Robert Venditti

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Volume 3

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Volume 1

Eleanor Luhar

Thank you to the author/publisher for accepting my request to read and review this book
This was my first proper insight into the world of the Green Lantern Corps, which maybe meant I wasn't prepared/up to date with the background information but oh well. (Thankfully my boyfriend is a major comic book nerd and has briefed me on most things.)

After the disappearance of the Green Lantern Corps, leaving just Hal Jordan behind, the universe has been taken under Sinestro's Corps. Everyone is convinced they're doing good... But then Sinestro is revived at near-death point and takes over control completely.

Hal is Sinestro's target, but the rest of the Green Lanterns come back and get in his way. With the power harvested from both the Parallax and fear, Sinestro's battle with Hal and the Lanterns is brutal.

I wasn't quite as interested in this one as I was with Batman, even though I love the Green Lanterns. I'm not quite sure why - maybe it's because I'm not as familiar with the previous events as I'd like to be. Either way, I just didn't follow the story all that well.

The ending, however... DC do a great job of leaving you in the dark. Hal?! He can't be dead... right? Cliffhangers!

And as usual, the art is great. Clear colour schemes for the battles of green v. yellow, and tons of action. Not quite as much in terms of character relationships, but some of the characters were so sassy and funny.

I'm only going to give this 3.5 stars though, as it didn't intrigue me quite as much as the Batman Detective Comics.

Last year I was actually up to date with this series as it came out weekly, so I've read this story arc already. I reread it again quickly today in order to review it.

I'm quite a big fan of the Lanterns, and I really enjoy the banter between Hal and Kyle. This arc was particularly good. The ending - the revelation about Sarko, the 'enemy' - was fantastic. I know what happens in the next issues from this volume and I can tell you it's pretty great.

I'll try not to talk too much about the next issues, but this volume is definitely a superb setup for some really interesting stories. The Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro's Corps are finally united as one force, though some members aren't so happy about it. Guy Gardner goes about it in his own way, as is expected - nearly getting himself killed, but eventually becoming friends with Arkillo. We also see into Guy's childhood, which was interesting.

The Corps' are attacked by forgein constructs, that Kyle believes to be his own creation from when he was wearing Krona's Gauntlet. This is where Sarko, the villain of the story, comes in. 

I think this is a great arc, and I just love the chemistry amongst the characters. 4/5 stars.

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Volume 3

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