Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of Gree...

Reed -- Yeah, you're right, in retrospect the whol...

2008-02-10T23:40:00.000-06:00

Reed -- Yeah, you're right, in retrospect the whole "Demon-thing changes Guy into a woman" story was a little silly. But Beau was the first, for me at least, who showed Guy as more than comic relief, and I appreciated that. You ever read Green Lantern #25 (one series earlier than the current) where Hal and Guy boxed sans rings? I still remember that as such a powerful Guy story, and one that lead into the Dixon/Beau Smith series.

Will have to check out Guy in Blue Beetle; think that's in the third trade.

Jeffrey -- This is an interesting idea; Guy would kill on his own, but not as a Corps representative. Hope some writer picks up on this, because there's plenty of ground to mine in Guy's ultimate morals.

I agree with Reed: Guy's probably a "kill as a las...

2008-02-10T00:28:00.000-06:00

I agree with Reed: Guy's probably a "kill as a last resort" kind of guy; he was the one who authorised the use of lethal force against Superboy-Prime in Infinite Crisis after all.

And yes, GLC is a great series. Just pure space opera, and Soranik's a great character.

I liked some of it. I disliked some of it. I pre...

2008-02-09T21:41:00.000-06:00

I liked some of it. I disliked some of it. I preferred Chuck Dixons run the most. What I liked about Beau Smith's run on Warrior were that he really understood Guy as a character, though he sometimes went overboard on the manliness chest thumping thing. I wish he got to do Guy as an adventurer, though some fun stuff came out of the Vuldarian powers. His storylines tended to be all over the place sometimes. I mean, he wrote Guy Gardner magically transformed into a woman for some reason.. Plus I felt a lot of things just happened to fall into Guy's lap during the warrior run. Vuldarian powers, warriors bar, compliments from Superman.. I like Guy best as a character when he's beaten up over and over and just wont stop. Like you think he's knocked out, then his hand twitches, and he gets up,cause thats what willpower is all about. Lately Guy has been portrayed best by Keith Champagne and whoever the writer is on Blue Beetle.

Reed -- That's a good suggestion, and would explai...

2008-02-09T20:38:00.000-06:00

Reed -- That's a good suggestion, and would explain the apparent contradiction in Guy's behavior. What did you think of Beau Smith's take on Guy? I wish Beau would write an issue of Green Lantern Corps -- he remains one of my top Guy Gardner writers!

I don't think Guy's problem was with killing, so m...

2008-02-08T21:01:00.000-06:00

I don't think Guy's problem was with killing, so much as with killing on command for the guardians. Of all the earth Green Lanterns, he is the most likely to go that route if he feels it is necessary, as is the case where he killed Major Force and had no problem killing various other alien creatures in the Warrior series. Plus he probably doesn't like assassinations.

Matthew -- Having Keith Champagne guest-write the ...

2008-02-08T20:50:00.000-06:00

Matthew -- Having Keith Champagne guest-write the first story arc of the second trade, so early in the series, might be what jarred you. I think the Corpse story was good, but having a guest-writer is always a risky thing.

Vince -- That's high praise; thanks!

At least these are coming out in paperback.I also ...

2008-02-08T10:37:00.000-06:00

At least these are coming out in paperback.

I also picked up the first volume of the new legion based on your review. Pretty good stuff.

I can't say I enjoyed this one as much as 'To Be A...

2008-02-08T08:58:00.000-06:00

I can't say I enjoyed this one as much as 'To Be A Lantern', personally, though putting my finger on why is difficult. I think that for me, as a relative newcomer to Green Lantern in general and the Corps in particular, the sudden shift away from the 'main' Corps onto the black-ops version hadn't really given me enough time to care about the Corps' ethos as a whole before they started exploring its grey areas.