Comic Book Review: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5 - DC Comics

"Sinestro's Law Part 5: Joining Forces"

Written by Robert Venditti
Art by Ethan Van Sciver
Colors by Jason Wright

Hal Jordan has been healed by Soarnik, Guy Gardner is captured and being tortured and John Stewart and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps are on the search for the Yellow Lanterns on War World.

This book is so much fun as there are multiple story lines that all connect.  Every page is full of interest as all of it is compelling.  Hal Jordan talking with Soranik and explaining the origin of his new ring made by himself through Hal's own will is fantastic.  Guy Gardner not giving in to torture shows he is one of the toughest(or is he really that hard headed?) individuals in the DC Universe.  John Stewart and Kilowog travelling with the rest of the Green Lanterns in an effort to take on the Yellow Lanterns is enough to leave you breathless by the end.  Robert Venditti is amazing at crafting stories and the "Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps" series proves that point.

Ethan Van Sciver is such an incredible artist and I'm glad he is working on this title.  I also like that DC is keeping a steady artist on the title so I get the same look to each book.  The details in the faces are wonderful, especially with Sinestro.  This, coupled with the colors from Jason Wright, make for one of the best looking comic series going.  The colors coming off the rings look absolutely remarkable.

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Comic Book Review: Justice League International - Volume 1 - DC Comics (2011)

Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Aaron Lopresti & Marco Castiello

A group superheroes representing different countries are put together by Andre Briggs, Head of United Nations Intelligence.  The thought is, this group would be able to answer to an authority, something the Justice League does not do.  The new team, led by Booster Gold, are tasked with their first challenge which is much larger than they originally thought.  This review is about the first volume trade paperback which collects the first five issues.

This series was much better than I was originally willing to give it credit for.  Dan Jurgens writes a fun series, as one could imagine, with Booster Gold leading a team who are tasked to go out as a team having never met each other previously.  The task, being much more than they had imagined, turns into five issues of action, humor and seeing a team come together.

The team has familiar faces and, for those not as familiar with DC Comics, some not so familiar faces.  As stated earlier, Booster Gold is the leader and the other members include Ice, Vixen, Fire, Rocket Red, August General In Iron, Guy Gardner, and Godiva.  If that doesn't tickle your fancy, DC puts Batman with the group to help keep things going and give everyone an open mind to give this team a chance.

Admittedly, I do not know as much about DC as many others so I really enjoy the books that have some of the lesser known characters.  The interactions in this volume are done really well.  The heroes, being from different parts of the globe have different feelings on how to deal with threats.  There are other philosophical differences which also lead to butting of heads.  Guy Gardner alone adds the dimension of confrontation, especially when Booster Gold, who isn't known to be the most serious individual, is made leader.

Batman ties this all together well.  His belief in Booster Gold and his mentoring helps move this book along.  I was hesitant to believe Batman would be the right short-term addition to this book.
I really thought the Caped Crusader was on the cover to help the book get sold.  He may have been, but inside the pages, it works.

Aaron Loprestri, Marco Castiello, Matt Ryan, Vincenzo Acunzo, and Hi-Fi are the art team of this first volume.  They do a fantastic jobwith eye popping visuals.  I like when heroes are jumping out of panels and all of the action with all of these super-powered individuals are displayed extraordinarily.  The colors from Hi-Fi are great as pages seem to glow with the explosions, Guy Gardner's Green Lantern powers, and the interplanetary foes.

If you are looking for a fun book with a ton of action, then check out Justice League International.  It's a short lived series and you can pick up the trade paperbacks.  You can probably find the original comic books at a decent price if that's your preference.

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Comic Book Review - Green Lantern: Lights Out - DC Comics (2013)

Written by: Robert Venditti, Justin Jordan, Van Jensen & Charles Soule

Art by: Sean Chen, Brad Walker, Rags Morales, Billy Tan, Bernard Chang, Alessandro Vitti, Jon Sibal, Walden Wong, Drew Hennessy, Cam Smith, Rob Hunter, Marc Deering and Ryan Winn

This review is a little different from the other comic book reviews as this is actually a collection of books that i read in trade paperback form.  Green Lantern: Lights Out is a story arc that took place in the following issues:

 - Green Lantern #23.1: Relic
 - Green Lantern: New Guardians #23-24
 - Green Lantern # 24
 - Green Lantern Corps #24
 - Red Lanterns #24
 - Green Lantern Annual #2

This story is about Relic who by all accounts is the antagonist here, but overall does not feel what he is doing is wrong.  He comes from a previous universe that was destroyed by the previous beings that controlled the light.  The light, meaning what is controlled by the Lanterns.  Relic knows that the Lantern Light is not everlasting.  He attempts to tell those in his previous universe but it's destroyed with only Relic lasting.  Fast forward to now, and Relic sees Lanterns using the light, which he knows is depleting.  Instead of using verbal reasoning and proving with science the light doesn't last forever, he decides to use force.

Relic makes a great antagonist for this story because you can't use brute force to beat him.  No matter what you throw at him, the Lantern Light doesn't effect him.  In fact, he can redirect it back at the Lantern that uses it.  The Lantern Corps must figure out a way to combat Relic as he is destroying the main batteries of each Light Color.

All of the iterations of the Green Lanterns from Earth are in this story and the universe needs them.  Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Raynor and even Guy Gardner along with every Lantern left will need to put their heads together to make this work.

I feel like I have given enough spoilers for this story line so I'd recommend picking up this TPB.  It's available for $16.99 and great for Green Lantern fans everywhere.

If the rumors I hear are true and DC is making a Green Lantern Corps type of movie, this story line would look amazing on the silver screen.

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