tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post8271258063239890829..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50445351788143935642010-08-26T09:37:27.145-05:002010-08-26T09:37:27.145-05:00I hope that with a third Green Lantern franchise b...I hope that with a third Green Lantern franchise book, Vath and Isamot can be more in the spotlight in Corps, speaking of ancillary members. That their planets hate one another, but that they have to be partners in the Corps, has seemed central to me to what this book is about.<br /><br />Saalik telling off the Guardians is something of a major moment, though I felt in part I'd seen it before -- it seems every other day, Guy or Kyle or someone is telling off the Guardians. I think I hoped for some real solid status quo change (for instance, the ability to use lethal force after Sinestro Corps War) -- but I understand that may yet be coming in the next volume of this book and Green Lantern. Wonder when those will be solicited?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-69948892354797470982010-08-25T05:47:41.757-05:002010-08-25T05:47:41.757-05:00I think this was my favorite crossover hardcover f...I think this was my favorite crossover hardcover from the series, for many of the reasons you mentioned. Thanks to Johns and Tomasi, ancillary members of the Corps are few and far between; it's not just Hal, John, Guy, and Kyle that the reader cares about, but every other lantern. <br /><br />Not to mention the coolest seven words I've read in a comic all year: "I guess Mogo does socialize after all."Brianhttp://facebook.com/brinewellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-60233758975862136712010-08-25T05:06:54.495-05:002010-08-25T05:06:54.495-05:00I kinda mean the whole feel of the issue. From Saa...I kinda mean the whole feel of the issue. From Saalik telling the Guardians where to shove it (and affirming the Lantern Corps as proactive rather than reactive), to changing the memorial for Green Lanterns from a crypt to a tree (celebrating life rather than wallowing in death). Kilowog's scene obviously plays into that, with the "just a space cop" line, but it was more a general feeling than a specific scene or line. It just felt like Tomasi was promising a brighter tomorrow.<br /><br />I'm waiting for trades on Brightest Day, so my comment isn't really informed by anything.Darrenhttp://m0vie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-14864568491383893152010-08-24T14:48:59.425-05:002010-08-24T14:48:59.425-05:00I found Hal's "death is death" state...I found Hal's "death is death" statement at least an inkling of what the post-Blackest Night DCU would be like, but I didn't hear the same in the Green Lantern Corps finale; I think I was not as sold on the epilogue as you were. Do you mean the Kilowog scene? Are you reading Brightest Day, and do you find Kilowog's sentiment reflected there?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17260868962628919212010-08-23T14:28:53.690-05:002010-08-23T14:28:53.690-05:00I have to admit that I found the end just as jarri...I have to admit that I found the end just as jarring - it was weird to see a collection which had followed its own arc to that point cut from the charge of the light brigade to the aftermath of the crisis. On the other hand, I loved the epilogue issue -I thought it was as close to a mission statement for post-Blackest Night DCU as those of us wait-for-traders are likely to get before the major Brightest Day releases in January.Darrenhttp://m0vie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com