Geoff Johns' Green Lantern

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:39:55 am

Hey all,

I know that GL and "Blackest Night" have been discussed, and this very well may have already been listed somewhere...BUT...

I really want to read Johns' big GL story once Blackest Night is finished. Would I be able to get a complete story by getting the following collections, and if not...could you recommend a list of what collections I should get to get a nice story?

- Green Lantern: Rebirth
- Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1
- Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
- Blackest Night (mini-series collection once it's released)

Thanks all!!!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:53:23 am

JonesyAZ wrote:Hey all,

I know that GL and "Blackest Night" have been discussed, and this very well may have already been listed somewhere...BUT...

I really want to read Johns' big GL story once Blackest Night is finished. Would I be able to get a complete story by getting the following collections, and if not...could you recommend a list of what collections I should get to get a nice story?

- Green Lantern: Rebirth
- Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1
- Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
- Blackest Night (mini-series collection once it's released)

Thanks all!!!

There is also the Green Lantern main title after rebirth.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:13:55 pm

its the same one going rebirth relaunched GL its up to issue 50 ish

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:24:21 pm

Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run is not my cup of tea.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:28:56 pm

superman-prime wrote:its the same one going rebirth relaunched GL its up to issue 50 ish

Yeah, I wish I was on the ground floor with that...

I guess i'm wondering...if I end up just buying the intended "trilogy" of Rebirth, Sinestro, and Blackest Night...will that be enough of a story?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:40:39 pm

you will get a great story get the few issues that lead in to sinestro and the blackest night prolague and it will be a great read

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:16:36 pm

superman-prime wrote:you will get a great story get the few issues that lead in to sinestro and the blackest night prolague and it will be a great read

Gotcha! Thanks

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:58:26 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:you will get a great story get the few issues that lead in to sinestro and the blackest night prolague and it will be a great read
Gotcha! Thanks

I wasn't reading these, but got the trades. One of the best story lines Ihave read in awhile.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:21:40 pm

dhudson1 wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:you will get a great story get the few issues that lead in to sinestro and the blackest night prolague and it will be a great read
Gotcha! Thanks
I wasn't reading these, but got the trades. One of the best story lines Ihave read in awhile.

Which trades have you read Darryl?

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:27:33 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:you will get a great story get the few issues that lead in to sinestro and the blackest night prolague and it will be a great read
Gotcha! Thanks
I wasn't reading these, but got the trades. One of the best story lines Ihave read in awhile.
Which trades have you read Darryl?

Agent Orange
Rebirth
Rage of the Red Lanterns
Secret Origins
No Fear
Revenge of the Green Lanterns
The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1 & 2
Wanted Hal Jordan

I started buying the Blackest Nights monthly comic books

I thinks that's it. I also have the GL Corps Trades, but haven't read them. Picked them all up at a comic shop in Florida last vacation.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:31:16 pm

If you are looking for background on GL way before BN, check out Emerald Dawn. I read it not knowing too much about GL and I really liked it.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:42:00 pm

400yrs wrote:If you are looking for background on GL way before BN, check out Emerald Dawn. I read it not knowing too much about GL and I really liked it.

Yes there was an Emerald Dawn 1 & 2, both mini-series.

Didn't they try to establish that in trying to find a person without fear, the ring actually removed the fear from Jordan? I on't think that interpretaion lasted however. It has been awhile since I read those.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:53:55 pm

dhudson1 wrote:
400yrs wrote:If you are looking for background on GL way before BN, check out Emerald Dawn. I read it not knowing too much about GL and I really liked it.
Yes there was an Emerald Dawn 1 & 2, both mini-series.

Didn't they try to establish that in trying to find a person without fear, the ring actually removed the fear from Jordan? I on't think that interpretaion lasted however. It has been awhile since I read those.

I don't know about that but they did choose Jordan over Guy Gardener purely because Jordan was closer.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:31:07 pm

I would add these comics too if you're getting into the GL run:

- Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins #1
- Green Lantern Corps Mini series and the latest ongoing run
- the "Stories from Alan Moore/DC Universe" trade collects a few of the old GL stories that Geoff gives nods to for "Blackest Night". And there a "Planet Mogo" story in there too.

It's alot of comics but it's worth it when reading the run from "Rebirth" on.

I think the "Corps" monthly is essential reading for the GL run. Not sure how they are collected among the trades.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:30:10 pm

vikingspawn wrote:I would add these comics too if you're getting into the GL run:

- Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins #1
- Green Lantern Corps Mini series and the latest ongoing run
- the "Stories from Alan Moore/DC Universe" trade collects a few of the old GL stories that Geoff gives nods to for "Blackest Night". And there a "Planet Mogo" story in there too.

It's alot of comics but it's worth it when reading the run from "Rebirth" on.

I think the "Corps" monthly is essential reading for the GL run. Not sure how they are collected among the trades.

I will pick up some of the trades you mention.

The current Corps is all collected in trades, although some of them appear in the GL trades when they were essential to the story being told.

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:39:40 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:its the same one going rebirth relaunched GL its up to issue 50 ish
Yeah, I wish I was on the ground floor with that...

I guess i'm wondering...if I end up just buying the intended "trilogy" of Rebirth, Sinestro, and Blackest Night...will that be enough of a story?

Probably....I haven't read any of the Sinestro stuff. BN is making sense to me.

Remember to try your library if you'd care to save a buck or two!

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:05:28 pm

dave wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:its the same one going rebirth relaunched GL its up to issue 50 ish
Yeah, I wish I was on the ground floor with that...

I guess i'm wondering...if I end up just buying the intended "trilogy" of Rebirth, Sinestro, and Blackest Night...will that be enough of a story?
Probably....I haven't read any of the Sinestro stuff. BN is making sense to me.

Remember to try your library if you'd care to save a buck or two!

But Agent Orange and Red Lanterns is darn good stuff!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:16:41 pm

dave wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
superman-prime wrote:its the same one going rebirth relaunched GL its up to issue 50 ish
Yeah, I wish I was on the ground floor with that...

I guess i'm wondering...if I end up just buying the intended "trilogy" of Rebirth, Sinestro, and Blackest Night...will that be enough of a story?
Probably....I haven't read any of the Sinestro stuff. BN is making sense to me.

Remember to try your library if you'd care to save a buck or two!

a buck or two?

a bit more than that.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:56:38 pm

or 300 bucks

fastballspecial · Post by **fastballspecial** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:12:04 am

If you are looking for other Johns work try JSA he wrote an entire volume of it and most dont notice it.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:15:15 pm

fastballspecial wrote:If you are looking for other Johns work try JSA he wrote an entire volume of it and most dont notice it.

His first 2 years of Hawkman were good too. The series went downhill after he left it.

And Booster Gold was good.

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:49:51 pm

More or less anything with a Green Lantern in the title from the last 4 or 5 years is worth buying. The current GL series was great even before the Sinestro Corps event came along.

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:38:55 am

IMJ wrote:More or less anything with a Green Lantern in the title from the last 4 or 5 years is worth buying. The current GL series was great even before the Sinestro Corps event came along.

Quoted for truth. Don't sell the Green Lantern Corps series short either, as it is just as important, especially when you get to Sinestro Corps Wars, and in some instances, I was enjoying it more than the regular GL series.

Everyone's thrown a lot of GL titles at Jonesy, but I haven't seen the specific order. I believe it's currently:

Rebirth
No Fear
Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Wanted Hal Jordan
Sinestro Corps War vols. 1 & 2
Tales of the Sinestro Corps War
Secret Origin
Rage of the Red Lanterns
Agent Orange
Blackest Night

For GLC:
Recharge
To Be a Lantern
The Dark Side of Green
Sinestro Corps War vols. 1 & 2
Ring Quest
Sins of the Star Sapphire
Blackest Night

I'm behind myself, so a couple of these may be off.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:26:20 am

turborip wrote:
IMJ wrote:More or less anything with a Green Lantern in the title from the last 4 or 5 years is worth buying. The current GL series was great even before the Sinestro Corps event came along.
Quoted for truth. Don't sell the Green Lantern Corps series short either, as it is just as important, especially when you get to Sinestro Corps Wars, and in some instances, I was enjoying it more than the regular GL series.

Everyone's thrown a lot of GL titles at Jonesy, but I haven't seen the specific order. I believe it's currently:

Rebirth
No Fear
Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Wanted Hal Jordan
Sinestro Corps War vols. 1 & 2
Tales of the Sinestro Corps War
Secret Origin
Rage of the Red Lanterns
Agent Orange
Blackest Night

For GLC:
Recharge
To Be a Lantern
The Dark Side of Green
Sinestro Corps War vols. 1 & 2
Ring Quest
Sins of the Star Sapphire
Blackest Night

I'm behind myself, so a couple of these may be off.

GYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Lol...

I realize that i'm probably going to have to throw down some money to read these books...

Once I complete my Valiant reading set, I will probably focus on some GL goodness. The catalyst for my renewed interest of late?

...I bought a set of all the different colored rings at a local comic shop for dirt cheap...now I want to know everything 'bout the Emotional Spectrum!

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:25:17 pm

Cyberstrike wrote:Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run is not my cup of tea.

Am i the only one who noticed this blasphemy?

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