Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern #1 sets up a bold new direction for the Green Lantern mythos and looks to place John Stewart into the limelight at long last. Anyone whos a fan of Justice League Unlimited or Star Trek: Discovery will definitely want to pick this book up. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue is a fantastic, fun read and a wonderful entry point for newcomers. If you haven't read Green Lantern in a while, or ever, this is a great place to start. This series has found a place in my heart and on my pull-list. Highly recommended. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 gives us John Stewart as the man in charge as he leads the Green Lantern Corps into a new era of galactic history. Read Full Review

This was a strong opening act with a solid cliffhanger. This creative team seems to have an engaging approach for the Green Lanterns and Im a lot more excited about this title after this debut. Read Full Review

This is probably the largest-scale Green Lantern issue since the Johns days, bringing in the whole gamut of Lantern-aligned characters (including an oddly anthropomorphic Dex-Starr). Even though it packs a lot into this first issue, it feels like the start to something great. Read Full Review

Thorne's story brings key elements of the DC universe together with an exciting narrative, backed up by excellent artwork by Soy and Santucci, with vivid colors from Sinclair. An excellent start to a new "Green Lantern" adventure. Read Full Review

Soy and Santucci do some great work with the art in this issue. The characters look fantastic and the action is brilliantly rendered. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 is a visually stunning book that sets off what promises to be an interesting new era for the franchise. From #DCComics @GeoffThorne @dextersoy @MSantucciArt @Sinccolor #RobLeigh Read Full Review

This debut delivers a great coalescing of the lanterns for the beginning of a new era that respects what has come before while pointing towards the changes to come. Read Full Review

Despite Brian Michael Bendis's impact on this book, Green Lantern #1 is a very good start to a new era of the Green Lantern Corps. Thorne executes the big ideas well and presents an intriguing situation for John and the rest of the Corps. There's a lot of information in the issue and it all goes towards developing the main idea and giving it an authentic feeling. That said, Teen Lantern feels out of place and it's not clear why she's included. Read Full Review

I’m hyped to see where Thorne will take these characters and what all is in store for the Corps. Also, gotta say, the variant by Alex Maleev is phenomenal and everyone should take in its majesty. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 pulls the spotlight from Hal Jordan and places the franchise in John Stewart's ever-capable hands, and the supporting cast Thorne is building out is truly stellar. Read Full Review

Talk heavy issues that talks about things I really like! Good, solid, interesting start to a new Green Lantern series. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 has some great concepts. There's a lot of them. But, the details don't feel fleshed out enough. They also feel a bit rushed. The debate about Oa joining this new order feels a bit short in debate. There should be far more discussion as to whether it should happen. There's little doubt it would. The terrorist attack and action sequences too feel a bit too neatly wrapped up. This is a comic though could easily have been two or three issues worth of material. Instead, Green Lantern #1 is a start that has great ideas but not a great execution to go along with it. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 is a very good start to a creative run by Geoffrey Thorne. This issue established a lot with how Oa and the Green Lantern Corps are viewed in the greater DC Universe. Bringing in the United Planets to be part of his run opens a lot of doors to explore not only the current state of the DCU but the Omniverse as a whole. Green Lantern fans should definitely check this issue out as soon as possible. Read Full Review

A number one issue is the best time to bring in new readers, and this issue does not help in that avenue at all. Read Full Review

While I love the art and the characters, the situations felt weird and were just stacked on top of each other until you didn't really know what this issue was actually about because it just kept adding things to the issue that never felt like they were properly explained or resolved. I'm hoping that this series finds a focus as it continues because this issue while setting some stuff up to go forward came off as a bit of a mess.   Read Full Review

In the end I feel like Green Lantern #1 was a huge miss for me. There's potential here, that's for sure, but the execution falls flat for me. The dialogue seems forced and there are a few too many plot concessions for my tastes. Six out of ten lanterns. Read Full Review

While the Guardians in interest in Keli was inevitable, as was the confrontation it creates, the evolving role of the race that has always seen themselves as above and superior to the rest of the universe does represent a rather dramatic shift. Despite the interruption, the conclave is successful leaving the Lanterns in place as the universe's official protectors. Read Full Review

Green Lantern #1 struggles to keep reader interest despite the raw potential of its core conceit and some impressive artwork. Read Full Review

Thorne writes a script that I wish had more to it. It doesn't set up an interesting premise nor did it grab me at any point. The artwork by Dexter Soy is the best part of the book. He does a great job bringing it all to life. Too bad it just isn't enough to make the story more exciting. Read Full Review

DiegoLDUganda

Apr 06, 2021

I was expecting something really bad since ive read Thorne story from Future State but it was actually... interesting. I mean, Kelly Quintela finally its a little bit likeable and she can be his own character and not Bendis pretending to be a latin child. I will miss a lot Morrison and Hal Jordan, but this run looks like more like Jhons and Venditti did with the Lanterns. Now im a little bit more interesed in what its doing Thorne.

Antenovial

Apr 06, 2021

I'm not a big Green Lantern fan. The titles I have read are few in-between. If not for Jessica Cruz's involvement in Darkseid War, I would have probably never picked GL up at all. This honestly wasn't on my pull-list either until I saw the Interviews Geoffrey Thorne did and was made aware of him through DC's Truth & Justice. I'm going into this fairly unbiased and not that involved with Green Lantern lore. I like John and Simon, but I don't consider them my fav Green Lanterns. While reading this I feared a little that Thorne would fall into the trap of using tired old tropes. He didn't. As much criticism as the Corps gets, the narrative never makes them bow to that criticism. They come out stronger. Especially the last third reads pow erful to me. Teen Lantern is very much an eleven-year-old. Her presence might still rub some the wrong way but compared to how other teen characters are handled in superhero properties, I found the take refreshing. The art though... It's not bad but... hm. I know Dexter Soy has been complimented for RHatO a lot, so much so that quite a few readers see him as the ultimate artist for Red Hood. But apart from some panels, I don't see that same level of care here. Panels feel rushed. And maybe they were. Marco Santucci is on art duty for a few pages. 14, 17-18, and 29-31 (on digital) as far as I can tell. Thankfully, their styles don't clash, and Santucci is limited to drawing what happens inside the Conclave. more

WhistleBlower

Apr 06, 2021

LMAO people are still butthurt over the Hal Jordan tweets? Ethan Van Sciver making pro-pedophile tweets: I asleep One writer says he doesn't like Hal Jordan: real shit!

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TJMB3891 - Apr 13, 2021

I could care less about he feels about Hal. Thorne is an arrogant dick and if you're going to be an arrogant dick, at least be good at writing.

KFuqua

Apr 06, 2021

I know nothing about Thorne personally, so I can't speak to that, but I will say that I thought that this was SO much better than the garbage that Morrison was putting out. I'll give the second issue a shot.

allenquanobi

Apr 07, 2021

I enjoyed this for what it is. It does a good job setting up an interesting premise and story, but there's a lot of this that just doesn't make sense. There's zero chance that the UP would be willing to negotiate Oa and the GLC as a planet but at the same time have Sinestro Corps and the Red Lantern Corps as willing participants. They bring up a lot of bad the Guardians have done, but all of that is nothing in comparison to the Sinestro Corps or the Red Lantern Corps. A lot of continuity seems to be thrown out the window here as well (not surprising though since Infinite Frontier and the future of DC seems to be lax with continuity, totally not confusing at all). That was my biggest problem. Also, idk if Teen Lantern is like this in t he Young Justice books, but she came off as very annoying and not a character to root or like. I wanted to see a lot more Simon and Jessica, they've gotten the short end of the stick for a while now, it would be nice to see them get the main book. I get that the writer loves John Stewart, but he's had tons of exposure both in TV media and comics. The other Lanterns need some love too. The rest of the story plays out pretty fair standard and generic sci fi. Nothing you haven't seen before if you've watched Star Trek, it feels like an episode of the Enterprise TV show but with DC aliens. The ending is also really hard to believe, but for the sake of this being a comic book, I'll let it slide. It's not as bad as people are saying it is, just not as good either. more

mrDovydas

Apr 18, 2021

This was so much better than Thorne's Future State GL story. There's a lot of fun moments and the overall premise is interesting, I came into this without any expectations but am actually quite excited about this one now. Obviously, it's not Morrison's GL, but doubt anything can even come close to that. And not everything actually needs to.

Merlyn

Apr 06, 2021

Thorne is still a douchebag but for a first issue it was fine, some bits were actually good, some were very bad.

TheHyruleElf

Apr 06, 2021

Compared to the high octane fun of Grant Morrison's The Green Lantern, this just feels kind of boring and uninteresting. I don't think I'll be reading the next issue.

Ulf

Apr 06, 2021

Back to referring to the ring as a "weapon" and featuring a Teen Lantern, while branding the book as "Ages 17+". Plus, we get a writer who loves John Stewart but has apparently only watched the JLU cartoon and is writing him as a tough Marine, instead of the multi-nuanced, socially aware architect from the majority of his publishing history. I'll give it an issue or two but this feels like a real step back with too much forced gravitas.

Boudi

Apr 07, 2021

I have not read Young Justice League so I'm not familiar with Teen Lantern. But I can say she is a nice character, after reading Titans Academy I belived DC writters had no idea on how to write young people, this issue showed me I was wrong. But man, I would have liked to see a little more of Kyle and Jessica. The art and colours are good. It's just that the story is not grippling yet.

Spacey Medicine

Sep 16, 2021

Fine!

TJMB3891

Apr 06, 2021

I gave it a 5 because I love Dexter Soy so those points are only for him and I subtracted for life points because the writing was a mess. Geoffrey Thorne is kind of a jerk, if you've seen his Twitter you know this but maybe you didn't know that he's also bad at writing comic books. This issue wasn't terrible but it wasn't far off and for some strange reason he's using Teen Lantern who is just a pointless character that didn't need to be created because Earth has way too many Green lanterns to begin with. Isn't she from Brazil? Don't they speak Portuguese in Brazil? Then why is she speaking Spanish in this issue? I love Dexter Soy and I absolutely love Green Lantern but the 2 things I really don't want are 1 Teen Lantern and 2 Geoffrey Thorn e writing Green Lantern. This guy needs to go. I wish we got a better writer. more

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TJMB3891 - Apr 6, 2021

Oh and if anyone looks at this comment don't take any of those 10 out of 10 reviews seriously. There's so many review sites that just want to kiss the ass of the publishers so they can get a quote on the trade paperback so they give everything a 9 out of 10 or a 10 out of 10 and it's a bunch of crap.

Antenovial - Apr 6, 2021

Teen Lantern is Bolivian. Spanish is the main official language of her home country.

DiegoLDUganda - Apr 6, 2021

Dude, teen lantern is bolivian... palteas amigo...

Merlyn - Apr 6, 2021

@TJMB3891: So true about the critic reviews, that's why I don't give a single fuck about them, those guys are lying through their teeth.

Batman Jones - Apr 6, 2021

@Merlyn: have we gone beyond the nonsense of fake news to fake opinions now? How can a critic lie about their opinion? You think they’re saying they love something but secretly hate it? Lol

Merlyn - Apr 7, 2021

Yeah, they do. For kiss assing, the chance to one day maybe write a comic for the companies, or just money. You're pretty dumb if you don't get that.

Merlyn - Apr 7, 2021

Notice how almost always the critic reviews are 1 or 2 points above the user reviews. There's a reason for that. Users don't feel the need to kiss DC or Marvel's ass, they just give their honest opinion, unlike critics.

Batman Jones - Apr 7, 2021

I thought the reason was that the fans review bomb with 1's (because they do and critics don't), and I'm not aware of any critic I've read in the last several years getting a gig out of it (because they haven't), but thanks for educating me. I guess I'm pretty dumb. :(

Batman Jones - Apr 7, 2021

Should I start getting my news from Facebook and YouTube also? You know, since the lamestream media can't be trusted? Help me, Merlyn!

Merlyn - Apr 7, 2021

Well, I guess you should do your research because they do sometimes. But I see you're cut from the same cloth since you are kissing mainstream media ass. So there's no need for us to further continue this conversation, remain as you are.

Batman Jones - Apr 7, 2021

Hey, before you go, are liberals part of a Satan cabal that sex traffics children? Sorry to bug you again. I’m just learning so much from our conversation.

Weird Science Jim - Apr 7, 2021

Hey @merlyn don’t lump ever regular reviewer together - I would never lump 5he user reviewers together! Funny how you say every reviewer is 1 or 2 points above user review score since that is not true at all

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

And TJMB3891, you have done 8 reviews and 5 have been 9 and above! Two of them are 10s!

Merlyn - Apr 8, 2021

WeirdScience is not doing that, I read your reviews very often and I find them pretty objective. Yes, that's true, but I really don' want to do this dance with you.

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

I agree with so many sites kissing butt... it’s more about getting advanced review copies if you ask me. It drives me insane just as much as everyone here! That’s why I also read everyone’s user reviews and understand why the user scores are a lot more accurate sometimes than the “critics” ... because the users are actually buying the stuff and have nothing to lose or gain! Way too many 10/10s going around from most sites. A random issue of any book is treated like an instant classic!

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

I just was pointing it out because we actually get crap from companies and other sites for being honest, which they say is toxic or overly negative! That’s why I hang in the user reviews!

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

Also, I did not like this issue at all and am worried about the direction of the run after this and the Future State nonesense

Merlyn - Apr 8, 2021

Lol do DC and Marvel come at you because you don't rate their books highly enough? And other sites? How does that work? I can't say I'm really surprised but I didn't know about any of that. I found it okay, though Teen Lantern is very, very annoying. And I'm tired of the "Guardians are bad" plotline, it's been done hundreds of times, at this point I'd be fine with them disappearing altogether if that means writers can come up with something that doesn't involve them.

GL Fan 2814 - Apr 8, 2021

Wouldn't say that publishers come at you - but they may choose to ignore you. Many "review sites" get the books in advance for free and I'm sure they don't want to lose that perk. I know a GL site that has, or at least had, some renown. At one point DC was contacting them to do interviews and gave them things like exclusive previews. Since the site was honest in their reviews and was critical of some things they are pretty much ignored now. Shame to, it's still a great site.

TJMB3891 - Apr 8, 2021

@WeirdScienceJim Sometimes I give things a 10 because I feel like the overall score is down and I want to bump it up that .1 percentage point lol. I usually only review a book I feel strongly about one way or the other. If I hate it I give an actual score, if I love it I try to bump up it's overall percentage point.

Merlyn - Apr 8, 2021

@GL Fan 2814: That's pretty terrible. Then again, I know these companies don't have a single moral bone in their fiber, at best they virtue signal to boost their sales and to fool gullible fans. If you want to give the name of that site I'll access it just because they had the guts to speak their mind. If I like it, maybe I'll visit it more in the future too.

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

to be fair, we were offered the review copies from DC after a review I did for Batman and Robin Eternal that I gave a 3/10 and the PR guy said he liked it because, "You used lots of curse words and shit". I know for a fact, thoughm that sites are scared that if they give bad scores they will get the review copies taken from them like GL Fan 2814 said.

Weird Science Jim - Apr 8, 2021

and there are sites that push for the trade cover quotes, but personally, I look at those as looking like you are a shill for the company, but that's just me

GL Fan 2814 - Apr 10, 2021

@Merlyn www.blogofoa.com

Harold

Apr 08, 2021

The only thing I like in this issue is Dexter's drawings and Hal Jordan. Except for these, it was an empty, boring, and ridiculous issue. Also, Green Lantern writers should stop dwelling on the same subject. It is now getting too boring to read about the past mistakes of the Guardians and the Green Lantern's trying to fix them. As for Thorne; Why would DC stubbornly want this guy to write a Green Lantern story when 70% of DC fans don't like it? And John Stewart? Really? Future State: Green Lantern was bad, this issue is bad, too. 5 because drawing of Dexter

Sup3rsa1yan1990

Apr 12, 2021

Writing dragged forever and just never seemed to end. Only good thing was the art

Psycamorean

Apr 16, 2021

This was fine, just like the other Green Lantern title this week. Which I guess is an improvement over those Future State stories? Geoffrey Thorne seemed very influenced by Bendis' time at DC. So many references to his Superman run and his Young Justice run. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how much I prefer Thorne's use of dialogue quirks over how Morrison used them in The Green Lantern. I don't get a headache from weird old English (kinda) the way I did from... A lot of Morrison's alien characters. I guess the biggest problem with this issue is that there's so much going on and I have trouble getting invested in it.

GL Fan 2814

Apr 07, 2021

This was pretty boring and the art was hit or miss. The design of the Sinestro outfits was horrible and what the hell did they do to Dex-Starr!? The writing isn't any better than what we saw in Thorne's Future State, which was pretty poor. There was nothing interesting here and John Stewart just isn't a strong enough character to carry this book. Not off to a good start here. And for God's sake, someone get rid of Teen Lantern!

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Merlyn - Apr 7, 2021

Agree about Teen Lantern, she's so cringe! Thing is, for years I've wanted a youngster on the Corps and now I really regret it. :))

Bats44121 - Apr 9, 2021

I didn't know about Thorne's views prior to Future State until reviewers brought it up. Not huge GL fan, mostly JSA-era. But I think the idea of Hal Jordan as a test pilot being "fearless" was a narrative that 20th century writers understood. I don't think 21st century readers (and writers) literally have any idea why that matters. Concept of a test pilot (if they knew what it was) won't make sense to them today. No exp of USSR & constant thermonuclear war threat in lives, so defense means ?

Bats44121 - Apr 9, 2021

Good and bad from storylines spanning nearly a century. In JSA era 1930s-1940s, there was a Green Lantern defending U.S. steel mills from being undermined by corrupt gangsters and saboteurs, and readers understood need to protect U.S. industry. Much of today's readers and none of the writers would understand this at all, but at the time important story line. Same thing applies to Hal and 1960s-1970s era. What I cheered, many readers today would like in puzzlement. World changes.

Bats44121 - Apr 9, 2021

'look' in punishment... sorry about that : )

Bats44121 - Apr 9, 2021

"look in puzzlement" (gotta get those glasses updated)

TJMB3891 - Apr 13, 2021

Agreed about Teen Lantern, she's terrible. What the hell WAS up with Dex-Starr? Why the hell did he look like a cat person instead of a cat lol?

TJMB3891 - Apr 13, 2021

They should have used Tai Pham instead of Teen Lantern if they wanted a teen in the Corps.

humgruffin

Apr 10, 2021

Poor writing and static art. The whole issue was just dull and boring. I stopped about 3/4 of the way through to see how many pages I had to read to finish the issue. So many great characters that could have been used and the focus was on ‘teen lantern’ and a meeting ripped from Star Wars’ Galactic Senate. How exciting.

Maud Benjamin

Apr 06, 2021

Funny to see Thorne badmouth Geoff Johns while using his creations in this book.

RKS

Apr 13, 2021

Thorne has already said that he doesn't care if his Green Lantern sells or not. He is going to tell the story he wants to tell and isn't willing to listen to any fan feedback. With that attitude this book was doomed before it was even released. Save your money kids.