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Green Lantern: Rebirth
by Geoff Johns
With Rebirth Geoff Johns does exactly what the title promises: a revival of the Green Lantern Corps and the return of Hal Jordan. And he does this well. The story is fanwanky in the best way possible, going through years of the Green Lantern mythos to find a way to bring Hal and Sinestro back while adding to the mythos at the same time. Hal's bomber jacket is explained. The streak of white in his hair is explained. Batman's beef with Hal is explained. Oliver Queen plays a major role. Johns leaves no stone unturned here; it's a celebration of the Hal years of Green Lantern comics. Johns doesn't shaft the other major Green Lanterns though; John Stewart, Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner all play important roles, and it's touching when Kyle and Hal shake hands, Hal thanking Kyle for the work he did after Hal "died." Hal gets to clock Batman too. I can get behind that.
The villains are impressive too; Sinestro returns in all his dark glory, and even a reader who has never heard of him prior to this can tell he's one of the major league baddies. His attitude is just perfect, calm and imperious even as he smacks the goodies around. Newcomer Parallax is a terrifying addition to Green Lantern, the cosmic embodiment of fear who turned a great hero into a mass murderer. Oh yeah, and then there's, erm, Black Hand, who gets his hand turned into charcoal. I wouldn't worry about him...
There's a heroic, epic quality to everything that brings the action to life, exactly what a superhero adventure requires.
In terms of inclusion, John is Black, standing out amongst the predominantly White and alien heroes. Alan Scott is present, but he's the old Earth-Two version instead of the new one that's gay (and hadn't been written yet), so there's no LGBT representation. The lack of women is jarring; Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Power Girl, Raven and a few others appear but only in bit parts; Johns really should have introduced more female GLs.
The villains are impressive too; Sinestro returns in all his dark glory, and even a reader who has never heard of him prior to this can tell he's one of the major league baddies. His attitude is just perfect, calm and imperious even as he smacks the goodies around. Newcomer Parallax is a terrifying addition to Green Lantern, the cosmic embodiment of fear who turned a great hero into a mass murderer. Oh yeah, and then there's, erm, Black Hand, who gets his hand turned into charcoal. I wouldn't worry about him...
There's a heroic, epic quality to everything that brings the action to life, exactly what a superhero adventure requires.
In terms of inclusion, John is Black, standing out amongst the predominantly White and alien heroes. Alan Scott is present, but he's the old Earth-Two version instead of the new one that's gay (and hadn't been written yet), so there's no LGBT representation. The lack of women is jarring; Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Power Girl, Raven and a few others appear but only in bit parts; Johns really should have introduced more female GLs.