Green Lantern Corps: Recharge

Green Lantern Corps (2006)

by Geoff Johns (Writer), Dave Gibbons, Patrick Gleason

With the Guardians of the Universe back, the time has come to re-form the fabled Green Lantern Corps. While some familiar ring-wielders return to duty, others are recruited - and not everyone appreciates being drafted!

Collecting: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge 1-5

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Comic Book, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story itself was ok but I found the art work far too busy and hard to read. It spoiled my enjoyment.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty good!

It starts with new recruits like Soranik, Isamot and others and well they are reluctant at first and we see them grow within the story and being set on missions in pairs, Kyle and Guy on some planet in Vega system to rescue Soranik and Isamot and Vath on some other and then these stories intersect and they have to face Bolphunga and Fatality and later Spider guild and its an epic story the way its told and its so worth it and you get to see Guy, Sora and Kyle so well and like battling impossible odds and come out winning the other side and this leads to a relaunch of this book!

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a kick-ass start to this phase of the Corps, Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons were firing on all cylinders in this first volume, been a while since I've read space opera this fun, intense and exciting, books like these reminds me of how bad modern Star Wars and Trek really are.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the mid-2000's, Geoff Johns not only rebooted and revitalized the Green Lantern mythos by bringing about the return of Hal Jordan, but also reintroduced the Green Lantern Corps as the primary peace-keeping force in the universe. This miniseries sees 7,200 power rings sent out across the universe, recruiting new members to rejuvenate the Corps. It features a great ensemble including Corps veterans like the Earth-bro Guy Gardner, the intimidating training officer Kilowog, and the by-the-book protocol officer Salaak. But the main focus is on some of the new recruits, like Isamot Kol and Vath Sarn, soldiers from opposite sides of the Rann-Thanagar War, who are now reluctant partners, and Soranik Natu, a Korugaran torn between her duties to her planet and being chosen as a member of what she sees as an oppressive police force. The story ends on a rousing note and will definitely leave you wanting more of these space-faring adventures!

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recharge. Green Lantern Corps: Recharge had a different purpose than Green Lantern: Rebirth. Where Rebirth had to redress Hal Jordan's character assassination, all Recharge had to do wasrebuild the Green Lantern Corps. And, it does.

On the one hand we get the return of Green Lanterns that managed to survive Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight, such as Salaak, Kilowog, and Green Man. However, more importantly Johns introduces a trio of new Lanterns who, alongside the three extra Earth Lanterns, become three of our viewpoint characters: Natu, Vath, and Isamot. He leans on existing stereotypes about their home planets to make the three new Lanterns instantly memorable, and is quite successful: Natu in particular has become a cornerstone of the franchise.

So what do you do with a new Corps? You give them a galactic foe in the form of the Spider Guild of Vega, who are creating a galactic web of new black holes. It's a plot that's better in concept than development, as it turns out to be the weakest part of this comic, culminating in yet another attack on Oa. But given it's just the foundation for introducing and reintroducing our many Lanterns, that's probably OK [3+/5].

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't get into this for several reasons, not the least of which is that I didn't enjoy the art. It was diffuse and reminiscent of older comics from several decades ago, when artists in the comics industry were still transitioning between the visual storytelling of comic strips to that of comic books and graphic novels. The messages in these issues were extremely heavy-handed, even for comics, and even for Green Lantern comics. I lost count of how many times I was smacked in the he face with the messages that we all need to play nice together and conquer our fears and everything will turn out okay. Last, but not least, it was difficult to like this because there were probably just too many characters, and I've never been a fan of "team" comics (e.g. Justice League, Avengers, etc). Also, the focus was mostly on Guy Gardner, whom I just find obnoxious, instead of endearingly brash. Being annoyingly impulsive and possibly not that intelligent seems to be a common characteristic in Green Lanterns, which I guess makes sense, because being and idiot probably makes you less likely to fear something in the first place and then you don't have to go through the rigamarole overcoming your fear so that your Green Lantern powers work.

[David Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

With Hal Jordan returned to the center of the Green Lantern series, Green Lantern Corps: Recharge reestablishes the Green Lantern Corps and introduces some new faces. The action focuses on familiar faces Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner and Kilowog as they train the new recruits. New lantern Natu also gets considerable attention.

Geoff John's writing is up to its usual high standards. The pace is fast and even if the plot isn't that memorable, it's a fun read. The art work is colorful, if a bit too cartoonish.

Bottom Line: Recharge is a must for Green Lantern fans. Despite an unmemorable plot, the fast pace and good artwork make for a fun afternoon.

[Jacob A. Mirallegro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely like a 3.5
I really liked Gleason's art, sometimes it's more cartoonish and sometimes there's a lot of detail and a lot going on. The writing did a good job of making personalities feel specific and distinct but some of the character development and dialogue was a little sudden/on the nose. That said I still really liked Soranik Natu, I think someone who's predominantly a doctor is a cool character shift for a green lantern that I haven't seen before.

[Judah Radd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not sure what the missing ingredient here was... but I didn’t love this.

I didn’t feel like the newly introduced characters were fleshed out very well, I had a lot of trouble caring about the main plot, and nothing really grabbed me. The art was ok. Some of the action and effect art was cool, but the faces through me off.

I’d love to hear someone who loved this explain why

[Will Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Does the moralizing and lack of nuance get annoying? Yes, but I enjoyed the ensemble cast here enough to keep reading and have fun. Guy and Kilowog make are a fun odd couple with their differences in restraint and maturity, I like the 2 war vets from Rann and Thanagar who don’t trust each other, and I forgot this was the debut of Soranik Natu! It’s cool to see what a medical professional would do with a ring that can build anything and her complicated feelings about what an officer of the Corps did to her home makes for some good drama. Not the best story, but it’s a good start to what I hope becomes an excellent team book.

[Eric Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Green Lantern Corps is an awesome book, giving some of the less popular Green Lanterns some much needed spotlight. Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner get plenty of time to shine in this book, along with Kilowag and many others. It's all set in deep space and allows for some incredibly entertaining and exciting adventures. I'm excited to read more from the corps!

[Valentin Derevlean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poveste antrenantă, dar așa, ca o animație pentru sâmbătă dimineața, în ciuda contribuției lui Dave Gibbons. Noi generații de viitori Green Lantern sunt antrenați pe OA, planeta gazdă a Gardienilor. Însă câteva evenimente cosmice ciudate duc la moarte mai multor membri, toate cauzate de apariția bruscă a unor găuri negre. Treptat se dezvăluie un complot care îi are în spate pe cei din Spider Guild și lupta se anunță fioroasă și dură, pentru că elevii încă neantrenați nu știu să lupte contra forței galbene care corupe repede mințile.

Povestea nu e rea, nici grozavă. Din păcate arta lui Patrick Gleason dă de multe ori rateuri. Chipuri dubioase, desene aglomerate, perspective greșite etc. Haosul ăsta nu ajută povestea deloc.

[Parker J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wait...this was REALLY good.

Also, Soranik Natu fan cam incoming

[Matt Raymond · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a better story than No Fear, but pretty heavy handed in its message even for a comic book. We get introduced to new characters (and current favorites or at least familiar faces) Vath Sarn, Isamot Kol & Soranik Natu who all have their issues with being picked to be in the the Corps. But with Kilowog, Kyle Rayner & Guy Gardner reassembling a new army of GL's, they refuse to let them quit. It also helps that there's a new plot involving black holes and sucking the universe's energy for some evil purpose, which forces everyone to play nice.

I like all these new characters still, but they're so obvious in their motivation that it kind of takes me out of it. Natu doesn't want to be like Sinestro (he was from her planet & kind of enslaved her people), and has this fear of anything GL, but she just overdoes it. And then the whole Vath & Isamot "buddy cop" dynamic was too generic to be fun. The plot itself is scary and interesting, which is what I expect from a GL story, but the characterizations could have been better. I mean, they have been better so it's not like it's impossible.

The Kyle Rayner/Guy Gardner banter was...interesting. I still think those two have some unrequited love going on. Kyle is just as dull as ever, and Guy is just as much a douche bag and then some. His mooning Batman is a highlight, and a close second to Batman's comeback. I'd say read this for that scene alone.

[Neil R. Coulter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read Secret Origin and Rebirth, so now I'm moving on to whichever Geoff Johns Green Lantern books I can get through the library (which, unfortunately, is not all of them). Recharge follows Guy and Kyle and the rebuilding of the Corps. Since it's all one storyline, it was not as difficult for me to understand as Rebirth, which I found extremely difficult. However, the single storyline also makes the book seem very lightweight. It was a quick read, and it was okay. I'm not a big fan of Guy, and Kyle is almost a nonentity in his blandness, but some of the side characters were interesting. I look forward to seeing how they are developed as the series goes on. The artwork was fine, and some of the page layouts were quite nice.

[Brad McKenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Featuring Guy Gardner more than Kyle or Hal, this is about replenishing the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps. It follows Kyle's recharging of the central battery and thus allowing more power rings to be made. Suns are imploding and creating odd black-holes. A race of spiders in a part of the universe the Guardians have agreed not to police is also up to no good.

Not a bad story but not awesome either. It's but a 6 issue story arc. If you follow Green Lantern, I'd say it's worth a read. If you don't, start somewhere else.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, a good story about the origin of the 'Rebirth' of the Green Lantern Corps, although at times very hectic and disorienting, with art that is crisp though at times uneven. As one can expect from the return of the Green Lantern Corps (expanded from 3,600 to 7,200 members), there are a lot of new faces and characters, some more appealing than others. I'm curious to see how this story will affect future Green Lantern storylines.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best comics I’ve ever read, I was really enjoying green lantern before but now I’m in love with it. I think I like the corps titles better than the regular green lanterns but I’ll have to see. I really liked the moor focus on Kilowog, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardener, Vath Sarn, and Isamot Kol, who along with Hal Jordan are for now at least my favorite green lanterns! Can’t wait to read the next title! 100% recommend for any dc fan even if you know absolutely nothing about Green Lantern!

[Rylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This spins out of Green Lantern Rebirth. The Green Lantern Corps is back with a ton of new members. My favorite thing about Green Lantern has always been the corps I think it’s such an amazing idea so I love seeing books like this that focus on the GLC. The art was great in here as well and really fit the story. Also Soranik is awesome.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you can read this and not decide that Guy and Kyle are the best around, then you have more perverse willpower than I! Sure, the resolution is a little too reminiscent of GL: Rebirth by Johns but the existing and new Green Lanterns are so fun that I can overlook little plot flaws!

[Brandt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've made it pretty clear that Hal Jordan is probably my least favorite Green Lantern. For those that don't feel like clicking the link, Jordan is the epitome of the privileged cis white male and as such is a boring subject for a person who possesses one of the most powerful weapons in the DC Universe. All of Jordan's replacements, up to and including Guy Gardner, who was the embodiment (and often target of ridicule because) of 80s unfettered "Rambo" like machismo. (More on this in a bit.) My favorite of the Lanterns is Kyle Rayner, who is the only Earth based Lantern who was not given the ring based on his worthiness, but simply because he was there. Rayner's personal growth arc in the pages of both Green Lantern and JLA are very similar to the reason that I have enjoyed G. Willow Wilson's run on Ms. Marvel and even though Rayner is also a cis white male, he's also an artist and a fuck up when he takes the mantle of Green Lantern. Unfortunately, since Jordan took back the reins of the Green Lantern when Geoff Johns started his run on the book, fans of previous Green Lanterns were going to have to go somewhere else to follow the adventures of the other Green Lanterns.

When Jordan is able to shake the whole Parallax/Spectre thing, Johns sets it up for the Green Lantern Corps to be resurrected in their own book. Since the Guardians have decreed that a space sector should only have two Green Lanterns, and since Hal has his own book and John Stewart is serving as the resident GL in the Justice League, both Kyle and Guy Gardner are relegated to the Corps book along with some of the more colorful Green Lanterns that aren't from Earth, as the Guardians have determined that they do not or can not take the rings away from Kyle and Guy.

While this story follows the boiler-plate DC cosmic stuff that doesn't involve Darkseid, the real strength here is in the handling of both Kyle and Guy, who become field teachers for the new crop of Green Lanterns. Kyle's story arc is straightforward from all that came before--the Guardians revere him for not allowing the Corps to be destroyed when Jordan was Parallax (or more to the point, hosting the Parallax entity.) However, the real revelation here is Guy Gardner, and Johns treatment of Gardner is probably one of the best things I've read from Johns after several trades of The Flash , Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and even Green Lantern . While Gardner was often the target of ridicule in Keith Giffen and J.M. Dematteis Justice League (which to me is the portrayal of Guy Gardner) Johns is able to show Gardner for more than some caricature of machismo. In Johns hands, Gardner proves that he is more than his bluster, and finally proves why the ring felt that Gardner was equally worthy of the ring as revealed in Green Lantern #59. It is possible to have some assholish qualities and still be at your core a good person. Kyle works as an excellent foil for Gardner here, as they have different approaches to being a Lantern, but even with different methods, they work well as a team--a lesson put there for two antagonistic characters being given the rings and being asked to work together. Obviously this is a set up for something down the road (enemies become teammates, etc.) but the way it is handled with two seemingly different characters that both at one time headlined the Green Lantern comic is really well done.

If I have one complaint, it is with the character of Soranik Natu, who is appointed the new Green Lantern of sector 1417, which is the home sector of the classic Green Lantern villain Sinestro. When the ring attempts to attach itself to her, she refuses--on Korugar the ring is reviled because of Sinestro and the death of his replacement Katma Tui. However, she eventually changes her mind. I have some issues with how easily her mind is changed, as she is effectively peer pressured into becoming a Lantern. Again, the setup here is obvious--at some point Natu and Sinestro will cross paths--I just don't know how believable it comes off as someone who in the first issue of this collection is so adamant about how evil Korugarians find the ring.

The really great thing about this book is that Hal Jordan barely appears in it, and even when he does show up it's pretty much an afterthought. This story belongs to Kyle and Guy and to some extent the rookies, and it seems like the path forward is going to be a more interesting path than reading the adventures of Bret Kavanaugh, Green Lantern.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Guardians of the Universe have summoned Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner to the Green Lantern Corps' headquarters Oa amidst a massive recruitment drive. Among the new recruits is Korugarian neurosurgeon Soranik Natu. Because of Korugar's history with the former Green Lantern Sinestro and the death of fellow Korugarian Katma Tui, Natu initially refuses the ring, but reluctantly takes it to save the life of a patient. Two other recruits are plucked from opposite sides of the Rann/Thanagarian War, the Rannian soldier Vath Sarn, and the condemned Thanagarian saurian Isamot Kol.

Ganthet, the leader of the Guardians, announces that several Green Lanterns have been killed recently by the sudden manifestation of black holes. He also warns that the Rann/Thanagar War has spread and may eventually affect Oa and the Corps. Meanwhile, Natu has gone missing, finding herself in an unidentified location devoid of light and filled with web-like objects, and a dead Green Lantern. Gardner is dismayed to learn that he is to help train the new recruits, which he sees as little more than babysitting. He decides to leave Oa, but head trainer Kilowog manages to make him stay.

The Green Lanterns' rings pick up a signal from Soranik Natu, locating her in the Vega star system. The pact between the Psions and the Guardians restricts Green Lanterns from entering that system, but Rayner and Gardner head there anyway. Meanwhile, new recruits Vath Sarn and Isamot Kol are assigned to divert ships away from an unstable star. The star goes nova, and the two Lanterns attempt to pull the ship from the ensuing black hole, but are sucked in along with the arriving Kilowog.

The three find themselves in a nest of some sort, with a horde of spiders approaching, and the skeletons of the creatures’ previous victims beneath their feet. Kilowog, Sarn and Kol fight off the creatures, and escape from the planet into outer space, where they encounter a mechanical planet. Rayner and Gardner arrive in the Vega system, where they find a ringless Natu held prisoner by unidentified aliens. Natu at first shows no signs of life, but soon reanimates via her ring. While being imprisoned, she ordered her ring to slow down her vital processes, so that she would appear to be a lump of organic waste. After fleeing from a group of bounty hunters, the group finds Kilowog.

It turns out that the mechanical planet is the nest of the Spider Guild. The Spider Guild is responsible for various black holes and soon attacks Oa. Kilowog summons all Green Lanterns to Oa’s Central Power Battery. Gardner tells the entire Corps to fire on Oa’s sun to first stabilize it, and then to feed energy back to Vega to destroy the Guild’s nest. While the spiders continue to attack, killing some Green Lanterns, the sun is slowly stabilized, overloading the Guild’s subspace web. Both Oa's sun and the Guild Nest are destroyed.

In the aftermath of the Corps’ victory, the Guardians fear retribution from the Psions for intruding into the Vega system. Ganthet adds that they must fortify their damaged citadel, and suggests it may be time to make the universe afraid of them. Salaak tells Gardner the Guardians are pleased with the exceptional qualities he has displayed, and are promoting him to Lantern #1 of the Corps Honor Guard.

[Ya Boi Be Reading · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5! Treat this as an introduction to the Corps with action in it than a main action plot-driving forward miniseries and you’ll enjoy it more. As Goeff Johns and Dave Gibbons fleshes out characters and dynamics they do it a neat and complicated (but not confusing thankfully due to their talent) events that were done in neat setpieces.
While it is fun to see the veteran corps members rib off of each other I especially enjoy the new Corps members Johns and Gibbons create. They're introduced in fun ways and are fleshed out really well by the end of the miniseries. I like how many of the new recruits conflict with the GL ring due to their past or wants like Soranik Natu’s past with Korugar or Vath Sarn and Isamot Kol who want to engage in their bloodshed war.
Plot-wise you get multiple smaller stories on different groups in the GL Corps that converge with the reveal of the the Spider Guild and their sorta-self-defense assault on Oa. I respect how Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons are able to have so many different storylines going on and make it not confusing. The part where Garner, Kyle, and their crew dealing with the Rann-Thanagar War was confusing as I haven't read the Tann-Thanagar War series. It also includes Gardner choking people with the vastness of space and Kyle seemingly is cool with it? GL can get rough to read with allowing GL to insert themselves into other’s business and not deal with war crimes or actions done in bad taste. It gets too close to police/military overreach and that moment shows goes there which I dislike.
Art-wise you get Patrick Gleason on pencils. His art has clear strengths and weakness. He can do some really good horror and spooky work here. I'm surprised he hasn't done much horror work aside from some covers. He also can do some fun composition. The space art is done well too no doubt thanks to colorist Moose Boumann. But Patrick Gleason really struggles to draw action here. It's hard to tell what's going on. It doesn't help either than the way he draws and renders characters from far away is really poor too making it hard to tell who is who in the epic space fight scenes he draws a lot of. Additionally, aliens can look hit-or-miss. The more detailed ones like Kilowog can be hard to look at both seemingly purposefully but also unintentionally due to so many lines and details.

[Seth Abernethy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An awesome offshoot of the "Johns-Era" Green Lantern stories. No Hal Jordan? No problem. The last few volumes of Green Lantern showed the readers that the Guardians had started to rebuild the Corps after the Parallax disaster, so then it begs the questions: What's Oa look like right now? Who's in the new Corps? How do Guy and Kyle fit into this when Hal and John are already patrolling 2814? These questions and more get answered in Green Lantern Corps: Recharge. Giving the Corps its own side-story was a phenomenal idea, and allowed the opportunity to get a closer look at what had only mostly been an idea floating in the background. To see active members of the Corps and all the different species from different sectors is a wonderful fulfillment of a wish fans have had since their introduction. The novelty of that aside, Recharge still succeeds in being a very intriguing and captivating comic. Guy Gardner is of course at any given point the funniest man on the page, but this also gave us the opportunity to see him on a more serious note. When Guy needs to buckle down and stop the jokes for a minute, not only can he, but he proves that he truly is one of the best Green Lanterns in the Corps' history. However, brand new character Soranik Natu also proves to be one of the best and most interesting Lanterns yet, picking up where Katma Tui left off. As her story develops, readers will absolutely fall in love with her, and her dynamic with Guy - the fool - and her being the intellectual provides some excellent dialogue. Recharge is an awesome start to the "Green Lantern Corps" series and should not be overlooked when thumbing through Johns' GL material.

[Rihards Husko · Rating 4 out of 5]

With Parallax imprisoned once more, and Hal Jordan returned to the living, the Guardians decide it is time to finally rebuild the Green Lantern Corps. Similarly to Green Lantern Rebirth, Geoff Johns' 5-issue collaboration with legendary artist Dave Gibbons gave me enough reasons to care about a group I hardly knew of before, much less was invested in.

Numerous crises (of both the general and capital 'C' variety) have left the DC universe a dark and dangerous place. What better way to remedy that than by reforming a peacekeeping force that literally wields light? This mini-series serves as the reboot for a new run of Green Lantern Corps. Earth Lantens Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner serve as the cornerstones for the cast, also prominently featuring fellow Lanterns Kilowogg and Salaak. But the book's strength lies in the cast it builds, displaying not only the diversity of species selected by the rings, but also that of backgrounds. From warriors to doctors, the will to overcome great fear can be found in many places. By the end, I came to know an amiable bunch of misfits brought together by responsibility and power thrust upon them. I want to see how their new life challenges their established preconceptions and prejudices. How their relationships develop.

The mini-series itself sees said characters band together against a variety of foes, resulting in one major battle by the end. It's a fun conflict and an exciting enough read, but didn't necessarily stand out or feel like it drew on the franchise's history like Johns' best writing does. They seemed like a really major one-off foe, but I might be wrong about that.

This is all packaged very nicely with Gibbons' somewhat cartoony, but eminently expressive, imaginitive, and likable art. I really enjoyed the look. And the book overall.

There was nothing particularly mind-blowing about this mini-series, but fun character introductions and interactions, as well as a big, explosive conflict did a great job getting me invested in this new series that I would never have picked up otherwise.

[Russell Pearce of Sector 2814 · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this one is a hard review. It isn't a bad story but not good either. It's also both required and something you likely could skip depending on your need for completeness with the whole GL storyline.

I think there is two faults with this book. One is the lack of a memorable villain for it. The Spider Guild of Vega is very obscure and at no point do you feel the GLC won't overcome them.

The second one is that the artwork is very inconsistent. Some panels are great highly detailed and well drawn, others just look simplistic in comparison. The biggest art issue is the splash pages just being very overly clutured which normally in a large battle is fine when everyone is wearing different colors and outfits. When it's everyone in practically identical outfits it becomes hard to discern.

Overall if you enjoy Green Lantern it's a fine story to get more details but if you are just a casual fan looking for set up for Sinestro Corp Wars and Blackest Night you can probably just skip this one.

[JCRD]

Si sigue así creo que Guy Gardner puede que se convierta en mi Green Lantern favorito. Impagable la escena haciéndole un calvo a la JL en general y a Batman en particular.

Mola ver a estos nuevos reclutas que, supongo, iremos viendo progresar y crecer en futuros números. También debuta aquí Soranik, que me gustó mucho en lo poco que leí de 'Hal Jordan y los Green Lantern Corps'. Todos los Green Lantern molan, y ya digo que Guy se está ganando mi corazón. Y de los no humanos... no hay ninguno como Kilowog, poozer.

Es muy ameno de leer y cuando hay que darle rienda suelta a la épica todos los engranajes funcionan como una máquina bien engrasada. El trabajo de Gleason y sus colaboradores tiene alguna que otra viñeta para enmarcar.

Mínimo sigo hasta la Sinestro Corps War. Qué bien me lo estoy pasando.

[Ángel Javier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cómic decente, que muestra el oficio de Johns, su gran capacidad para comprender el universo de cada personaje que toca, y, sobre todo, a un Guy Gardner pletórico como estrella de la función. En la parte negativa, el confuso arte de Gleason, narrativamente nulo, aunque es capaz de dibujar algunas escenas realmente impresionantes, sobre todo las que son puramente ci-fi, porque cuando le toca plasmar la figura humana... en fin, que no es su fuerte, digamos, siendo generosos. Nunca dejará de sorprenderme el hecho de que buena parte de la mitología moderna de los Corps se base en cuatro historias cortas que guionizó Alan Moore hace la tira de años, pero así es, y hay que reconocer que Johns es uno de los que mejor las ha aprovechado. Bueno, que es un tebeo que no está mal, pa pasar el rato y eso. Un 6 justito.

[Adam Stone · Rating 2 out of 5]

A reasonable intro to the new generation of The Green Lantern Corps. I feel like Johns gets dragged down a bit working with Gibbons, whose work, when he writes the series alone, is utter garbaage.

I'm going to blame Gibbons for some of the very confusing battle scenes near the end, where it seems like the artists weren't given much direction, and characters say one-liners without context, and it's very unclear what is going on and why.

I feel like you could read the first half of this book, tap out, and pick back up withthe Patrick Gleason or Tony Bedard Green Lantern Corps books, and not have missed very much.

[Tim Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introducing new characters and new concepts isn’t easy, and then add in that it’s on a galactic scale with a vast cast, and the undertaking becomes massive.

Johns and Gibbons did a great job putting it together, but sometimes I thought it was unfocused. And the Spider Guild isn’t a memorable threat.

Yet they built up a sense of unity and camaraderie. They built great momentum to a grand finish.

Gleason’s art was not his best here. I know the improvements he is going to take in later stories. When first published I was disappointed but in hindsight I’m glad they stuck with him.

I’ll jump into the next volume soon!