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Green Lantern by Geoff Johns6/9/2023 While it’s odd seeing Black Hand used as an easily dismissed villain considering what Johns later made of him, ‘Rebirth’ is an immensely satisfying masterclass, yet topped here by the inclusion of the standalone ‘Flight’, a contender for the best story Johns has written. Over six chapters Johns includes the Justice League, Green Arrow, Sinestro, the Spectre and others as he erases the mistakes of the past while being respectful to those stories, and restoring what once was. Johns immediately cuts to the core of what being a Green Lantern means to human ring bearers Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner, also airing their thoughts about Hall Jordan, then no longer a Green Lantern. He inherited the world of the Green Lanterns in disarray, too many years of ill-considered short-term sensationalism almost fatally harming the franchise. Johns would hit peaks, and introduce so much to the world of the Green Lanterns, but he rarely betters his opening shot. This, for instance, concentrates on Johns’ opening statement of intent by combining Green Lantern: Rebirth with Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, along with half the No Fear collection. It follows the pattern of neither, though, breaking the same stories down into different packages. This series of bulky paperbacks form the halfway house between the luxury of Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus hardcovers, and the trade paperbacks issued shortly after the original comics from 2004.
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