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Green Lantern Vol. 6: Secret Origin by Oclair Albert, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis

ladydewinter's review

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4.0

If you had told me six months ago that I'd end up reading Green Lantern, I would have laughed. BUT since that is true for pretty much ever comic series I've been enjoying lately (apart from Batman) that isn't saying much, I suppose. Let's just say I always thought a bunch of guys with magic rings flying around in space was kind of boring. Turns out it isn't. Oh well. Cases like this, I don't mind being wrong.

Thanks to Blackest Night, I came to like the Green Lantern Corps, and these past few weeks have consisted of me dancing around reading/not reading more because I was afraid I'd like it and then I'd have yet another couple of books to spend money on. I guess it's too late now.

About this book: it does what the title promises and tells Hal Jordan's origin story plus laying the groundwork for Blackest Night. It's fun and the art is great. A good starting point for people unfamiliar with Green Lantern, obviously. After having read it, though, the fact remains that Hal is my least favorite of Earth-Lanterns. But that's just a me-thing.

esters's review

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2.0

Ugh. I've never really been a fan of any DC superheroes (except for Joker I think, but he's a villain so you can see where my loyalties lie) so me trying to read Green Lantern was probably expected to be big fail from the beginning. But I had hopes.
However after first 30 pages I knew I won't like it. I'd like to for once see a character that doesn't have the inner anger and pain and whatever because of their parents/girlfriend/planet were killed/destroyed/whatever. But it seems to be all I'm getting from DC. So... no, thank you, I'll pass.
And in all honesty I think it wasn't much better than the horrible movie they made... (Because they didn't have anything better to build on.)

booknooknoggin's review

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2.0

Re telling of GL (Hal Jordan) origin for the movie that was released. It was okay.
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