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DC should have known better than constantly making Hal a pathetic villain while price gouging his variant covers to make money.

Well done, Al Ewing. The greatest Green Lantern punched and lectured by a shit character who can't sell her own book. Is that what you said "Absolute Universe is about modernizing the heroes while staying true to their core"? That is how you stay true to the core of Green Lantern?

Sojourner Mullein really is an annoying character. Her power was stolen, which caused the death of an entire city, and then she had the nerve to stand on the moral high ground and accuse Hal. BTW does Ewing know that Green Lantern Oath was originally written by Hal in Silver Age canon? He really changed it into a cheap love word of a broken couple?

Finally human language but didn't make the book interesting. I have a question for Al Ewing. If he tries to build Sojourner Mullein as a hot-headed, big-hearted character who screwed up her relationship with her loved one, doesn't he realize it sounds a lot more similar to Hal Jordan than Sojourner Mullein?

I can't believe the more Ewing writes, the more Jo resembles main universe Hal. She comes from a single parent family where the parent keeps telling her to be restrained, yet she has this urge to break out. Later She quits her job because she has problems with her superior. Ewing even stole Hal's villain Black Hand and Hal's city for her.

I think the problem of the book to me is that Jo Mullein really is a character hard to love. She cheated, and yet she still has the nerve to accuse her fiancée of gaslighting her?

I can't appreciate killing off Martha. But all in all, it's a good issue.

Well, at least it worths a laugh.

WTF is this? Writers on AO3 can do better.

The writing is not bad but this is not Alan Scott. How can you explain Molly and Alan's children?

I don't understand how can Alan still be called a superhero now. He wields so much power that can overturn every regime of this planet. He can and ought to protect his kind, fight for them. That's what a hero does. That's what the old Alan would do. Yet he used it to run away from the police when he was seeing a prostitute. Alan used to be a tough guy, an old class hero. I don't appreciate why they want to turn him into a pathetic hypocrite.

Trash.

I honestly don't know what's the meaning of all this. Well, at least it has some fun moments.

Is this supposed to be exciting?

I expect this issue a touching one. But how the writers handle it is too... clumsy. How could it be possible that Alfred wanted to tell Bruce "your parents' death made you Batman so they would've die willingly for you to save people"? Seriously, Alfred's death and how families react deserves better writing.

For Brutalia.

Boring and mediocre.

As a Chinese, everything in this arc about ancient China is so embarassing.

Hi mark I would appreciate it if you don't let Hal be mind controlled everytime he appears.

Art is good. Rest is bad.

I can't agree with Snyder's view on Batman. This is a book full of edgy stuff but lack of true sentiment. Also Snyder's obsession with Batman and the Joker being friends is so weird.

Best Batman story I've read in years.

The series was originally planned with Hal Jordan being the Emerald Knight, but for some obvious reason it was changed. Now we can see this character called John Stewart based in Hal's Coast City, developing a relationship with Hal's villain, Sinestro. Really this is the dumbest way to push a character -- write a story for Hal Jordan and rename him John Stewart.

Happy to see Hal's back. Hope this situation remains. Jon's new league lineup caught my attention. It's more interesting than just a cheap POC version of the original league.

LOL This is the most hilarious issue I've ever read in years. So while in Superman's tie-in he dreams that he could spend time with his son, John Stewart wants a world without anyone better than him, like the Trinity, and Hal Jordan. Thus he will be praised as the greatest hero the world's ever seen, by his mother. What does the writer want to say? John Stewart is such a man of vanity? Or it's just another case of crazy fanboyism, like Geoff Thorne? Anyway it suits him well.

Feel like I'm reading Tom Taylor's fanfiction.

Nothing but pretentious stunts. Lex Luthor who laughs with a GL ring is insultingly stupid.

Robin King is one of the most insulting garbage characters ever made.

The only good Death Metal book.

Nobody told Scott Snyder the Flash's ring isn't his power source?

Poor imagination

What the hell? The greatest Green Lantern can't use the ring in this book? You use Hal's content like Ferris company and his classic look to find a way to stuff John Stewart in this story, and you killed Hal? Disappointment. No wonder this book sells like shit.

I hope this book won't get a sequel.

Alan caused the train crash that killed a lot of people because the conductor was busy having sex with him and wasn't doing his job. How is this respecting gay people?

Tim and Steph deserve better

This piece of shit finally ends.

Vampire Hal carries the book. However I do hope the writers will give us a logical explanation for what he's done in the next issues.

An engaging and entertaining issue. Makes me wonder what's going to happen next.

A love letter to Superman, to the DC universe. Geoff Johns fixed everything.

No more crappy political metaphors please.

"He contacted HR and said he'd sue for discrimination against white men." This really happened in a comic book, right? As a GL fan, to see someone writing a Green Lantern story like this is embarrassing, almost painful. Please change another book to express your hate. Leave this title to aliens, space, Sci-Fi. To Kmld6805: Like, accusing the HR of discrimination against white men and not getting mocked? You certainly have a special definition of "real". LOL

Boring, clumsy, messy. Geoff Throne, an untalented hater who nontheless gets to write Green Lantern because of DC's lousy management. What do you expect?

Surprisingly not so bad.

WTF this is literarily a piece of shit

mediocre

Very promising. I wish you all the best, Geoff.

I don't like how Williamson handled Merlyn. He's making him the reverse flash of green arrow.

A substantial,imaginative, dreamful issue. We can see Morrison really planned a lot for this run. Shamefully those might not come true for this book has to end sooner than scheduled. The dream team of Morrison and Sharp shouldn't be treated like that. Damn you DC for reducting your best run at present.

Another great issue, we really can see unlimited potentials and wonders Hal Jordan as a character stands for. Only the pace and the dialogues are a bit more off than usual.

A sad and beautiful love story.

I really love the imaginary matriarchal society of earth 11 in this issue.

Definitely a brilliant isuue. However, I have to say the villian turned out to be Hector Hammond is a bit... disappointing. And some content (Vietnam Lantern, Teen Lantern, etc...) echoes the recent shitty strategies of DC is rather disturbing.

Incredible.

A perfect example of how to write superhero comics.

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

Tiresome. A guardian got killed. The central battery got blown up. All old cliches.

The art is ugly and the story is disgusting.

I know perhaps nobody cares about Sinestro except me but I'm a huge fan of this character. Sinestro having a threesome is totally out of character. He is not that kind of villains who indulge in sex. Instead, he is a tyrant who addicts himself to power, to authority. Making him randomly have sex just falls to a new low. Obviously Thorne knows nothing about the GL franchise. He knows nothing about Sinestro either. I don't know why he insists on writing Hal Jordan's archenemy since everyone knows he loathes Hal. Perhaps because John Stewart is so bland that he doesn't have his own villain so he has to steal from Hal. Or perhaps Thorne just wants to ruin Hal's villain since his writing is sooooooo bad. Beyond that, Teen Lantern taking down Sinestro's elites is one of the most ridiculous scene I've read in GL comics in years. And Thorne is even ripping off Hal's story in Future States written by Robert Venditti, which is already a bad enough story.

Just stop this bullshit. Sinestro dispises Kyle Ranyer because he considers Kyle an unworthy Green Lantern. Why would he have an eye for Jessica, the most unworthy earth lantern of all? And Hal's always been an empathetic person. He mentored Jessica when she joined the league. They have a close relationship like brother and sister. The writer is just dwarfing Hal to push Jessica, shamefully . It's sad to come to know, in these days, Hal Jordan, or his archenemy, is just a plot tool to push those secondary lanterns. And it's really a weird and stupid business strategy since Hal is still DC's most popular Green Lantern.

The most boring issue so far.

Boring

I literally fell asleep when I read this issue. God this is so boring. The first half part is nothing but Thorne trying so hard to canonize John Stewart. The second half part is Jo watching a PowerPoint presentation. And why are all aliens speaking English? So stupid.

Just dull. Boring characters. Boring stories.

Tiresome. Uninteresting. Did the Katma-Tui plot come directly from fanboy's message board? I

What a farce. This issue literally shows that the only way to make John Stewart shine is neutering and undermining Hal Jordan, which obvioudly is what Thorne's always wanted to do.

A series with no originality at all. All plots are dull. All the things Geoff Thorne does to John Stewart happened before on other lanterns. He is just trying to steal Hal/Kyle's achievements and thinks that would make John Stewart a great character instead of a pathetic copycat. And just thinking about Thorne really think dragging Jack Kirby into this issue can make his poor book work.

I don't like Hal being portrayed too pushy. He was never that kind of person and never behaved like that in his relationship with Carol. He was never possessive or aggressive to Carol. He always wanted the best for her whether she's with him or not. I still would like to give this book a chance to see if Hal's depiction will be better in next issues.

Well I hope the thing about Sinestro's son will turn out to be just a fake because this is just a complete disservice to Sinestro's character, for the sake of the super sons, two characters that has nothing to do with Green Lantern. I'm sorry Tomasi, who's made great contributions to the GL franchise, write this.

I have to say this issue gives us the most boring fight between Sinestro and Hal since Silver Age. Yeah the art is good and the action scene is exciting. But the dialogues are just rough. I think Adams is a great writer as he is very good at telling stories, but the problem is, he hasn't understood Hal that well. Nor has he understood the relationship between Hal and Sinestro and what makes it unique. If they fight, I want to see how their past haunts them, how their visions conflict with each other. However, all I can see is Sinestro suddenly snapped and Hal kept saying "Sinestro stop being mad!" What's the difference here if we just change Sinestro into another random villain. I hope Adams prepared something else in next issues. Or this is just disappointing.

I really love the interaction between Hal and Sinestro in this issue. Also the backup story is shit. Just stop it, Tomasi. Nobody likes your cheap copy of supersons.

Adams tried to explain why there are so many redundant earth lanterns. But this issue still failed to convince me of their validity. IMO they don't need to be legitimized. They need to be pruned. And the Jessica Cruz backup story is so stupid. Thaaros just swallowed her clumsy lies and tricks like an idiot? That's the big bad the corps are dealing with? Is this story written for infants? Plus, too many earth lanterns are so boring. It would be much better if the one who rescued Hal is Arisia, Trilla-Tru, or Iolande, instead of Jo who nobody cares about.

Disappointing. 1. Hal is portrayed like a fool and out of character. I know Jeremy wants to introduce the situation to readers through the dialogues between Hal and Jo, but don't you have a better way to do this? Where's Hal's questioning spirit? His problems with the authority? His sharp instincts? His leading qualities? 2. This book is bloated with earth humans. We finally made it into the space yet all we can see are still earth humans. This is soooooo boring. Hey, Jeremy, we haven't seen Salaak for a while, would you mind giving him a line? I'm sure he is the veteran here instead of Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz or Jo Mullein. 3. Hal saves the day in this issue because he got a ring from his friend Tom. So why is he the greatest Green Lantern? What's so special about him? He is the protagonist of the book after all. We are supposed to expect something exciting or extraordinary from him.. 4. I genuinely think Keli should be never mentioned again. This character is an abomination. As I can see, Jeremy Adams is now making the same mistake as Robert Venditti did in his repulsive run.

It's nice to see some HalCarol stuff but I can't help but ask, has Jeremy Adams ever thought about it, what's so great about Hal when he leads his teammates to a wrong way and relies on his girlfriend to be saved?

Although I enjoyed Hal's scene in this issue, a glaring issue with the current run has become too significant to overlook: Hal appears on merely a quarter of the pages. It frustrated me and keeps frustrating me that we only get one book of Hal per month, ONE BOOK, yet it is not entirely focused on Hal. Meanwhile the other Green Lantern book, War Journal, is completely dedicated to John Stewart. Buying Hal's book, I am compelled to tolerate Jo Mullein, Jessica Cruz, Kyle Rayner, the fxxking stupid Teen Lantern, and now JSA, whose storylines do not contribute to the protagonist of the book. These characters have become a hindrance in my reading experience. And the sorrow lantern is just a bad idea. The continual arrival of new lanterns has become redundant and exhausting. Come on, It's a big universe, with countless things to explore. It's better to leave the emotional spectrum alone before it become repetitive and draining. Additionally, Adams may need to reconsider: does he truly wish to make a man sharing the same surname as Hal's co-creator a villain? I rate this issue a 2.5 as it is a quarter of the total 10.

Did adams know Hal is supposed to be the protagonist of the book? 3 points for Sinestro. Rest is abomination.

I have high expectations for this book but it just keeps disappointing me. I'm sorry. Since the more we buy, the less Hal we get, I don't see the point of supporting this book anymore.

Why the hell is Jessica Cruz giving speeches to all those senior lanterns? Who does she think she is? Also way too many earth humams. When I read a Green Lantern books I expect to see aliens and weird cosmic stuff. This book is crowded with earth lanterns makes it so boring.

Boring and slow and lack of progress. And it's still hard to understand which genius came up with this idea that since Hal's book sells well so it must be brilliant to shrink his role in comics.

Not bad. For the first time in a long while, Hal actually does something, I can't help but find it amusing that on a crucial Corps meeting, somehow every member present is from Earth, including two actual children. Shame that Green Lantern, once a franchise represents space fantasy, now has become a private backyard of human chauvinism.

A significant progress. And I've always loved to see Phantom Strangern and Hal teaming up.

Better. But still, teen lantern and John Stewart's fake sister are annoying.

Adams really needs to do more homework. Sinestro committed a genocide on Kilowog's people. They are not close enough that Kilowog calls Sinestro by "Thaal". And still too many earth lanterns make this series boring.

If you want to write John so much, why not just give him a book? You never see Hal gets that much spotlight in John's book.

Very disappointing that Jeremy Adams chose to pander to the DCAU fans who don't buy comics and ruin Shayera's character development. John/Shayera is just a shit pairng that has done dirty to the Hawks franshise. Also it is really a bummer that while every fan wants to see is Hal/Sinestro dynamics, Jeremy Adams stole Hal's frenemy relationship with Sinestro and gave that to John. Come on, hasn't John taken enough things away from Hal?

That hater Morgan Hampton needs to fuck off. And the scene of John and Shayera hiding in the closet is way too cringy and gross. It's like a creepy sex fantasy of a pathetic incel.

Hilarious that Morgan Hampton hates hal jordan while using evil star, a villain in hal's rogue gallery.

Oh great. First teen lantern, now Tomasi's shit oc Sinson. Adams and Hampton, you two are the real raccoons rummaging through trash bins.

Nobody fucking cares about Teen Lantern. Just kill her already.

This is so OOC and ridiculous. Hampton is even worse than Thorne.

abomination

Boring

The shamelessness of the writer astonished me. How in hell does he have the cheek to write his damned grandma stealing Hal Jordan's identity. Disgusting thief.

Perfect. Morrison really gets the essential qualities of Hal Jordan.

I'm saying this as an Asian. The writer has no respect to the Green Lantern lore and clasic characters. He just uses the Green Lantern franchise as a shortcut to fulfill his self-insert. The story is not about Green Lantern. It doesn't have to be a Green Lantern story either. I hope the writer knows that replacing the classic character with your creation is not going to make fans happy. I hope DC knows how to manage and protect their franchises and characters. Because this book does more damage than contribution. John Stewart's mentor is not your grandma. It's Katma Tui, his love of life. Coast City's Green Lantern and Sinestro's archenemy is not your grandma. It's Hal Jordan, the greatest Green Lantern. This story reads like a 12-year old boy's Mary Sue fanfiction. Annoying and disgusting.

For God's sake will writers of DC stop making new earth lanterns and new lantern corps?

The story is compelling but I can't say I like it.

epically gross

Making Alan Scott a gay who cheated two women into marriage is beyond disgusting.🤢 This is a superscum, not a superhero. All I can see is the misogyny of the writer.

Sounds promising

Basically Geoff Thorne writing his fanboyish wet dreams inspired from CBR message board lol

Enjoy it.

Pleasure reading

If you are inept to write an epic story, don't do it. If you are inept to write a character, don't do it. Don't let characters be the victims to your ambitions. All I can see is failed story-telling and mistreated characters.

Just like everything Snyder writes, this run ends with nothing. For a worthless, meaningless story, it lasts too long. Perpetua is a boring, annoying, outdated villain and that makes the JL even dumber. I may be wrong but is Snyder whining about editorial decisions in the story? That's pretty unprofessional and narrow-minded I think since the story is JUST BAD.

Terrible characteristics and poor lines as usual. Venditti is pushing his favourite character John Stewart in this issue by the only way he know -- making others look bad. As to Sodam Yat, kind of surprised to see even not writing Green Lantern anymore, Venditti continues to ruin everything Geoff Johns built in his epic Green Lantern run.

John Stewart's best plan is to let Barry distract enemies while others cheer for him. Well this is the best Venditti can do.

A waste of time.

Mark Waid you need to stop simping over James Gunn. Disgusting.

Horribly written

Not as good as previous issues but still better than Bendis' run.

Amazing

I'm sorry Geoff. You screwed Alan up.

Honestly not bad. Shame that the book got cancelled because the writer said something inappropriate.

A great book with fascinating art. I'd love to see more Geoff's touch though.

I'm 100% sure Geoff was thinking of Hal Jordan when he wrote Rook.

We don't buy a Shazam book to see Batman being sucked. The writer treat Billy as a robin instead of an independent teen hero.

I hate the idea of Sinestro's son, no matter he is his true son or not. Tomasi, just stop this farce. Write your overflowing paternal love for Ghost Machine or something. Stop messing up DC's characters.

I hate the idea of Sinestro's son. Tomasi really left a bad load of shit before moving on ghost machine. Tomasi is clearly putting in a lot of effort to portray the children as adorable, but they come across as annoying instead.

I still like Geoff Johns' wrting but I'm confused why should I care for these new sidekicks.

Issue 4 now and Geoff still hasn't given us a reason to care for these characters. I appreciate his efforts to clear up the timeline. But I prefer a good story better.

Very promising

I'm just tired of Hal Jordan being killed off over and over again in every book to serve John Stewart. I might have loved the story if Mark Russell didn't do this.

Can I give a score below zero?

Very disappointing that Ram V totally messed up with Hal Jordan and John Stewart's characteristics. Hal is all about defying authority while John is the one who takes orders and follows the rules. Ram V reversed their roles just to prop up John and make Hal look bad. I feel that DC writers these days just can't write John Stewart without shitting on Hal Jordan.

Boring as hell.

Fire Geoff Thorne

This is so bad... It really has nothing to do with Green Lantern or Jessica Cruz. Why would the writer choose to make the story based in Coast City? Jessica is from Portland and Coast City is Hal Jordan's City.

Well John Stewart is a thief indeed. First he replaced Hal in Crime Syndicate, then he stole Hal's villains, Sinestro and Black Hand. Does he have anything belong to himself?

Not good enough for a commemorative issue. Even worse compare with AC1000 and DC1000.

Boring.