Green Lanterns #16

What's definitely present in Green Lanterns #16 are the dingy, Gotham type themes across this issue laced with some light hearted Lantern humour. It does feel a little forced as a team-up issue. But nonetheless, seeing the pair interact and work with different heroes does read quite well. And the story isn't without its own surprises and twists either. It makes some interesting choices towards the end of the issue that are genuinely quite bold. And the blend of two villains from the respective heroes seems like an obvious choice once it's visually put together. Overall, it's an entertaining issue that shows that the Lanterns can flourish outside of their comfort zones, but they might not like it at first. Read Full Review

The villain behind all of the chaos made a lot of sense and played upon some older classic stories. Seeing how Batman and the Lanterns handle the situation should make for an entertaining conclusion. Read Full Review

A somewhat disjointed issue that starts a new arc with a threat that's an inspired combination of Batman and Green Lantern villains. Green Lanterns #16 does a good job connecting to real world issues with superhero flair. Read Full Review

I will follow Sam Humphries anywhere he wants to take me on this Green Lantern journey. I just hope the next issues area bit more even. Maybe it is the use of Bruce that is throwing him off, but I trust. I believe. Read Full Review

Tight story with good visuals that showcase the characters and their dynamics. Batman/Baz argument seemed forced and didn't really pay off well towards the end of the issue. Read Full Review

While I thought that this issue started off odd, it did eventually pick back up and get me really interested to see what this arc is all about.  I love seeing our Lantern heroes having an old fashioned team-up and it didn't hurt that the entire book looked incredible either. Read Full Review

The perfect snack before both Batman and Green Lanterns get heavy, Green Lanterns #16 provides plenty of laughs as it plays Baz off of some familiar Gotham faces. There aren't many surprises here, and the artwork is pretty average, but the character dynamics are as excellent as we've come to expect from Humphries, and that turns out to be all we need. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns # 16 is a comic with really terrific artwork by Neil Edwards. Every page in the issue looks great, and that's down to Edwards and inkers Jay Leisten and Keith Champagne, as well as Blond the colorist. However, this is also an issue that may cause you to ask unintended questions about tight continuity in shared comic book universes. Read Full Review

The Green Lanterns have their spotlight stolen by Batman in a solid issue that sets up an intriguing new story arc. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns #16 ventured into familiar territory that most fans will recognize, the artwork was solid and the prospect of Simon Baz confronting his own personal issues with controlling things around him. That and Batman, lots of Batman. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns #16 starts the Batman team-up on shaky ground with a paper thin plot and too much emphasis placed on forcing tension between the caped crusader and Simon Baz.  Visually the book is pretty to look at but there's not much else to make this interesting.  Five out of then lanterns. Read Full Review

Although this issue presents some interesting ideas, it gets too mired down in other ideas that are seemingly not thought through all the way. Read Full Review

On the positives I would say that it does definitely give us an interesting take on Scarecrow, as it seems somehow he has gotten control of the yellow lantern light. I say light and not ring as it does not seem to look like he possesses a ring. This is particularly interesting since this idea has been entertained in both Green Lantern and in Blackest Night. So would be interesting to see how he fairs against the 2 new green lanterns. Read Full Review

Supes' soups

Feb 03, 2017

Didn't Simon already give up his gun? I'm really getting sick of these two amateur hour Green Lanterns. At least progress in your powers, abilities, and overall growth as a character. Next week, Jessica gets another fear-induced panic attack from Scarecrow and we're back to square one... Oh and including Batman doesn't help...

GL Mike

Feb 03, 2018

This issue was just "ok" at best. It felt disjointed at times. The writing of Batman just felt "off" to me. I did enjoy the Bruce/Simon interaction about Simon carrying a gun. The artwork was solid but not great.

ockedman

Feb 01, 2017

I dropped this series after the first arc but I decided to read this short arc, because it seemed quite fun and I love Blackest Night. Unfortunately, I was disappointed again by this series. But this time, the real problem is the interaction between the protagonists and Batman: it's heavy, annoying and still too repetitive (I thought that the mystery about Simon's gun had already been solved but apparently it wasn't). It's what I was looking forward to in this arc but it's ultimately clumsy. Also, the plot is too weak. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the return of one of my favorite ideas of Blackest Night, but how does Batman remember it if it doesn't exist anymore in the continuity? The art is fine but the series has had better artists.

Gizmo

Feb 05, 2017

I think the tension between Simon and Batman would actually be very compelling if it were just reigned in by 20%. I'm a little disappointed to find out that this involves other lanterns yet again, The Green Lanterns need to step back from that well, it is nearly dried up.

Nightmare of Solomon

Feb 05, 2017

Green Lanterns was so good on the previous arc, but god... it felt like Sam Humphries cannot write Batman nor Commissioner Gordon... I think this is the worst issue since the first arc with the red lanterns.

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The-MJP - Aug 7, 2018

to those that think marvel is nothing but SJW propaganda (it isn't) and Post-rebirth DC can do no wron and NEVER does the "SJW" crap marvel does, may I remind them that this issue has a blatant anti-gun message that D&C would have a feild day with