tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post3693170492171913970..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Green Lantern: Rise of the Third Army hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-24519219299788378932013-09-29T10:57:22.883-05:002013-09-29T10:57:22.883-05:00Glad to help. Maybe the direct lead from GL to GLC...Glad to help. Maybe the direct lead from GL to GLC is an annoyance (I kind of liked it), but it's better than War of the Green Lanterns, where all the titles -- GL, GLC, and Emerald Warriors -- fed into one another, and then you had to read all three series to get the whole picture. So I think the Green Lantern crossover system is getting better, at least.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-42975294077413596382013-09-29T09:30:27.674-05:002013-09-29T09:30:27.674-05:00Thanks for the advice.
One of the biggest problem...Thanks for the advice.<br /><br />One of the biggest problems reading the vol 3 of each is how GLC and GL interact. You have to literally stop reading at a point and take up the other book.<br /><br />Still, maybe you're right. I love my collected crossovers rather than individual books, but really, if only they had included GL 0 (and maybe GLNG 0), this book would have been a steal!Avishek Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16783133029362943554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-57911470675066393212013-09-27T09:37:46.655-05:002013-09-27T09:37:46.655-05:00You've read Green Lantern and Corps Vol. 2s, a...You've read Green Lantern and Corps Vol. 2s, and you said that you "loved Kyle turning WL," which I take to mean that you've been reading New Guardians, too.<br /><br />In that case, especially if you don't care much about Red Lanterns, I'd suggest you buy Vol. 3 of each of the books you read, and skip the combined Rise of the Third Army and Wrath of the First Lantern collections.<br /><br />You'll get the same content reading the individual books (and more) as you would reading the crossover volumes. If it's imperative for you to read the crossovers in order, you can skip between the three books. <br /><br />Maybe you'll pay a little more for the two or three individual collections than you would for the crossover collections, but I'd rather pay a little more for more than less for less.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-79194456977546318072013-09-27T04:45:08.215-05:002013-09-27T04:45:08.215-05:00Actually, I've already ordered this book (but ...Actually, I've already ordered this book (but can still cancel it).<br /><br />I'm in a quandary. I've already collected Vol 2 of GL and GLC and seeing that I loved Kyle turning WL (his battle with Gantlet was awesome), what should be the choice?<br /><br />Collecting GL: The End and GLC:Willpower (thus ignoring RL and GLNG completely) or buying ROTTA and WOTFL collections?<br /><br />I love complete stories but the Gl #0 issue missing in ROTTA is really grating me, since it''s the origin story of a whole new character.<br /><br />And as per prices on Amazon, it seems collecting the two volumes of GL and GLC mentioned above may be equal or more than the crossover collections. So, where does that stand?<br /><br />Please advise.<br /><br />Avishek Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16783133029362943554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-21603089646881489762013-09-11T10:16:15.011-05:002013-09-11T10:16:15.011-05:00The Aquaman/Justice League: Throne of Atlantis sol...The Aquaman/Justice League: Throne of Atlantis solicitations are all over the place; I think the DC site has something different than the above. I seem to recall at some point it looked like a difference of only an issue or so, mainly Aquaman #0. We'll see when those books finally come out.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-13446467386254775582013-09-11T10:10:36.722-05:002013-09-11T10:10:36.722-05:00According to amazon (I take this with a grain of s...According to amazon (I take this with a grain of salt):<br /><br />Justice League Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis - Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE #13-17 and AQUAMAN #15-16.<br />Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis - This volume collects issues #14-18.<br /><br />13,99€ is a bit on the expensive side for the 3 missing Aquaman issues but it could be worse I guess.<br />To be honest, after the 3D cover bullshit debacle this move doesn't surprise me much. DC has turned greedy in the last months.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023341219306132881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-53262008094124666902013-09-11T10:01:50.596-05:002013-09-11T10:01:50.596-05:00There will be another crossover book, Wrath of the...There will be another crossover book, Wrath of the First Lantern, that collects the issue #17-20 of all the books. However, you're right, if you want the most complete story, including the Zero Month issues, you have to get the individual trades.<br /><br />I think this is how it should be. The crossover trades can be non-comprehensive -- collecting just the most immediate crossover elements -- as long as the individual trades are comprehensive and collect everything. The problem you get into is with two-book crossovers, like Aquaman and Justice League's Throne of Atlantis, where each book virtually collects the same material as the other with only a few significant differences.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-20187931480254683392013-09-11T09:48:26.424-05:002013-09-11T09:48:26.424-05:00I just looked up the following:
Green Lantern: Ri...I just looked up the following:<br /><br />Green Lantern: Rise of the Third Army collects GL Annual #1, #13-16<br />Green Lantern Vol. 3: The End collects #0, #13-20<br /><br />The same with the other books. Which means that I can't replace the individual trades with the event book. I'm collecting GL, GLC and GL:NG so I definitely need the individual trades.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023341219306132881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-37649588966110059752013-09-11T09:39:04.648-05:002013-09-11T09:39:04.648-05:00>> Would it be better to skip the the Rise o...>> Would it be better to skip the the Rise of the Third Army event (aka all Vol. 3 trades) alltogether?<br /><br />Better than what? If you're a Green Lantern fan, I can't see why you would skip Rise of the Third Army (in this collection or in some/all of the individual collections); also in general I thought it was a good story, better than some of the other Green Lantern crossovers.<br /><br />>> How integrated is Red Lanterns in this crossover?<br /><br />Red Lanterns and New Guardians are less connected to this crossover than Green Lantern and Corps. You could safely ignore Red Lanterns and New Guardians, and the only place their storylines come up is at the very end of the crossover (in the Corps Annual, I think), and there the storylines only make a "cameo," I'd call it -- the characters just show up to fight the final battle. If you want to email me at the Yahoo account or message me on Facebook, I can spoil the Red Lantern/New Guardian aspects for you, if you like.<br />collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-24290129140044887362013-09-11T09:32:37.136-05:002013-09-11T09:32:37.136-05:00This collection completely duplicates the material...This collection completely duplicates the material that appears in the Vol. 3 Green Lantern collections. If you buy the Vol. 3 Green Lantern collections, you'll get the exact same material (and more) as you get here. Cheers!collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-34136144301884317892013-09-11T05:02:26.857-05:002013-09-11T05:02:26.857-05:00How integrated is Red Lanterns in this crossover? ...How integrated is Red Lanterns in this crossover? I dropped the book after Vol. 2 and I wasn't planning on picking it up again.<br />Would it be better to skip the the Rise of the Third Army event (aka all Vol. 3 trades) alltogether?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023341219306132881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-27153163652565119202013-09-11T04:24:22.430-05:002013-09-11T04:24:22.430-05:00Does this collection covering everything that woul...Does this collection covering everything that would otherwise be collected in GL:NG, RL, GL and Corps Vol. 3 or would I be missing part of the other collections?<br /><br />This bothered me a lot with Night of the Owls collection. I ended up selling it because I'd still have to get the individual trades because otherwise I'd miss the second halves of the individual trades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-66390545363012899942013-09-09T13:30:58.254-05:002013-09-09T13:30:58.254-05:00Yes, that's right -- this volume collects issu...Yes, that's right -- this volume collects issues from Green Lantern, Corps, New Guardians, and Red Lanterns which are all also collected in their own individual trades. If I were reading these on their own, I'd read New Guardians first, then Red Lanterns, then Green Lantern, then Corps.<br /><br />The story is good, how ever you read it (if you dumped New Guardians and Red Lanterns, you'd be a little lost at the very end, but not much). Again, this book doesn't collect anything you can't find elsewhere; it is, however, a nice package for reading this storyline.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-13733872099050758792013-09-09T09:52:38.797-05:002013-09-09T09:52:38.797-05:00Skimmed this if only to get the collected details ...Skimmed this if only to get the collected details as I'm a little behind on my reading.<br /><br />So, this is like Night of the Owls? If we're planning on getting the trades anyway, this isn't a required purchase, as I'll already have the issues? <br /><br />The lede got me interested, so it looks like I'm going to bump this up the backlog.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481154323847986075noreply@blogger.com