectrum is draining the universe of a limited reservoir of power. What do they do? Go around telling everyone else to stop using their powers! There's some leaps in logic and a very American resolution as to how to deal with the guilt of using your powers to save the world, even though using your powers harms it a little bit each time. Cool bits from various characters. This whole crisis is kinda meh, because it doesn't leave a lot for storytelling where the heroes come out heroic. Hoping someone resets something and everyone can just use their powers again, focus on a bad guy or something.

thenonmouse's review against another edition

3.0

The art is very pretty and every once in a while there's a fun scene. The book is thematically and morally incomprehensible, but in such a bland way you might not notice. I'll be honest, the most interesting thing I found in here was the picture of a random girl someone had tucked into the pages of my copy. I wouldn't call it a waste of money if you bought it on sale. I also wouldn't not tell you that there are better comics you can spend your money on. Overall, just skip to Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps.