![]() ![]() At the same time, we also get fantastic sequential panels like when Hal picks himself back up and looks out into the desolate planet in wonder and fear. Reis, Albert and Sinclair make the most of the few pages that they’re given, using all of their space for either big, almost splash pages, such as when we see Hal crashed, obviously suffering from the effects and damage caused by whatever caused him to land so badly. The last one being the most telling as most heroes end up with their love interest, but Hal has never quite been able to make their relationship stable for long, but still wishes her the best. ![]() He sends a message to the Corps on the off chance that it will the last one he gets to send,he sends another to Batman, shedding light on why he’d always butt heads with the Dark Knight and finally one last message to Carol Ferris, the woman of his dreams. While I have never been a big fan of Hal Jordan, Geoff Johns understands the character and writes him to be very likable, charismatic, even a bit comedic at times so he does a great job of examining a few of the relationships that Jordan values the most. Eventually they went on to make the AMAZING Blackest Night storyline and they return here to tell a heartfelt story about Hal as his ring is near empty and he finds himself on an unknown planet with only enough charge to send three messages. ![]() ![]() When Geoff Johns sought to revitalize the Green Lantern Corps, Ivan Reis was one of the best artists that he was paired with and together, alongside inker Oclair Albert, they managed to bring Hal Jordan to prominence after he was killed following turning into Parallax. Last Will – Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, Alex Sinclair and Rob Leigh Where he initially tries to get away from himself, talking with Doris, she tells him that he must be that light and show others that even in the dark world, there is a way to shine. Throughout the story, there are numerous allusions to both Alan and Jimmy being lovers, likely meaning that the 2012 retcon of Alan Scott being gay is being recognized as also being part of the character’s long history and as a hero living in the 1940s, his existence as the Green Lantern now holds even more significance as he acts as a torch for, not only himself, but other men in the closet during a very repressive time in history We get a feel for the anger that Scott felt at the tragedy and an idea of the kind of justice he would mete out for the wicked and corrupt.ĭoris underscores this idea of Justice with a message about Jimmy always believing that a light was burning inside of him that wanted to get free, but if it did, then it would burn everyone else around him. Thanks to Gary Frank’s excellent art with a tight focus on expressive faces and Steve Oliff’s fantastic coloring throughout, James Tynion IV retells the origin story of Alan Scott and recontextualizes his relationship with colleague Jimmy Henton as Scott visits Henton’s mother, Doris, and recounts the circumstances that led to his death. DC did give fans an updated version of our classic heroes with the Earth-2 ongoing series, but something still felt off – a hope and heroism that came with the characters, a reason to do good and thankfully, DC took some of the surface level character progression of that series and injected it into the Alan Scott we know and love with the sense of Justice behind it. Manhattan moving the Lantern out of his way during the train crash that gave him his ring and abilities. He was the one that started it all and even though Hal Jordan was the character to transform the corps into what it is today, he wouldn’t be here without Alan Scott doing it first.Īlan Scott as we know him hasn’t really been used much since The New 52 and recently made his re-emergence as the reason why we were given such a darker, grittier universe with Dr. All of these characters have such a long and storied history with so many great stories under their belts with an excellent team of writers and artists throughout their various years making up the entirety of this special.ĭark Things Cannot Stand the Light – James Tynion IV, Gary Frank, Steve Oliff, and Tom NapolitanoĪlan Scott was one of DC’s first and most popular heroes, a founding member of the Justice Society of America and the first Green Lantern after appearing in All-American Comics #16 in 1940. From Alan Scott all the way to Jo Mullein with Tai Pham and Keli Quintela being small exceptions because I haven’t read Green Lantern: Legacy and stopped reading Young Justice, respectively. ![]()
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